Tag: Rivian

VW taps former Rivian exec to run US business

Volkswagen of America has a new CEO: Rivian’s recently departed chief commercial officer Kjell Gruner. The appointment comes just one week after VW parent...

Will Rivian be Volkswagen’s software savior? VW is betting $5.8B it will

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The Rivian-Volkswagen joint venture deal is now up to $5.8B

Rivian and Volkswagen Group have finalized a multi-billion-dollar joint venture to develop software, paving the way to let the German auto giant leverage...

Rivian takes major revenue hit as supplier problem persists

Rivian reported Thursday revenue of $874 million in the third quarter — more than 12% lower than analysts estimates — as the EV...

Rivian’s software boss is ‘super excited’ about third-party apps

Rivian’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid opened up at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 last week about his thoughts on physical buttons (“an anomaly“) and...

Rivian’s chief software officer says in-car buttons are ‘an anomaly’

The trend of big touchscreens in cars has left many yearning for the not-so-distant days when most user interactions happened with physical buttons....