His vision will culminate with the R4 vehicle.
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We’ll likely learn more about how this will work at the company’s upcoming “AI & Autonomy Day” event in December.
Doug Field, the engineer who ran Tesla’s Model 3 program and later Ford’s entire EV operation, is now president of Mind Robotics, the industrial robotics startup Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spun out of Rivian last year.
He lands at a company that has now…
Field also worked on Apple’s secretive car project and oversaw development of the Tesla Model 3.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the upcoming R3 crossover will come in “materially lower” than the R2 on price, and that a follow-up model, the R4, will push prices down further still.
He didn’t give a number. But it’s the clearest sign yet that Rivian …
Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe is speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 to detail his journey, and the lessons it’s bestowed.
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the money automakers charge for self-driving software won’t last, comparing autonomy to airbags: a paid option today, baked into the price of every car tomorrow.
The comments, made in a new interview with WIRED, amount to a …
Rivian laid off hundreds of workers on Tuesday, or less than 2% of its workforce, just one week after it began deliveries of its all-important R2 SUV.
The electric automaker confirmed the cuts hit its service and customer teams, which include sales and…
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