why aren't all 7 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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Opinion
Scaringe: Fewer than five non-Chinese companies can solve neural net autonomy
“I think there's more than one, less than five companies outside of China that have The necessary ingredients to do this, the capital, the GPUs, the car park with, you know, enough vehicles generating enough data. I say more than one less than five. It's probab…”
Disclosure
Scaringe: Upcoming Rivian R2 will include lidar alongside radar and cameras
“Our approach to this is we have a higher level of capability on our perception stacks. We have better cameras. We have radar. And of course, with R two, we'll have a lidar as well.”
Assertion Contradicted
Scaringe: Only Tesla and Rivian avoid domain-based vehicle architectures
“With the exception of Tesla and Rivian, every car on the road has what is called a domain-based architecture.”
Disclosure
Tang: DoorDash partnered with Rivian spin-out Also for autonomous vehicles
“We actually partnered up with this company called also, which is this micro mobility company that spun out of Rivian.
[2316] Stanley Tang: So,
[2317] Stanley Tang: RJ is actually the board of founder and chairman of the company. So if, you know, like, why do…”
Disclosure
Scaringe: Rivian's perception stack sits between Tesla and Waymo in sensor density
“We're going to go, you know, not as heavy as let's say a Waymo on perception, but heavier than let's say Tesla to build a really robust data platform on a vehicle by vehicle basis.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Scaringe: Most Rivian R1 customers are first-time EV owners
“On R one, the vast majority of our customers are first time ever owning an EV is a Rivian, which is really good.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Scaringe: Gen 2 Rivian vehicles share no code with Gen 1
“So it was with our gen two vehicles, you know, not a single line of shared code, not a single piece of common hardware on the perception or on the compute side.”