<img src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/two-men-in-dark-blue-shirts-watch-suvs-being-put-together-on-an-assembly-line.jpg?id=67724197&amp;width=1245&amp;height=700&amp;coordinates=0%2C62%2C0%2C63" /><br /><br /><p><strong>I’m sitting in a Rivian</strong> R1S SUV as it drives itself down the leafy streets of <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/palo-alto" target="_self">Palo Alto, Calif.</a>, through areas crowded with touchstones of tech history. We cruise near the landmark <a href="