How do you coordinate thousands of parallel design decisions in vehicle manufacturing?
Replied byRJ Scaringe
Founder & CEO at Rivian
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Approx. $460 Million /month
Location: Irvine, California, United States
Started: 2009
We establish frameworks so that thousands of parallel decisions feel like they were designed by a single brain. We coordinate the drive unit, software, and physical components through multiple iterations of prototypes, testing hundreds of cars before the first sale.
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