Rivian plans to lay off more than 600 workers. Read the memo from CEO RJ Scaringe.

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Rivian is set to lay off more than 600 employees.

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Rivian CEO says the company tore down a highly popular Chinese EV. Here's what he thought.

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said China's low cost of labor and government support helps make EVs cheaper in the country.

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Rivian exec: Tesla's sensor hesitancy isn't 'fully explainable' because LiDAR is getting cheaper

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Rivian's James Philbin talks during an event with Business Insider.
Rivian's James Philbin

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Self-driving cars are here. Industry pros share with BI how to get the public to trust them.

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James Philbin, the Head of Autonomy and AI at Rivian, and Charlie Tyson, Technology Activation Director at Michigan's Office of Future Mobility & Electrification.

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Rivian CEO: Big automakers will suffer if they don't get better at software

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe

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For the US EV market, the training wheels are off. Tesla will survive. Who else will?

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Robots weld the body of a Model Y electric vehicle at a Tesla Gigafactory plant.
Robots weld the body of a Model Y electric vehicle at a Tesla Gigafactory plant.

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Rivian CEO says EVs have 'become political' but they shouldn't be

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said that the company tries "not to make what we're doing political."

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Rivian CEO: Tesla is going all in on cameras, but self-driving cars still need LiDAR

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"No, I wouldn't rule out LiDAR," Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe told guest host and journalist Joanna Stern on The Verge's "Decoder" podcast.

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Rivian CEO says it 'blows my mind' that the US auto industry is reprioritizing capital toward gas-powered vehicles

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RJ Scaringe said that investing in combustion engine production would thin EV competition.

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Rivian's CEO explains why he got a Ph.D. — and why he chose MIT over Stanford

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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe described picking between Stanford and MIT as being "recruited for a nerd sports team."

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