Hacker News with Generative AI: Rivian

Rivian is opening its charging network to other EVs (thedrive.com)
It’s the end of 2024 and public EV charging still sucks. At least, it sucks a lot of the time. That’s a pretty big blocker for people considering a battery-powered daily driver, which is why companies selling EVs want to improve the experience.
Rivian CEO says CarPlay isn't going to happen (theverge.com)
Rivian Amazon delivery vans catching on fire while charging: reports (yahoo.com)
Volkswagen Willing to Pay $1B Just to Look at Rivian's Software (autoevolution.com)
Volkswagen invests up to $5B in Rivian (bloomberg.com)
Volkswagen to invest up to $5B in Rivian (reuters.com)
Rivian wins $827M from Illinois to expand its factory for R2 lineup (techcrunch.com)