Rivian's self-driving chief criticizes Musk for being opinionated

James Philbin, head of autonomous driving at Tesla competitor Rivian, recently criticized Tesla CEO Elon Musk for being too stubborn. Philbin believes Musk lacks an understanding of the engineering realities of autonomous vehicles and ignores the declining prices of high-end sensors like lidar. While acknowledging Tesla's significant achievements in machine learning and its advancement of the industry, he remains reserved about Tesla's overall path to autonomous driving.