Earlier this month, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spoke with tech reviewer Marques Brownlee, who runs the channel MKBHD in a 43-minute interview for Brownlee’s WVFRM Podcast.
The discussion ranges in topics, with Scaringe detailing things like how the company got its start, Rivian’s adventure charging network and he even looks ahead to the automaker’s next-generation platform.
Scaringe discusses the origins of the name Rivian with Brownlee, including the team’s desire to come up with something that sounded similar to flowing water.
In addition, Brownlee also takes a moment to ask the common question of why Rivian doesn’t include Apple CarPlay or Android Auto in its interface.
Rivian is gearing up to take on Tesla, Waymo, and the rest of the self-driving pack with a major update to its autonomy roadmap. The company has officially announced Autonomy+, a new paid driver-assist and self-driving subscription arriving in early 2026 — and it’s clearly positioned as a direct competitor to Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised). […]
Rivian is finally set to break ground on its long-awaited second U.S. production facility, a massive $5 billion EV factory east of Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, September 16. The 2,000-acre site, located across Walton and Morgan counties, is expected to become one of the largest economic development projects in Georgia’s history, with plans for 20 […]
Rivian has officially begun upgrading its Rivian Adventure Network (RAN) with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) plugs, eliminating the need for adapters when Tesla drivers charge at Rivian stations. The upgrade kicked off last week at Rivian’s Joshua Tree Charging Outpost in California, marking the company’s first location to offer both NACS and CCS1 […]
