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252 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★ - 105 ratings

A weekly show discussing the future of transportation Alex Roy, Edward Niedermeyer, and Kirsten Korosec

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#110: Tesla's Big Weekend, Kwid Goes Electric and Honda Goes Cruising

October 04, 2018 14:33 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MB

On the latest episode of the Autonocast: Ed gets kicked out of a Tesla delivery center, Alex calls Ed a hater and Kirsten wishes we could discuss something other than Tesla.

#109: Horace Dediu on the unbundling of the car and the micromobility revolution

September 28, 2018 22:40 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MB

A few years back, when electric and autonomous cars were seen as the next (and possibly last) great mobility revolution, Horace Dedieu was already thinking ahead. What he found is what the rest of the mobility technology world (and venture capital community) has been realizing for the last year or so: micromobility is the more classical (and immediate) disruption of the car. The Clayton Christensen acolyte and famed Apple analyst finally joins the Autonocast to explain what micromobility is, ...

#108: Mo' Mobility Modes, Mo' Planning Problems

September 26, 2018 15:04 - 44 minutes - 30.7 MB

As wave after wave of new mobility modes invade cities, city planners and transportation agencies have struggled to maintain a sense of control over what was once a sleepy bureaucratic endeavor. Now a host of new platforms and tools are being offered to cities that want to manage the chaos, bring modes together, offer a single payment platform, plan for the future and more. But, as Alex, Kirsten and Ed discuss, empowering transit agencies trades off with the opportunities for private companie...

#107: Intuition Robotics

September 21, 2018 20:29 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB

We recorded this episode, with the home robotics company Intuition Robotics, earlier this year while we were at Mobility Week in Tel Aviv, Israel. Because Intuition is not making a product that is directly related to mobility, we weren't sure if the episode made sense to run here on The Autonocast, so we've been keeping it in cold storage. But after talking to one of their investors, Jim Adler of Toyota AI Ventures (Episode #106), we have a better understanding of why a massive car company mi...

#106: Jim Adler of Toyota AI Ventures

September 19, 2018 20:05 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MB

How does a giant company that is perfectly adapted to the traditional auto industry adapt to the new world of mobility technology? Why is Toyota investing in home robotics? How is storm tracking like high-tech venture capital investing? What books inspire technology investors? Jim Adler of Toyota AI Ventures, a venture capital fund that works with the Toyota Research Institute to position Toyota in future technologies, joins The Autonocast to answer these questions and more.

#105: Harry Campbell, The Rideshare Guy

September 13, 2018 19:42 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

It's always fun to talk about mobility with your Uber or Lyft driver, but rarely is the conversation as good as it is when that driver happens to be Harry Campbell. Based in Los Angeles, Campbell has become the internet's leading resources for rideshare drivers with a book, blog, podcast and social media presence. On today's episode, we pick his brains for driver-centric insights into the Uber-Lyft competition, the new NYC regulations, Uber's pivot to a multi-modal platform strategy, the time...

#104: Universal Basic Mobility And The Intersection Of Public Transit And Mobility Technology

September 11, 2018 19:21 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

From Cruise Automation's aspiration to eventually serve rural communities to Volvo's inter-urban and Daimler's urban autonomous vehicle concepts, the "where" of mobility technology is increasingly overtaking the "how." In the spirit of this transition the gang takes a look at how a more collective approach to new technologies like autonomous vehicles and micromobility could help them live up to their utopian sales pitches.

#103: The Chasm Of Annoyance, Guardianing Uber and Ze Byton Life

September 07, 2018 17:14 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MB

On this episode of the Autonocast: Alex locates Waymo in the "Chasm of Annoyance," Ed thinks the TRI-Uber alliance is less crazy than you do and Kirsten provides an important update about Ze Byton Life. Plus Alex shares his pro tips for experiencing Pebble Beach on just five dollars per day.

#102: Africa, Uber, Argo and Bird

August 28, 2018 20:42 - 44 minutes - 30.8 MB

Fresh off her vacation in Africa, Kirsten tells Alex and Ed all about mobility in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. The gang goes on to discuss whether Uber should get rid of its autonomous vehicle development program, how Argo and Ford are cross-pollinating their engineering talent through collaboration, and why Bird is working on new technology to cut down on scooter abuse.

