I wouldn’t trust this, hopefully the car still drives when you cut the wires to whatever it’s using as an antenna.
Why does lane assistance need internet connection?
If you choose to disable all vehicle connectivity, it will prevent data from leaving the vehicle, but it will also limit or disable certain functionality in the vehicle (e.g., navigation, lane keeping assistance, and over-the-air updates, which provide new features, better performance, safety enhancements, and bug fixes).
Yeah… wtf. Lane keeping requires an internet connection?? So what happens if you’re driving through a zone with poor reception??
You probably need map data to know if you’re on a highway (when lane keeping is allowed) or on surface streets.
It will probably cache relevant maps when heading into a low service area.
Just a guess. I don’t drive a Rivian.
I had a VW car back in 2016 that had lane assist feature that worked really well. Needless to say, car had no Internet connectivity of any kind and it only worked at 60km/h and above.
So yeah why the fuck would such a feature on modern cars require internet connectivity? It doesn’t. But if they tell you it does you will most likely keep your car online.
I truly hate capitalism now. Or rather, late stage capitalism.
My car doesn’t require internet connection and does this thing where you have to go over 60kmph to activate the lane assist. Ensures you’re only using it on highways as residential streets don’t go that high.
residential streets don’t go that high.
Not with that attitude.
That makes it impossible to activate when in a traffic jam, where it would be really nice (especially combined with adaptive cruise control)
Back when I had my Tesla, Autopilot was great in bumper to bumper traffic for that exact reason. Didn’t have to focus on creeping forward 2 feet at a time, didn’t have to worry about brakes vs acceleration, just let the car inch itself along behind the car in front.
When it was totally stopped on a temporarily closed highway for an hour, Netflix was great too. And A/C without burning a ton of fuel sitting there.
Maybe steer the wheel and keep between the lines? Old school.
Nope, sorry, this is the future. Only option now is to veer into oncoming traffic and kill everyone and then lobby the government to pay for more network coverage for safety reasons.
I doubt it needs a constant connection, but maybe it needs periodic calibration or something that requires an internet connection 🤷♂️
It’s really not needed, though, in light of https://comma.ai’s offline, open-source Openpilot self-driving dashcam modules. Maybe it’s for software updates but those can be passed online.
I’m gonna guess that Rivian will still eventually secretly log telemetry again despite this claim.
Watch this quick ad to stop from drifting into the next lane!
Ugh don’t give them ideas!
Because they want the PR, not the actual functionality.
Might tie in with maps which needs GPS?
Lane assistance only needs cameras to keep track of lane lines. It is a feature that existed since the early 2k’s.
Yeah, but just like other technology there are advances that might have been made.
because they need some way to make you feel you have to leave it on. what better way than to tie your safety features into the data theft?
