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Robotaxi Companies Need To Stop It With The Right Seat Safety Drivers
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2026-07-07 15:31On Making an impossibly accurate prediction on robocars, and why Elon Musk keeps failing with his predictions
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2026-05-26 23:5513 years ago, at the Wired 2013 event in London, I was asked when robotaxis would arrive there and as a joke, gave an answer of June 22, 2026 that turned out to be impossibly spot on.
Waymos Have Trouble With Floods, Which Is Surprising
Submitted by brad on Sat, 2026-05-23 13:16Two Waymo Airport Stories Teach A Lesson About Customer Service
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2026-05-12 10:22The L.A. Olympics Are In Two Years, Perhaps Too Soon For Much 21st Century Transportation
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2026-05-05 12:19How to watch the 2026 Total Eclipse in Spain
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2026-04-24 11:24Here's the video I made in 2024 on watching a total solar eclipse, the most spectacular natural phenomenon you can see on the Earth. Below, I have some updates for what's different about the 2026 eclipse on Aug 12 in Spain and Iceland.
After Earth Day, Understand The Transit Compromise To Grasp Efficiency
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2026-04-23 13:57
It's counter-intuitive, but smaller, van-sized vehicles can make more energy-efficient transit than buses and trains, because better service means less empty seats, thanks to self-driving
Elon Musk Details FSD Upgrades, Slowed Robotaxi Rollout
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2026-04-22 19:44China: Pony.AI Wants Toe In European Water
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2026-04-21 12:18
Why is Pony.AI starting operations in Croatia?
Read more at Forbes.com in China: Pony.AI Wants Toe In European Water
Urbanists Hate Cars. Should They Hate Electric Robotaxis?
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2026-04-14 11:13
Self-driving cars seem to be just more cars, and people who dislike cars don't love that. But the electric robotaxi offers much more potential
Does Tesla Really Have A Robotaxi? They Don't Make It Easy To Find Out
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2026-04-08 13:13Baidu Silent About Failure Of 100 Robotaxis In Wuhan
Submitted by brad on Sun, 2026-04-05 13:15Verne Plans Croatian Robotaxi, Dropping Mobileye And Dropping Verne?
Submitted by brad on Mon, 2026-03-30 11:16The Core Rules Of EV Charging Infrastructure Are About To Change
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2026-03-25 11:33
Most EVs in the 2030s will be able to drive themselves a short distance to an automated charging station. That rewrites what EV charging infrastructure to build
United Airlines Misses Opportunity With Polaris Companion Ottoman
Submitted by brad on Sun, 2026-03-22 12:14
A fancy seat has room for 2. United could let you pair it with a coach seat you barely use and make an attractive offering for couples
My Waymo Ride From The Airport Was Great. Getting To It, Not So Much
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2026-03-20 13:57
Waymo is forced to pick up far away from the gate, especially when the AirTrain station in your terminal is closed. I describe the issues of an SFO Waymo ride for now
New Japanese Time -- a radical alternative to Daylight Savings
Submitted by brad on Sun, 2026-03-08 20:07People love and hate Daylight Savings Time. Or more to the point, they hate the transition to and from it, particularly the spring one where you get 1 hour less sleep. It's even been tracked that traffic accidents go up after this shift.
Waymo Gets Shy As Scaling Creates More Incidents; Plus Key New Details
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2026-03-06 10:44AI is about to change televised sports
Submitted by brad on Sat, 2026-02-21 23:22I don't watch sports live, I watch on a delay. This saves a lot of time immediately by skipping commercials (if I haven't paid to remove them, as I did in the Olympics) but also things like time-outs, long no-action intervals (whistles, pitching changes, etc.) But I also skip far more. The best Winter Olympics sport is curling, for many reasons, but you can watch it in far less time if you are so inclined, without missing the key events. For example, you can usually skip the first few ends, and also the first stones of most ends.













