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.
New features
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
You can check out the list below for other features Rivian will be adding in the near future.
– 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.
Bug fixes & improvements
Apart from new features, Rivian will be fixing some bugs currently affecting users along with some improvements to existing features.
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– 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.
Featured image source: Rivian
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