Calling 911 On Sleeping Robotaxi Passengers And Other Hot Future Of Transport Issues Of Early 2023

Forbes Innovation Transportation Calling 911 On Sleeping Robotaxi Passengers And Other Hot Future Of Transport Issues Of Early 2023 Brad Templeton Senior Contributor Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I cover robocar technology & previously worked on Google’s car team. Following Feb 4, 2023, 03:00pm EST | Press play to listen to this article! Got it! Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Today we inaugurate a new discussion podcast on the hot issues in the future of transportation, featuring self-driving, electrification, Tesla and many others.

This episode features the following topics discussed with Mario Herger, author of “The Last Driver Licence Holder has Already been Born. ” You can listen to the podcast by downloading this MP3 file from https:/robocars. com/podcast and there is a machine-generated text transcript .

1:17 Waymo and Cruise letters from San Francisco. Discussed in the Forbes. com story below, we go into more details on the conflict between San Francisco and its two Robotaxi companies, Cruise and Waymo.

What should cities tolerate and not tolerate? MORE FROM FORBES San Francisco Tries To Slow Down Waymo And Cruise Robotaxi Expansion. Should They Go Elsewhere? By Brad Templeton MORE FOR YOU The Inside Story Of Papa John’s Toxic Culture Pakistan Blocks Wikipedia Over ‘Sacrilegious Content’ The Very Best Films Added In February To Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu And HBO Max 9:49 Calling 911 on sleeping people and cameras in cars A special issue from the San Francisco letters relates to complaints that Waymo and Cruise have called 911 when they can’t get a passenger to respond at the end of the ride, and the passengers have just been asleep. The paramedics time is wasted, but what if they had not been just asleep, worry the robotaxi companies.

A better solution needs to be found, but one that doesn’t just involve having all our travels be in view of a surveillance camera. 18:33 Consumer Reports on drive-pilot systems (ADA) Consumer Reports published ratings for driver assist pilot systems, to which they give the poorly chosen name ADAs. Surprising is that Tesla’s system, which pioneered the market, scores closer to the bottom of the pack, because CR faults it for not nagging you enough, not preventing you from using it on lesser roads, and less clear UI.

All reasonable — but should they weight so strongly compared to the core system performance (how well it drives) in a consumer’s desires? 25:18 Mercedes S-Class Level 3 in Nevada The new $118,000 (base price) Mercedes S class will drive you in a freeway traffic jam without you having to watch the road. Finally do your e-mails in the traffic jam, at least if you live in Las Vegas or Germany. Is this a real product or a gimmick? 33:18 The Tesla Bay Bridge pile-up MORE FROM FORBES An 8-Car Pileup Started By A Tesla In Autopilot Opens Up Many Complex Issues By Brad Templeton 37:52 Tesla’s Safety Numbers are Back Tesla used to publish misleading safety numbers every quarter.

They stopped for a year (we had hoped it was because they had been debunked here at Forbes. com and other places ) but they are back, and people don’t understand why they don’t tell the story at all. 45:03 Waymo at the Superbowl Waymo has promoted using their service during the Superbowl in Phoenix next week.

They won’t go to the stadium — neither does transit — but what might you do to empty a giant stadium with robotaxis? 49:22 Running out of Lithium In addition to the UC Davis paper below, Toyota’s chief researcher Gil Pratt has put out the same warning about the risks of running out of lithium – and why Toyota’s hybrids are the best answer to that problem. We talk about how a lithium shortage or battery shortage are very unlikely, though I do give some credit to BMW’s I3 Rex hybrid design. MORE FROM FORBES Researchers Warn The EV Transition Needs Too Much Nasty Lithium.

That’s Not How Transitions Work By Brad Templeton 1:01:24 Emissions from AVs We wrong about the paper from an MIT grad student warning that robocars might cause a huge amount of emissions. Hear why that’s not right, and why more care should be taken with papers like this. MORE FROM FORBES MIT/IEEE-Published Study Falsely Imagines Computing In Robocars Will Emit Lots Of Carbon.

Relax, It’s Unlikely. By Brad Templeton 1:10:18 Layoffs at Waymo Via Everybody’s had layoffs, but rumours suggest that Waymo cut more deeply in their trucking division. Many other companies have doubled down on trucking as a quicker path to revenue.

Why would Waymo not do that? 1:17:20 CES Mario went to CES to look at self-driving. Nice fun toys, but how much was real news? Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn . Check out my website .

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