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I believe they will make significant progress. Its a huge help on longer road trip and it does also work at low speeds. The system does a good job of displaying alerts when there are merges or the road curves up ahead. Its amazing what Rivian has done in such a short period of producing cars.

I think so too!

Agree. Tesla had a huge head start though. It sounds like Rivian has big plans for their driver assist suite so we will have to see where things go with that. Tesla will continue to get exponentially better as times goes on with their AI based system and dojo super compute.

Any idea on when their suite is set to release?? I'm in North nj and haven't found a single hwy that it works on!

Great question. While I have no idea I think the safest answer is "soon" 😁

My prior 2020 Honda Ridgeline and 2018 VW Atlas both had decent Lane Keep Assist, and those vehicles were made 4 and 6 years ago, and didn't have nearly the level of tech that a Rivian has. This is very disappointing for a $100k vehicle.

Thanks for sharing. I can't answer about expanding coverage. You could be right about undivided highways with two way traffic. I believe Rivian plans to introduce a more advanced system so we will have to wait and see what that includes. It's a good system for such a new car maker IMO.

The only reason I am holding off getting Rivian. Driver plus needs to be as good as Tesla and Hyundai’s…

That makes sense... FWIW the Rivian system is pretty good when compared to the base Tesla package which only includes lane keeping or standard auto pilot. To get the auto park and auto lane change there is an upcharge but the Tesla system is years ahead of everyone else and AFAIK is the only one using AI.

Some vehicles have wind noise. I have a video on how to fix a common source of wind noise.

Our family also owns a 21 Honda Pilot touring. I haven't driven an MDX in a long time. The Rivian feels much higher quality inside and has a lot more high tech features. The ride in the Rivian is not as nice as an MDX I'm sure since the Rivian is an adventure vehicle. The nice thing about the Rivian is that you can adjust the suspension damping from soft/moderate/firm settings. The standard ride height provides the best ride. Reliability is probably not as good but it's not horrible. The biggest challenge is the wait for a service appointment. They will prioritize your appointment if it's a serious problem but something more minor can take a month or two to get service appointment. With all that said, it's an awesome vehicle and we enjoy them more each time we get behind the wheel.

Have a 2018 MDX and a new R1S quad. Night and day - the MDX does ride nicer and is a nice vehicle but it's a dog in terms of acceleration and it also has less overall room inside (at least feels that way). I feel like I can pack more stuff in the R1S for kids, dogs, long trips, etc. Rivian interior is nicer. Haven't had any trouble w my R1S but important to note that often for minor things they will send a technician to your house - no driving needed. One of my favorite things about Tesla and Rivian.

not immediately, it'll warn you to keep hands on wheel, but if you still decide to keep hands off wheel it'll disengage.

@@HmSultan02 mine is kicking me completely off as soon as my hand leaves. Kind of infuriating lol I liked the old version.

No, only if I keep my hands off and ignore the prompts to place my hands on the wheel.

What Rivian has isn’t m😢different from Tesla. I have a BMW iX50 (2024) that truly has hands free driving on interstates. You can completely let go of the steering wheel once engaged and you don’t need to touch the wheel unless the system disengages or you want to disengage it on your own.

Interesting...thanks for sharing this. I will have to try that out.

I appreciate your honest feedback. Sorry my videos are more of a vlog style.

Its very helpful and I agree Tesla is about 10 years ahead of everyone else in the space. Will be hard for others to catch up with Tesla now.

@@ElectrifiedOutdoors they have to start somewhere, and maybe with the new hardware rivian will make progress. Or just license what Tesla has to offer. I’m not crazy about Tesla, but with autopilot my 13 year old can drive it. It’s that good 99%

Tesla is less about being a car company and more about their technology. I think the licensing of their ADAS will be where the real value is for Tesla shareholders. Will be interesting to see what Rivian does with the Rivian autonomy platform.