Exclusive: Rivian to acquire ABRP (A Better Route Planner)
The deal could close in as a week – or it might have been completed as this goes to print....
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Ugh - another way for Rivian to spy on Tesla.
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How so?Ugh - another way for Rivian to spy on Tesla.
This.
Q. Does the Rivian news make anyone more reluctant to log ABRP into their Tesla account?
Yes!I don't know if I would put it that way but: the data. They have a lot of data on all EVs, and Tesla are probably the bulk of them. They have charging curves in various conditions on all types of chargers, The have consumption in all conditions, with and without trailers etc. Data is king these days.
ABRP is key for me because it lets me plan a trip from my desktop, and I can adjust it to see how the route may change if I take it in the winter vs. the summer, rain vs. clear, etc. I never use it in my car. I did use it in my Lightning via Android Auto but the interface and routing display was lousy.We won't need ABRP if/when Tesla adds a few more features for planning long routes like approximating road conditions for a future date/time and setting a min. destination SoC.
ABRP has a key feature that recommends a speed limit to get through a long stretch. I used that for Kingman AZ to the Grand Canyon. But Tesla's realtime prediction for that segment proved to be more accurate, perhaps because I no longer have ABRP logged in to my Tesla account.
ABRP is key for me because it lets me plan a trip from my desktop, and I can adjust it to see how the route may change if I take it in the winter vs. the summer, rain vs. clear, etc. I never use it in my car. I did use it in my Lightning via Android Auto but the interface and routing display was lousy.
Same with me. Hope Tesla rises to the occasion and releases their own, Tesla data backed service.