Admittedly $100B is hyperbole. If we ran the numbers for a worldwide solution from scratch itās absolutely more than $10B in startup. Nokia paid $8.1B in ā08 for HERE. Although they screeed around and by ā13 it was only valued at 2.1. The new map consortium is going to cost a ton even with some...
What bothers me about this is I donāt think you could find one Rivian owner who counted āRivian mapsā as a purchase driver. Yet when talking with other Rivian owners itās a regular pain point.
Similarly, deciding against supporting CarPlay and Android Auto is a purchase deterrent.
Rivian...