Rivian plans to release a supervised autonomous driving system similar to Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) later this year, CEO RJ Scaringe announced on June 3 at the Masters of Scale conference [1]. He said, "Later this year, we'll have full supervised point-to-point, which will be very similar to Tesla's FSD" [1].
The new advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) will enable supervised point-to-point driving from one destination to another on second-generation Rivian vehicles and the upcoming R2 model [1]. Currently, Rivian's existing self-driving system, called Universal Hands-Free (UHF), handles steering and speed on about 3.5 million miles of marked roads but lacks navigation for turns, traffic lights, and parking lots like Tesla's FSD offers [1].
Rivian has set plans to introduce unsupervised autonomous driving technology in 2027 [1].
In March 2026, the company signed a $1.25 billion deal with Uber for up to 50,000 R2 robotaxi vehicles, further underscoring its push into autonomous vehicle services [1].
The supervised system release is expected on Gen 2 and R2 vehicles by late 2026 [2, 1]. This would mark a significant expansion of Rivian's driver-assist capabilities beyond its UHF system.
Rivian’s next steps include the launch of the supervised driving system later this year and the targeted release of unsupervised autonomy in 2027 [1].
