Rivian Taps Google brings custom maps to EVS and their application

For 18 months, Rivian and Google engineers have worked together. Today, they are showing their work.

Rivian takes out the program update that will provide a unique version of Google Maps to EVS. It is the latest step in the continuous Rivian effort to distinguish its cars with software – an effort that helped it raise a joint venture with one of the largest auto companies in the world, Volkswagen.

This is not typical, the integration of Google Maps, and it is contrary to the cooperation of other technology company in the automotive sector. For years, Google has pushed cars through the smartphone drop application called Android Auto in addition to Google Bleant-in, an Android car operating system that merges Google’s services directly into the car and is used by automobile companies such as Volvo.

Cooperation with Revyan is not. Instead, Rivian customers who use the mobility inside the MAPBOX maps. Now, they will see Google Maps, but with a lot of Rivian DNA was sprayed on top, including trips, user interface and design, and EV charger sites, according to Rivian Wassym Bensaid.

“It is clear that we are closely seeing customer ‘observations, and I believe that one of the areas where we had a level of criticism is the movement,” Benesid said. The company could have tried to improve the current movement inside the car. Instead, I started working with Google to launch a new product.

Rivian Challenge: Not only did he want the default Google Maps app.

He said: “Google really wanted to adopt a new model for cooperation with more open integration to the API levels of Google Maps, and this requires working with a technical partner on that trip to integrate both solutions, and I think we are very happy with the result of this cooperation.”

The new maps feature will include an estimated time to access, traffic updates, place information, and satellite pictures of Google Maps, all built into the Rivian navigation system. The navigation inside the car will include beating attention points.

The Rivian Trip Plan is very important because it displays EV and selects the stopping of shipping, all of which are supported The best march. Other Rivian features such as “Range AT Arrival”, shipping forecasts and preferences, and the degree of charging EV, which provide a classification of individual shipping sites based on components data from rural vehicles, were also folded in Google Maps.

The new Google -based maps will start today by updating Rivian Vehicles software and their mobile application.

The updated Rivian Mobile application will also include additional flight planning features. Rivian said it added pictures of a place, descriptions of the place and satellite display (with Connect+), as well as the ability to see traffic accidents and traffic in the application. Users can also continue sharing destinations and trips from the Rivian Mobile app to their car.