#101: Greg McGuire of MCity

August 22, 2018 15:30 - 41 minutes - 28.2 MB

Test facilities for autonomous vehicle development are sprouting up around the world, but today we take a look inside one of the originals: MCity, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Greg McGuire is the lab director who oversees both the fake city that makes up the test facility and the fleet of vehicles that that performs research there. A veteran of Zipcar, Greg explains his obsession with new mobility technologies and how his team is facilitating multidisciplinary research into a ...

#100: Kobi Eisenberg of Autofleet

August 16, 2018 16:23 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MB

On-demand mobility sounds great, until demand dramatically outstrips supply and you're left stranded or surge pricing kills the value proposition. Meanwhile, rental vehicle fleets are being squeezed by declining demand, utilization and margins. A couple of veterans of the ride hailing and rental businesses saw opportunity in these two challenges, and are building a platform called Autofleet to redirect underutilized vehicles into ridehailing or delivery services. CEO Kobi Eisenberg joined the...

#99: A Very Special Kirsten-Free Discussion Episode

August 15, 2018 13:41 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MB

With Kirsten off conquering the Namib Desert, and just generally being cooler than us while on vacation, we call on the services of our guest co-host former PolySync CEO and current roofing enthusiast Josh Hartung. Between the Tesla going-private craziness, a recent IIHS test of Level 2 driver assistance systems and the autonomous drive sector's sojourn in the trough of disillusionment there's a lot to talk about. It may not be as cool Kirsten's African adventure, but we do what we can.

#98: Stefan Seltz-Axmacher of Starsky Robotics

August 10, 2018 18:45 - 42 minutes - 29 MB

As reality sets in for the autonomous drive technology space, the long-term goal of Level 5 and ubiquitous ridesharing is giving way to more limited, pragmatic deployment scenarios. One of the opportunities that is coming into focus in this shift is autonomous trucking and freight delivery. On today's episode, we speak with one of the first people to see the remarkable opportunities in this space: Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, CEO and founder of the autonomous trucking pioneer Starsky Robotics.

#97: Grassroots Electric Racing, Tesla's New Interior, Uber's Autonomous Pivot and More

August 08, 2018 20:18 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MB

After a visit to the historic Henry Ford Museum, Alex is fired up about grassroots electric racing. The gang also discusses Tesla's new leaked interior renderings and Kirsten's "highly cited" story about Uber's new approach to autonomy. Also, Ed has a new job!

#96: Sam Anthony of Perceptive Automata

August 02, 2018 15:20 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MB

One of the hardest problems in the automated driving stack involves predicting how multiple pedestrian targets will behave. That's the problem that Cambridge, MA-based startup Perceptive Automata is tackling head-on with a unique approach to deep learning that builds on research into human perception. Co-founder and CTO Sam Anthony joins the show to explain how he's teaching self-driving cars how to tap into he power of the human glance.

#95: Mike Ramsey of Gartner on the Hype Cycle

July 27, 2018 14:32 - 45 minutes - 31.5 MB

Anyone who spends some time around new mobility technology recognizes the cycle that all new trends go through: the ascent, the peak of hype, the disillusionment and steady adoption. The research and advisory firm Gartner has an annual report that plots every buzz-happy new technology on a "Hype Cycle" chart, and Gartner's Research Director (and former veteran auto reporter) Mike Ramsey joins the show to discuss the latest moves in mobility technology. From Mobility as a Service to flying aut...

#94: Adventures In Rural Mapping and More

July 24, 2018 13:52 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

With Alex fresh off an adventure in the Oregon Outback that resulted in a misdemeanor trespassing charge, the gang takes a moment to consider the challenges and opportunities of rural mapping, Level 5 autonomy and autonomous off-roading. We also discuss Tesla's latest Autopilot feature descriptions and hidden car stashes, as well as a tease of Niedermeyer's upcoming book on the electric automaker. Discussion episodes are back!

