Rivian Autonomy+
Ranked 7 of 9 driver assistance systems by recommenders
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.
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.
13 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 69%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Seen as top rival to Tesla
“which means it's already better than anything Tesla is capable of offering”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Rivian's gambit for full autonomy” “Rivian is the closest competitor to Tesla”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Rivian's gambit for full autonomy” Strong tech and strategy
“Rivian seems to have all the right tech and strategy.”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Rivian's gambit for full autonomy” “Rivian may be the safest autonomy bet in the world.”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Rivian Autonomy and AI Day”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Gen1 performance weak, updates dropped
“Gen1 was essentially an off-the-shelf Mobileye unit, and the performance was, as expected, not good.”
Comment from 12 Dec 2025 in “Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free” “They basically have dropped improvements for gen1 autonomy which is rug-pullish”
Comment from 11 Dec 2025 in “Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free” Basic, still needs more training
“This is very basic for any self driving car system you can see on the road today”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Rivian's gambit for full autonomy” “Nice in theory but in practice they still need a ton of training data.”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “Rivian's gambit for full autonomy”
Other driver assistance systems people recommend
The four most recommended other driver assistance systems, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla Full Self-Driving (FSD) | 268 | 618 | 30% | 12 | 3 yrs32 owners | — |
| Tesla FSD | 73 | 88 | 45% | 12 | 2 yrs4 owners | — |
| comma.ai openpilot | 34 | 10 | 77% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Tesla Autopilot | 27 | 148 | 15% | 8 | 2 yrs3 owners | — |
| Rivian Autonomy+This page | 9 | 4 | 69% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is very basic for any self driving car system you can see on the road today”
“Rivian seems to have all the right tech and strategy.”
“which means it's already better than anything Tesla is capable of offering”
“Rivian is the closest competitor to Tesla”
“Nice in theory but in practice they still need a ton of training data.”
“they do track object across video frames which for me it's the minimum a system like this should do”
“from what I hear is a completely different level of reliability”
“Gen1 was essentially an off-the-shelf Mobileye unit, and the performance was, as expected, not good.”
“It's there enough to do the usual daily trips with minimal interaction, so while road trips is the obvious situation for it it's also really nice to have the rest of the time.”
“They basically have dropped improvements for gen1 autonomy which is rug-pullish”
“Rivian's ADAS is still struggling with ping-ponging in lanes on curved stretches”
“Rivian may be the safest autonomy bet in the world.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.