# Rivian Autonomy+

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Rivian Autonomy+ and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for hands-free daily and road-trip driving and for strong tech strategy. Critics say its performance still lags and gen1 lane handling struggles.

## Why people recommend it

- Seen as top rival to Tesla (2 comments): "which means it's already better than anything Tesla is capable of offering" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640149)) "Rivian is the closest competitor to Tesla" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639076))
- Strong tech and strategy (2 comments): "Rivian seems to have all the right tech and strategy." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49640536)) "Rivian may be the safest autonomy bet in the world." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46234572))

## What people warn about

- Gen1 performance weak, updates dropped (2 comments): "Gen1 was essentially an off-the-shelf Mobileye unit, and the performance was, as expected, not good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46239672)) "They basically have dropped improvements for gen1 autonomy which is rug-pullish" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46238289))
- Basic, still needs more training (2 comments): "This is very basic for any self driving car system you can see on the road today" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49641422)) "Nice in theory but in practice they still need a ton of training data." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49638752))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-full-self-driving.md): 268 recommend
- [Tesla FSD](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-fsd.md): 73 recommend
- [comma.ai openpilot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openpilot.md): 34 recommend
- [Tesla Autopilot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-autopilot.md): 27 recommend
- [comma.ai comma device](https://hackerapproved.com/p/comma-ai.md): 24 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://rivian.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Rivian Autonomy+", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rivian-autonomy-system/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).