Rivian CEO Declares Driving Yourself In 2030 as Un-American as Dial-Up
KEY POINTS
- â˘Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe predicted in early 2026 that by 2030, self-driving cars will be standard for buyers.
- â˘The company reported an 8% increase in 2025 sales over 2024 and delivered 42,247 vehicles, with revenue hitting $5.39 billion.
- â˘Rivian plans to release its $45,000 R2 SUV this year while competing with Tesla and Chinese companies in the autonomous vehicle race.
In a moment that sounds like it came straight out of a sci-fi midlife crisis, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe announced during a Texas podcast that by 2030 owning a car that doesnât drive itself will be as inconceivable as buying one without airbags or ACâapparently, we were savages before those were standard. Rivian, which pumped out 42,247 vehicles last year and bragged about $5.39 billion in 2025 revenue (an 8% bump from 2024), dreams of cars running errands faster than you can say 'Waymo who?' Meanwhile, the stock price did the emo shuffleâdown 5%, then up 15% after hoursâbecause Wall Street loves drama. For just $45k, soon you can snag their R2 SUV, the cheapest ride that'll eventually ghost-drive you all over Irvine.
Share the Story
By 2030, if your car canât auto-drop the kids or grab milk, how will you even explain it at family therapy? Millennials, start your therapy apps.
If you think buying a non-self-driving car in 2030 will be weird, just wait till your toaster refuses to make Avocado Toast autonomously.
Rivianâs 2025: $5.39B in revenue, 42k cars delivered, CEO predicting driverless ridesâbecause apparently, we once loved manually stressing about traffic.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 2/13/2026 | Author: Aditi Bharade
More Articles in Technology
Munich Security Conference Sees Russia Moving as Fast as Garden Snail Diplomacy
Meta Declares âNo More Performance Purges,â Despite Talking About Annual 5% Cuts
ICE Plans Mega Warehouses to Hotel 100,000 People, Calls It 'Humane Detention'
AI Won't Replace Jobs Yet, But Executives Are Already Panic-Buying Tech
Sony Folds Headphones But Still Charges You to Fold Your Wallet
Amazonâs Ring Runs Super Bowl Dystopia Ad, Cancels Creepy Cop Cam Deal
European Bike Shrinks Into Walls Because Your Hallway Is A Closet
Tech Guru Warns AI Jobpocalypse Worse Than COVID, Internet Loses Mind
