Rivian R1S Incident

Alleged information here directly from customer report, not yet confirmed by Rivian: "As I entered a curve in the road (curving right), the car jerked towards the right-hand k-rail and a red notice popped up that said that the highway assist feature was now off. I wasn't sure if the cruise control was still on so I returned my foot to the accelerator and tried to get back into the right lane (so as not to hit the k-rail). I think I probably over corrected a bit and veered slightly into the left-hand lane but then I felt the car try to fully jerk us into that left lane. At that point, I lost control of the car as the back started fishtailing." The driver also noted that "I am a petite person, with minimal upper body strength, so I had a really hard time trying to control the heft of the vehicle as it was trying to veer into different lanes". According to the customer report the driver was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a strained left shoulder and the other 2 occupants, both adults, were not injured. Update: On January [XXX], 2024, at 10:33:20 a.m. PST, the subject vehicle was traveling south on [XXX] at 77 mph with Rivians Level 2 ADAS feature, Highway Assist (HWA), engaged. 25 seconds later, at 10:33:45 a.m. the vehicle notified the driver through a message on the driver display that their lane was merging ahead. 19 seconds later, at 10:34:04 a.m. PST, after no intervention from the driver, HWA disengaged because the subject vehicle moved out of its ODD as a result of insufficient highway markings. At that same time, 10:34:04 a.m., the driver received audio and visual alerts to take over control of the subject vehicle through in-vehicle messaging. At this time the system did not detect hands on the wheel. Less than one second later, at 10:34:05 a.m., the driver put their hands back on the wheel and retook control but input a significant steering angle while still at a high rate of speed (75.4 mph) that started a loss of control. This steering input was not a result of the HWA feature, but an overcorrection by the driver. Over the next nine seconds, from 10:34:05 to 10:34:14 a.m., the driver steered the vehicle to both the left and right trying to regain control, they also applied both the brake and accelerator pedals at various times, sometimes simultaneously, until the vehicle departed the roadway and impacted the side barrier at 10:34:14 a.m. PST, causing damage to the right side of the subject vehicle and deploying the side airbags.