Just Buy It: Waiting For Lidar In The Rivian R2 Might Not Be Worth The Headache

Just Buy It: Waiting For Lidar In The Rivian R2 Might Not Be Worth The Headache

The Rivian R2 won't launch with lidar and isn't planned to have a retrofit available. Rivian says that you won't notice a difference for years.

Rivian Tells R2 Buyers Early Models Won’t Miss Out on Self-Driving

Rivian’s autonomy and software leaders addressed on Thursday growing concerns among R2 reservation holders about the gap between the first vehicles shipping this spring and the LiDAR-equipped versions arriving later this year. The executives argued that buyers of the early Launch Edition models will not miss out on meaningful self-driving capability despite the hardware differences. The remarks came during an “Ask Me Anything” session hosted by …