#93: Ken Tindell, on securing the CAN bus

July 19, 2018 16:02 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MB

The 30 year-old Controller Area Network bus, better known as CAN, is often held up as a symbol of the auto industry's glacial pace of innovation. But, as Ken Tindell of Canis Automotive Labs explains, the electronic backbone of every modern car has persisted through decades of profound changes in electronics and networking for good reasons. What's more, Tindell has taught CAN a new trick that could maintain its viability for decades to come while securing it from the cybersecurity threats tha...

#92: Yoav Levy and Dan Sahar of Upstream Cybersecurity

July 17, 2018 13:18 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MB

The Autonocast's cybersecurity week kicks off with another episode recorded while in Tel Aviv for Mobility Week. Featuring Yoav Levy and Dan Sahar, respectively Co-founder/CEO and Vice President of product at the Isreali cybersecurity firm Upstream, we learn about some of the threats facing cars today and how to address them. With 100 million connected cars on the road, many with little to no built-in security measures, the task ahead of automotive cybersecurity teams like Upstream is stagger...

#91: Hotz Takes With Comma.ai

July 13, 2018 17:11 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MB

George Hotz might just be the most interesting person in the autonomous drive technology space. The man who once hacked iPhones and Playstations turned to the goal of "winning autonomous cars" in 2015, and ever since he's been making waves with his bold statements and a development style that could hardly be more different than a traditional auto industry approach. Alex, Kirsten and Ed visited Hotz at his home and Comma.ai's headquarters in San Francisco, to discuss his spicy takes on the AV ...

#90: Yael Rivkind, Director of Partnerships for Otonomo

July 06, 2018 16:38 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

Big Data is one of those buzzwords that can make eyes instantly glaze over, but it's also a topic of massive importance to automakers and tech companies seeking to build out new business models. The opportunities to monetize mobility-derived data are enormous, but so too are the risks involved with handling data that can so easily strip away privacy or be used in invasive and annoying ways. To help walk us through the challenges and opportunities involved with automotive Big Data, we are join...

#89: Guess Who's Back?

July 03, 2018 17:36 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MB

It appears that Anthony Levandowski is getting back in the autonomous drive space, according to Kirsten's latest scoop that uncovers his apparent involvement with an autonomous truck company called Kache.ai. We then discuss the good the bad and the ugly in the latest developments of the Tesla saga, and the race between Uber and Lyft to diversify into new multi-modal mobility options. Also, we'll be in San Francisco next week for the Autonomous Vehicle Symposium so if you'll be attending as we...

#88: City Series: David Estrada of Bird

June 28, 2018 11:56 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MB

Los Angeles might be a city built for cars, but it's become one of the first cities where the hot trend of on-demand micromobility has caught on. To help us understand the challenges and opportunities facing electric scooter sharing in LA and beyond, we are joined by David Estrada, the Chief Legal Officer of Bird. Estrada catches us up on the state of play in Los Angeles, where political challenges are leading to solutions that Bird hopes to apply to new cities as they continue their rapid ex...

#87: City Series LA: Seleta Reynolds of LA DOT

June 26, 2018 20:47 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

This week, on the Autonocast's City Series, we look at mobility in one of the great car cities of the world: Los Angeles. We are joined by Seleta Reynolds of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, who is leading the city's efforts to transform from a city built by and for cars into one that embraces the new spectrum of mobility technologies. From traditional modes like public transit to autonomous cars and micromobility, Los Angeles is one of the great experiments for the mobility tech...

Bonus Episode: The Future of Cars and Mobility Through The Eyes of 13 Year Old Twins

June 22, 2018 14:07 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MB

The typical guests on The Autonocast is a mover-and-shaker in the auto industry or mobility technology space, often the founder or high-ranking officer of a company in the space and usually a seasoned professional of some kind. But while we were in Tel Aviv for Mobility Week, we came across two young men who do not fit into our typical guest profile but whose understanding of the space blew us away. Avi and Rafi are 13 year old twins, friends of the show (and the sons of a friend of the show)...

