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Cruise Shows Origin Robotaxi With Wheelchair Ramp; Many Disabled Options Possible
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2023-09-20 13:05
Robotaxis offer great benefit to the disabled, and the option to vastly reduce the cost of paratransit for public agencies
Read more at Forbes.com in Cruise Shows Origin Robotaxi With Wheelchair Ramp; Many Disabled Options Possible
Sometimes Harrowing Tales Of An EV Road Trip Far Off The Beaten Path
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2023-09-12 12:10
A trip on "The Loneliest Road in America" followed by the backroads of southern Utah s State Route 12 tests the limits of road tripping in an EV far from fast chargers
Sorry to have missed the rains of Burning Man 2023
Submitted by brad on Sat, 2023-09-09 16:09
No, not 2023 -- lighter rain with a great rainbow in 2007.
Are Cruise Robotaxis Pushing Too Hard? Or Too Slow?
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2023-08-22 10:10
Analysis of how to judge and regulate the risk of robotaxi deployments and how to deal with Cruise
Read more at Forbes.com in Are Cruise Robotaxis Pushing Too Hard? Or Too Slow?
Returning to the debate about dropping the bomb on Japan
Submitted by brad on Sat, 2023-08-19 12:51The release of Oppenheimer has re-opened the recurring debate about the use of nuclear weapons on Japan. Was it necessary, atrocity or both? What other options were there. The question is examined both in full hindsight as well as considering it in the context of what they knew then.
Returning to the debate about dropping the bomb on Japan
Submitted by brad on Sat, 2023-08-19 12:50The release of Oppenheimer has re-opened the recurring debate about the use of nuclear weapons on Japan. Was it necessary, atrocity or both? What other options were there. The question is examined both in full hindsight as well as considering it in the context of what they knew then.
Cruise Robotaxi Hit By On Call Fire Engine. Is It The Fire Truck's Fault?
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2023-08-18 21:28Cruise Robotaxi Drives Into Wet Concrete; Waymo Shows Off Same Route
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-08-17 17:35Get Optimized Podcast interview about ClariNet, EFF, DATDA and many other subjects
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-08-17 15:17Recently online is a new podcast interview with me from a Podcast called "Get Yourself Optimized"
We went over a lot of different topics that are interesting:
Cruise Robotaxi Rides Will Be >$3/mile, But They ll Get Better
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-08-17 14:22GM s Cruise Falls Down During Concert Cell Overload; Here s How To Fix It
Submitted by brad on Mon, 2023-08-14 11:09Waymo/Cruise Butt Heads With San Francisco Officials Over Robotaxi Stall-Outs.
Submitted by brad on Mon, 2023-08-07 18:34Waymo To Serve Austin; Cruise In Nashville And The Myth Of Geofences
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2023-08-04 11:26Debate on whether self-driving will go mainstream by 10 years, Brad Templeton and Raj Rajkumar
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2023-07-28 10:58I love a good debate, and here I debate one of the core questions -- will self-driving be mainstream within 10 years. On the negative side is Raj Rajkumar, a professor from CMU and one of the leaders of the CMU team that won the DARPA Urban challenge.
Waymo Cancels Trucking The Same Week Aurora Raises $800M More For It
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-07-27 15:127 Automakers Join To Build New EV Charging Network To Rival Tesla
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2023-07-26 16:23
Not long after several automakers agreed to switch to using Tesla s NACS charging plug and to have their customers charge at the Tesla Supercharger network, 7 major au...
See what a twilight SpaceX launch looks like from The SF Bay Area
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2023-07-21 10:50A twilight launch is the most spectacular. This one didn't have the great timing of 2018s but it was still fun to watch. Here's a 4K video showing it in Cupertino. The rocket bursts into sunlight at about 2:45. See the description for full details.
Elon Musk Outlines How Teslas Will Be Worth Five Times What You Paid. Here s How His Math Is Wrong
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-07-20 11:52
Elon repeated the claim of huge value in hiring out your car. But a taxi is more a consumable than an asset and the math doesn't work.
Read more at Forbes.com in Elon Musk Outlines How Teslas Will Be Worth Five Times What You Paid. Here s How His Math Is Wrong
California PUC To Quiz Waymo & Cruise About Their Problems With The City Of San Francisco
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2023-07-18 20:14
The CPUC will ask Waymo and Cruise for the data San Francisco has been keen to get but also give them the ability to promise to fix it
Read more at Forbes.com in California PUC To Quiz Waymo & Cruise About Their Problems With The City Of San Francisco










