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.

  • driest@feddit.deOP
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    2 years 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