Rivian acquired the company behind ABetterRouteplanner, a popular route-planning app used by EV drivers, the company confirmed Wednesday.
Rivian didn’t disclose financial terms of the deal to buy Iternio, the Swedish company that developed ABetterRouteplanner, otherwise known as ABRP. The acquisition was first reported earlier this month by Electrek.
ABRP, a consumer-facing app that calculates the best route for EV drivers, using information about the vehicle, weather conditions, traffic and real-time charger data, was started in 2016 as a hobby project by Bo Lincoln, who went on to found Iternio in 2018. While ABRP has a popular following, the real value for Rivian is Iternio’s EV planning API and cloud service for businesses. The largest customer of the API is ABRP.
ABRP will remain a stand-alone app, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said in a statement.
“A Better Routeplanner leads the way in EV trip planning and is an important platform for driving EV adoption, which is why it’s so important for us to keep the platform open for all,” …
