Rivian software VP confirms multiple features coming, fixes for Air vents wrong position & other issues in works

Based out of California, Rivian is an EV manufacturer that started in 2009 and went public in November last year, raising more than $13.5 billion in the process.

Following the public interest in Rivian, many think the company would soon be competing with the likes of Tesla and Toyota in the automotive space.

That said, software engineering VP at Rivian, Wassym Bensaid, has, through Reddit, confirmed that they will be bringing several new features to their products and fix existing bugs and issues while at it.

Starting with the most important one, it looks like the developers are making an operating system which will be compatible with all models and variants Rivian has to offer.

we are developing a rich car operating system that runs across all our models/variants. we will continue to improve the experience post launch, not just for infotainment but for entire vehicle software.
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It looks like the much-requested ‘Camping mode’ will be added sometime near the end of this summer. This is really useful if you want to camp in the car and don’t want the battery to drain.

Camp mode is one of the exciting updates we are working on for late summer. it will exactly address this requirement.
(Source)

Wassym also said they will be adding support for more music apps, but did not share any specific information on which services will be added.

Another useful feature that will soon be added is the ability to send destinations from your phone to the car.

sharing destination from app to vehicle will be available later this year
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Rivian’s software VP also shared that automated detection of parking conditions and birds eye view auto trigger will also be added sometime in the near future.

thanks u/psupopmart ! future roadmap will include automated detection of parking conditions, and auto-triggering of birds eye view.
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For those wanting to lower the car height, Wassym said they are developing a kneel mode that automatically adjusts the car height to the lowest when stopped.

Another useful feature Rivian has planned is the ability to switch languages and toggle from imperial to metric systems.

coming later this year. you will have the possibility to switch units and languages!
(Source)

You can check out the list below for other features Rivian will be adding in the near future.

– Dash cam will be able to utilize rear guard cam sometime later this fall.

– Ability to switch range display between miles and Soc coming later this summer.

– Auto leveling suspension when stationary will see incremental improvements in future updates.

– Support for browsing the internet when charging the car on the roadmap.

– Better screen space usage on the driver and center display.

– Door handles in when unlocked under development.

– The ability to auto dim screen is currently in works.

– Adaptive cruise support in towing mode coming soon.

– Customizable charge limits coming later this summer.

– Adventure capabilities on the roadmap.

– Remotely enabling and disabling rear guard coming soon.

Apart from new features, Rivian will be fixing some bugs currently affecting users along with some improvements to existing features.

– Fix for windshield wiper running after starting the truck and switching from park to drive or reverse.

– Fix for the issue with TuneIn radio unable to refresh podcasts and other related issues.

– Fix for air vents opening in wrong direction or resetting every time the car or truck is turned off coming in the next OTA.

– Improvements to Amazon Alexa integration.

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Featured image source: Rivian

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