Exclusive: Rivian to acquire ABRP (A Better Route Planner)
electrek.co
The deal could close in a week – or it might have been completed as this goes to print. Sources...

Sources tell Electrek that Rivian has been in talks to acquire the world’s most popular EV route planning service, Sweden-based A Better Route Planner (…)

We’re also told that Rivian has no plans to shut down either the front-end service for other EV owners who still want to use the service for their non-Rivian EVs nor the back end service for other carmakers and services. Polestar and some European brands currently use the backend service native in Android Automotive.

  • trapezohedron@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Seems like a great purchase, in terms of being able to utilize their data and the usage patterns of everyone on the app. Not sure how it will affect the end-user :-/

    • driest@feddit.deOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      effects for the end user will likely the the same as with all other takeovers by big companies:

      • lockdown of apis to prevent others from using the data
      • development stops for functionality useful to competitors
      • the only one who benefits is a rivian customer