#86: Rani Wellingstein and Nate Meir of Oryx Vision

June 21, 2018 22:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB

Sensor week rolls on here at The Autonocast, with an episode featuring Rani Wellingstein and Nate Meir of the lidar company Oryx Vision. From the technical weeds of these complex sensors to the high-level view of the market for autonomous drive and ADAS lidar systems, our guests this week will make you feel like an expert. Our only regret is that you all couldn't be with us at the seaside restaurant in beautiful Tel Aviv where we recorded this memorable episode.

#85: Kobi Marenko of Arbe Robotics

June 19, 2018 22:08 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MB

One of the most fascinating things we found while talking to Israeli mobility companies during Mobility Week is that many of them never set out to get into the mobility space. For example, Arbe Robotics originally wanted to make sensors for drones, but found that there were regulatory challenges and that the opportunities in automotive made it an extremely promising sector. Arbe CEO Kobi Marenko sat down with Alex, Kirsten and Ed in Tel Aviv to explain his company's high-resolution radar tech...

#84: Danny Atsmon and Alon Podhurst of Cognata

June 14, 2018 14:07 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MB

As the dangers and downsides of real-world testing of experimental autonomous drives systems become better understood, companies are turning to simulation to improve the speed and safety of their testing regimes. Helping them with this effort is Cognata, an Israeli company specializing in simulation for autonomous vehicle testing. Alex, Kirsten and Ed are joined in Tel Aviv by Cognata's founder and CEO Danny Atsmon and VP of Sales, Alon Podhurst, to explore and explain the virtual worlds thei...

#83: Dr Missy Cummings of Duke University

June 12, 2018 14:19 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MB

Alex's mission to talk to everyone with a background in aviation and human-machine interfaces, Dr Missy Cummings joins the show to talk automation, safety and Tesla Autopilot. One of the first women fighter pilots, a former MIT Associate Professor and current Professor at Duke University's schools of Engineering and Brain Sciences, as well as the director of Duke's Humans and Autonomy Laboratory. Her thoughtful criticisms of "semi-autonomous" technology are informed by decades of academic res...

#82: Elliot Katz and Jordan Sanders of Phantom Auto

June 06, 2018 13:41 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB

As the major autonomous drive stack players focus on geofenced driverless (Level 4) deployments of their technology, it's become clear that a control option will be necessary for situations in which the AI breaks down or can't handle certain obstacles. The search for technology that can plug these holes has led to the rise of Phantom Auto, whose Israeli defense-sector technology allows for remote teleoperation over cellular networks. Phantom Auto's Elliot Katz and Jordan Sanders join the Auto...

#81: You-You Xue on Tesla and Autopilot

May 31, 2018 14:29 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MB

You-You Xue took early delivery of a Model 3, and rather than sit around the house for Winter break he decided to drive across the country and share his excitement for his new car. After touring the United States, giving hundreds of test drives to fellow fans and becoming an online sensation, he decided to take his Tesla Road Trip to Europe. But when his car crashed due to what he calls an Autopilot malfunction, suddenly his relationship with the driver assist system, Tesla and its fans becam...

#80: Olaf Sakkers of Maniv Mobility

May 30, 2018 13:10 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

Maniv Mobility is one of the top mobility-focused investment funds in the world, especially when it comes to identifying the best Israel-based mobility technology startups. On today's episode of The Autonocast, we are joined by Maniv partner Olaf Sakkers who jokes around a bit with Alex, Kirsten and Ed before getting into his perspective on the rapidly-evolving mobility technology landscape.

#79: Bryan Salesky of Argo AI

May 24, 2018 17:47 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MB

What is it like running a "full stack" autonomous drive company? What's it like coordinating an AD play with a major automaker? How does an AD company CEO think about "winning the race to autonomy"? On this episode of the Autonocast, the crew is joined by Bryan Salesky of Argo AI, who explains how he got into the space via the DARPA Urban Challenge, and how he and his partners at Ford are moving toward the autonomous future.

#78: Chris and Jason from Renovo, on building the Autonet

May 22, 2018 14:19 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

With so much focus on companies building the AI "brain" for autonomous drive, we check in with a company that is building a more overlooked (but just as important) aspect of the Autonomobile stack: the nervous system. Chris Heiser and Jason Stinson of Renovo join The Autonocast to talk about what they call "the Autonet," a platform that ties together everything a robotaxi might need to operate, from AI and teleoperation to infotainment and payments and beyond.

