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Robert Scaringe

Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Rivian Automotive

Search every verified Robert Scaringe interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and MOVE 2026, discussing the company's recent launch of its R2 vehicle and its roadmap for autonomy. At Disrupt, he noted that Rivian has launched R2 and is working on future products, including an R4 model that has not yet been shown. He also discussed Rivian's development of an AI assistant in the R2, which uses an internally built model alongside external models such as Gemini, and described plans to participate in the robo-taxi market through a $1.25 billion partnership with Uber. Scaringe stated that 95% of miles driven in the United States are in personally owned vehicles, suggesting that even with level four autonomous capabilities, a dramatic societal shift away from ownership is unlikely. At MOVE 2026, Scaringe discussed the R2 as Rivian's high-volume product, noting that R1 had an average selling price of $90,000 and limited scale. He highlighted Rivian's software architecture, which consolidates control of vehicle functions into a single operating system, and mentioned a $5.8 billion deal with Volkswagen Group signed in late 2024 to provide electronics and a real-time operating system for Volkswagen products. Scaringe also referenced a $4.5 billion loan from the US Department of Energy, restructured and renegotiated with support from President Trump, to support capacity build-out. He described supply chain instability and rising cost structures as major challenges, and when asked whether Rivian is a technology or car company, he said both are necessary for a successful transportation company.

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“We think of Robo Taxi, it's super exciting. We're excited about it. We're building a product for that in partnership with Uber. We did a 1.25 billion deal with Uber on this. But 95% of the miles driven in the United States, so this is trillions of miles, 95% of these miles are in things that we personally own. So like you own it or your household owns it. And so our view is it's unlikely even with level four capabili”

“The biggest challenge for us by far is around supply chain just in general. And I think for anybody here that's building hardware you can connect to this. The supply chain environment is just not particularly stable. We've got very dynamic geopolitics that are playing out. We have cost structures that have gone up dramatically around the physical world largely driven by the demand for a lot of those same resources fo”

“We have support from the US Department of Energy and recently restructured and renegotiated that loan with the US government and with President Trump's support. And this is a $4.5 billion loan to support the rapid build-out of more capacity. And of course when you're building a car business, scale is very helpful. And one of the things about Rivian is I've designed the company and we've set things up not to be a smal”

“In late 2024, we signed a $5.8 billion deal with Volkswagen Group for us to provide the electronics and the base OS for the real-time operating system for the vehicle. And that was off the back, as you said, of them having attempted to build a lot of this themselves through their own business unit, Cariad. And the reason we did the deal, the reason we approached this is we've developed a lot of technology and we've a”

“We announced that it was a $1.25 billion deal we did with Uber. We're deploying robo-taxis. So, the R2 product in a robo-taxi form starting in 2028. First two cities will be Miami and San Francisco, but over the next, you know, few years following that, we'll roll out across a number of big cities, 25 different big cities.”

“We actually did a $5.8 billion software licensing deal with Volkswagen, which is a really cool thing for me cuz I grew up as a car enthusiast. I loved Porsches and Volkswagens specifically. And so, it's now see our power our software and some of our electronics making their way across the portfolio of products within Volkswagen Group.”

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