Self-Driving
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An Interview with Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe About Building a Car Company and Autonomy
An interview with Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe about starting a car company, scaling, and building for an autonomous future.
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Robotaxis and Suburbia
Robotaxis are poised to further close the delta between suburbs and the city; the city (and Uber) might never recover.
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An Interview with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi About Aggregation and Autonomy
An interview with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about taking over Uber in crisis, managing dynamic marketplaces, and the value chain for autonomous vehicle ride-sharing.
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Nvidia at CES, Cosmos and Omniverse, Digits
Nvidia’s keynote at CES demonstrated how it is becoming the transformer company.
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GM Kills Cruise, Fleets Versus Autonomy, Robotaxi Outlook
GM killed Cruise’s robotaxi ambitions, which were never a good match; then, mapping out a future robotaxi world.
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An Interview with Understanding AI Author Timothy B. Lee
An interview with Timothy Lee about Understanding AI, including the current state of AI, the limitations of LLMs, and who is going to win in self-driving cars.
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Elon Dreams and Bitter Lessons
SpaceX’s triumph is downstream of a dream and getting the cost structure necessary to make it happen; Elon Musk is trying the same approach for Tesla self-driving cars
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Tesla’s Robotaxi Event, Tesla Self-Driving 12.5 Experience, Starlink and Airlines
Tesla has a Robotaxi event, and its current self-driving software is impressive. It’s still Level 2, though, and has a long way to go to match Waymo. Starlink, meanwhile, is an example of how Musk alters market structure to win.
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Taking Waymo, Uber and Waymo
My first ride with Waymo was an emotional experience, even if most Waymo rides in the future will be provided by Uber.
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Micron’s China Ban; Neeva Gives Up on Search; Uber and Waymo, Finally
Micron takes a hit in the U.S.-China tech war, Neeva gives up on search (and is acquired by Snowflake), and Uber and Waymo finally partner up.