#77: Austin Russell of Luminar

May 18, 2018 14:26 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

Luminar is one of several exciting new startups shaking up the lidar sensor space, and its founder and CEO Austin Russel joins the show from the headquarters of the Human Driving Association in New York City. Russel explains what sets Luminar's sensors apart from the herd, what lidar needs to be capable of, how lidar sensors can interfere with each other and why Luminar needs to manufacture its own products. Plus, Alex attempts to get him off onto a tangent about laser jamming for speeding pu...

#76: Rewriting the SAE Levels

May 15, 2018 13:46 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MB

Co-host Alex Roy has a new piece out at The Drive, in which he proposes a replacement to the infamous SAE "automation level" system. In this episode the gang discusses his new proposal and some of the feedback it has inspired, which includes some insight into recent debates within the SAE. Also discussed in this week's episode: a UBS study suggesting that Waymo could snag 60% of the autonomous vehicle market, Uber's flying car plans and whether or not autonomous vehicle companies should compe...

#75: What Does "Winning The Race To Autonomy" Even Mean?

May 08, 2018 20:36 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MB

With a full plate of news from the autonomous drive sector, the gang digs into Drive.AI's new pilot program, new reporting on Uber's Arizona crash and Bloomberg's ranking of the biggest players in the space. The ranking story prompts a digression into what the "win state" for the much-touted "race to autonomy" even looks like, and whether or not the goal of replacing privately-owned gas cars as "Level 5 mobility devices" even makes sense. Maybe the secret to success is not pursuing a hardware...

#74: Andy Cohen of Gensler

May 04, 2018 14:44 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB

As the concept of mobility expands beyond the car and into an explosion of new options, a much bigger question arises: what happens to the built environment that was constructed around cars? To help us explore this question Kirsten and Alex are joined by Andrew Cohen, co-CEO of Gensler, one of the biggest architect firms in the world. From gas stations to parking structures to the very makeup of streets themselves, the new world of mobility opens up huge opportunities to remake the cities of ...

#73: The Niedermeyers (and Alex) on Cars, Crossovers and the American Auto Market

May 01, 2018 14:19 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MB

The big news this week is that Ford is joining Fiat Chrysler in discontinuing its car lineup in order to focus on trucks and SUVs. In order to understand the historical context for this major transition and what it means for the future of the industry, Alex and Ed are joined by a a second Niedermeyer! Paul Niedermeyer, founder and editor of Curbsideclassic.com and Ed's dad is our very special guest for this look at the auto industry in transition.

#72: Patrick Sobalvarro and Clara Vu of Veo Robotics

April 26, 2018 14:40 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MB

The Autonocast takes a time-out from mobility technology this week in order to take a look at how computer vision and machine learning are impacting auto manufacturing. Patrick Sobalvarro and Clara Vu, two of the co-founders of Veo Robotics, join the show to explain how they are making robots smarter and car factories safer. They also explain why their technology won't be replacing humans any time soon.

#71: Autopilot Tries To Have Its Cake And Eat It Too

April 24, 2018 12:50 - 32 minutes - 22 MB

With Ed just back from two weeks of vacation, it was inevitable that he'd make Alex and Kirsten discuss all the latest news from Teslaland. With the NTSB investigation heating up, the gang takes a look at the some of the more popular defenses of the system and find that they still can't escape the very ambiguity about its capabilities that they seek to dispel. Plus, Mike Granoff of Maniv Mobility stops by to tell us about the Mobility Week he's helping put on in Tel Aviv next month, and which...

Bonus Episode: Autonomous Experts Read The Young Adult Novel “Autonomous”

April 20, 2018 17:07 - 4.88 MB

Did you enjoy The Hunger Games books? Swap out hunger for self-driving and you get Autonomous, a YA novel by Andy Marino that gets it all wrong, from cliched plot devices to technical errors rivaling Business Insider’s worst clickbait. Prepare for laughs as the The Autonocast’s cast of sector experts read passages from this insult to fiction and the future.

