Autonomy+ Trial Expired
After giving it a go with too many critical failures, prompts to put my hands back on the wheel for relatively minor curves, having to retake control as UHF drove over lines in the road or straight towards big potholes, etc. I’m letting the trial lapse and moving on. The reliability is too low, it feels more stressful feeling like I need to babysit UHF, I don’t trust it to safely navigate common scenarios in traffic and more generally, and find the price too high for something other brands charge nothing for as it’s currently little more than advanced lane keeping.
I appreciate that Rivian is integrating lidar in future builds which should allow for some true autonomy but unless they’re able to greatly improve the current implementation for Gen 2 I don’t expect it to ever be a realistic option worth the expense for my current R1S. Thankfully it’s a great vehicle without this feature set so no big loss, but somewhat annoying they’re asking $50/mo or a large one-time non-transferable payment for something that doesn’t currently feel ready for prime time.