This week we have an interview with RJ Scaringe, the CEO of Rivian! He stopped by the Studio to chat with Marques about the new R1S and the future of the company as a whole. They go over the adventure network, the quirky features of the R1S, and the upcoming R2 platform as well. As a bonus, this entire episode was recorded inside of an Rivian R1S. We hope you enjoy! Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:37 Rivian origins 05:50 R1T, R1S, and what's next 11:50 Why is there no CarPlay? 14:40 EV trucks and first-time buyers 17:58 Charging networks 23:09 Ad break 23:11 Building out the networks 25:00 Rivian and Amazon 27:50 All the little things that go into the truck 34:07 Key decisions for upcoming R2 platform 42:30 Outro Shop the merch: https://shop.mkbhd.com Twitters: Waveform: https://twitter.com/wvfrm Marques: https://twitter.com/mkbhd Andrew: https://twitter.com/andymanganelli David: https://twitter.com/DurvidImel Adam: https://twitter.com/adamlukas17 Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wvfrmpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.