#70: May Mobility and The Case For Self-Driving Micro Shuttles

April 17, 2018 21:28 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MB

A different Ed joins us for this latest episode of The Autonocast. Kirsten and Alex sit down with May Mobility CEO Ed Olson of during a recent trip to Austin to talk about the company's micro shuttles. Alex and Kirsten pepper Ed with questions about the business, its tech, operating in the snow, and even drunk people—he handles this just fine

#69: Trump's Pick for NHTSA, Trolling Tesla & the Folly of Mega Mobility Mergers

April 12, 2018 22:52 - 32 minutes - 22.2 MB

President Donald Trump has finally nominated someone to lead the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a position that has sat vacant for 15 months. Ed, Alex, and Kirsten take a look Heidi King's experience and weigh whether she has the proper street cred for the job. The Autonocast crew pauses to enjoy a little Twitter theater featuring Nikola Motor and Tesla, before delving into the latest efforts by automakers to make a buck in the so-called mobility industry.

#68: Xiaodi Hou and Chuck Price of TuSimple

April 09, 2018 18:28 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MB

As autonomous drive technology moves closer to maturity, the emphasis is shifting from private mobility toward the movement of goods and services. Xiaodi Hou and Chuck Price of the autonomous trucking startup TuSimple join the The Autonocast to help us understand this evolution. Operating out of both China and the US, TuSimple is developing autonomous trucks with long-range camera-radar sensor suite that they hope will someday dramatically cut the cost of logistics fleet operations.

#67: Another Autopilot Crash

April 05, 2018 00:14 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB

Hot on the heels of the recent Uber autonomous test car crash in Tempe, Arizona, we have yet another fatality tied to an automated driving system. The latest incident took place in Mountain View, California, where a Tesla Model X slammed into a freeway divider barrier while Autopilot was active. This makes the third such Autopilot-involved fatality on record, and Alex, Kirsten and Ed discuss the disturbing similarities between them, the problems with Tesla's approach to semi-autonomy and what...

#66: Abdelrahman Mahmoud of Affectiva

March 30, 2018 14:14 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

Driver monitoring has been an important topic here at the Autonocast for some time, and co-host Alex Roy has penned several powerful pieces elsewhere in favor of the technology. But it's easy to think of driver monitoring in overly-simplistic terms: observing and maintaining a safe level of driver awareness is about far more than simply tracking when eyes are on the road and when they are not. This week we are joined by Abdelrahman Mahmoud to help us understand a more holistic approach ...

#65: Waymo Snags A Jag

March 28, 2018 18:11 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MB

Some big news surprised the world of autonomous vehicles this week, as Waymo and Jaguar announced plans to test and deploy autonomous versions of the Jaguar iPace. Alex, Kirsten and Ed discuss the ins and outs of the deal and its strategic significance, before turning back to the Uber crash that continues to hang over the sector. John Mullen of the simulation company RightHook returns to the podcast to discuss the comments that several of Uber's competitors have made in the wake of the ...

Bonus Episode: The Autonocast Reacts To The Uber Crash Video

March 23, 2018 13:54 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MB

Things have been moving fast since we learned that an Uber autonomous drive test vehicle was involved in a fatal crash in Tempe, Arizona earlier this week. In our last discussion episode we urged restraint when discussing the incident itself, but with the release of video of the crash a terrifying scenario is coming into focus. Not only does it appear that Uber's autonomous drive system failed in fundamental ways, but so to did the safety driver who was supposed to be the last line of d...

#64: Chris Bangle on Autonomous Vehicle Design

March 22, 2018 12:44 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MB

One important topic that The Autonocast has so far yet to discuss: how are autonomous vehicles shaping the world of car design? To help us delve into this fascinating issue, Alex, Kirsten and Ed are joined by former BMW design chief and current head of Chris Bangle Associates, the one and only Chris Bangle. Find out how architecture is impacting autonomous car design, what features autonomous vehicles will need to realize their potential, and how design has taken on anti-humanistic elem...

Guests

Horace Dediu
2 Episodes
Chris Bangle
1 Episode
Chris Urmson
1 Episode