More about this deal...   How Uber’s Rivian R2 Deal Could Reshape Robotaxis   Under a new deal, Uber plans to invest up to $1.25 billion in Rivian through 2031, tied to a plan to deploy as many as 50,000 fully autonomous R2 robotaxis that would run exclusively on the Uber platform. The rollout starts with 10,000 R2 robotaxis targeted for 2028 in San Francisco and Miami, then ramps up to roughly 25 cities across the US, Canada, and Europe by 2031. For Rivian, the R2 is still a mainstream compact SUV that slots below the R1T pickup and R1S SUV, but this agreement gives it a split personality: a family-size EV in your driveway that shares its hardware and software with a high-mileage robotaxi tuned for strict autonomy, uptime, and fleet economics. ... Rivian’s software and autonomy plan comes in steps. The company is targeting point-to-point assisted driving by late 2026, an interim “Autonomy+” stage, Level 3 eyes-off highway capability around 2027, then Level 4 robotaxi service beginning in 2028. Robotaxi-spec R2s are expected to run extra cameras, added radar, likely lidar, and more onboard compute than the consumer versions, paired with redundant steering and braking so the system can ride out component failures without needing a human to grab the wheel.

Yeah, I hate the split light trend.   At least they tried to hide them by blacking it out.......I still think Chevy has had some of the best split light looks out there because they've integrated the light into some grille work or vents so it doesn't visually look like a random square tacked on for lighting.

Mercedes products used to be classy looking.  Now they're somehow generic and ugly at the same time.

Yep, and why start a new thread for the same topic?

Nice catch.....lol

This is not auto related, but listen to what he says at around marker 8:40:   (36) NYC Pfizer Building is Collapsing... Who Screwed Up?" - YouTube

sounds like what’s in fig-6  

I have given the Navigator a hard time recently because I want it to be better and really be the flagship of not just Lincoln but for Ford as well I want it to push the envelope more which I know they can.  With that being said the Navigator has had a far better 2nd row than the Escalade for a while now and has offered heated/cooled seats in the 2nd row since at least 2022 on the 4th gen refresh.  Escalade didn't get that till 2025.

Take off the emblem and you'd think it was a chevy

The car looks better in videos.  Thats what my wife said anyway.