Rivian is doubling down on an AI-centric approach to develop fully autonomous vehicles, as the money-losing electric-vehicle maker faces a tough market for its trucks and SUVs. Rivian’s hands-free driving feature will be updated later this month to more closely resemble Tesla’s system when the company expands its availability to a territory more than 20 times its current size. Rivian has also developed its own computer chip—as Tesla has—to enable its vehicles to quickly process data from the road and feed the AI model that powers its self-driving.
