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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says too many carmakers are copying Tesla

Rivian’s founder discusses the R2 and R3 roadmap and the big deal with Volkswagen.

In the biggest news of all, Rivian and Volkswagen announced a$5 billion joint venture that will co-develop core parts of the hardware and software platform to be used in cars from both automakers. We love that because it aligns so beautifully with our mission: the ability to help accelerate putting highly compelling electric vehicles into the market, which will ultimately drive more demand. A core objective of how we’ve structured the joint venture is that we don’t lose the velocity and the speed and the decisiveness and lack of bureaucracy that exists within our software function today.

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