Waymo
One, May 13,
"... I started
taking it to
work, and
after
crunching the
numbers for
gas,
maintenance,
insurance,
upkeep, and
owning a
depreciating
investment, it
was pretty
much a
no-brainer
that we really
didn't need
two cars. I
sold off my
car and made
Waymo my
choice for
commuting to
and from work
and for trips
my wife and I
need to take
when the other
is using our
car..." Read more Hmmmm...This is really great that
he "crunched
the numbers"
and found it
to be "pretty
much a
no-brainer",
which is what
every real
Waymo customer
in Chandler
has to do to
become a Waymo
customer. One
"doesn't move
to Chandler
unless one has
"two cars". See slide 5: 70% of the households have 2 or
more cars in
Chandler, so
most of the
folks have had
to do the math
to become a
customer. If
Waymo offered
the same
service in
Trenton, where
70% of the
households
have at most
one car and
30% don't have
any, then it
doesn't take
much number
crunching to
appreciate
Waymo when
walking is the
next best way
to go.
The Chandler Operational Design Domain (ODD) may be a great place to get the technology working. It may well be the "easiest" ODD in the world. A Trenton ODD may well not be all that much more difficult technologically. What Trenton does have are customers for whom what Waymo can deliver is truly a no-brainer. Alain
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AP, May 18,
"California’s
Department of
Motor Vehicles
is reviewing
whether Tesla
is violating a
state
regulation by
advertising
its vehicles
as being fully
autonomous
without
meeting the
legal
definition of
self-driving.
The department
confirmed the
review Monday
in an email to
The Associated
Press. State
regulation
prohibits
advertising
vehicles for
sale or lease
as autonomous
if they can’t
comply with
the regulatory
definition, it
said.... " Read
more Hmmmm... seems to me that Elon is
calling them
"Full
Self-Driving"
and not
"autonomous"
(and certainly
not Level ???
and not
SmartDrivingAnything.
So
Elon is
getting a lot
of free
notoriety a la
our past
president.
Remember... Caveat
emptor
Alain
F. Fishkin,
May 20, Listen to this interview: Watch this interview: Hmmmm... The Frunk may well be one of its top
differentiators. Very nice Fred, Congratulations! Alain
R.
Mitchell, May
20, "Ford
Motor Co.’s
new
all-electric
pickup truck
will arrive
next year
having already
secured one
notable
admirer. “This
sucker’s
quick,”
President
Biden said
from behind
the wheel in
Dearborn,
Mich., on
Tuesday after
a high-torque
off-the-line
blast in a
pre-production
F-150
Lightning.
Although a
classic car
lover, Biden
is a climate
hawk whose
aggressive
goals for
cutting
greenhouse gas
emissions will
require
large-scale
electrification
of U.S.
transportation.
So count him
as receptive.
The company
also expects
young,
tech-savvy
buyers to be
early
customers of
the Lightning,
set to go on
sale in
mid-2022.
But for Ford
to achieve
long-term
success with
its new
electric line,
it must
eventually win
over customers
who think like
Stan Nixon and
Scott David,
loyal F-series
customers for
decades, who
must be
persuaded to
trade in their
internal
combustion
engines when
it’s time to
buy their next
truck...." Read more Hmmmm... Ford may well beat Tesla
with this
one. Alain
M.Sheetz,
May 22, "
Aerion
Supersonic,
the
Nevada-based
company that
planned to
build business
jets capable
of silently
flying nearly
twice as fast
as commercial
aircraft, is
shutting down,
the company
confirmed to
CNBC on
Friday.
"In the
current
financial
environment,
it has proven
hugely
challenging to
close on the
scheduled and
necessary
large new
capital
requirements"
to begin
production of
its AS2
supersonic
jet, the
company said
in a
statement...."
Read more Hmmmm... Cold fusion, Quiet Supersonic, Nikola, Hyperloop, GameStop, BitCoin, ... FOMO. Alain
Bloomberg,
May 23,
"German
lawmakers
agreed to
allow some
driver-less
vehicles on
public roads,
a first step
toward
enabling
autonomous
driving in
Europe's
biggest
economy.
Lawmakers in
the lower
house of
parliament
adopted
legislation
enabling
automated
driving under
some
conditions.
The bill cites
scenarios
including
small buses
and logistics
vehicles that
can shuttle
passengers and
goods along
pre-determined
routes.... "
Read more Hmmmm... Wow! Germans are
suggesting
that
Driverless be
done on public
roads where
I've been told
that it snows
sometimes and
maybe even
more often
than in
Trenton.
maybe Trenton
can indeed be
next. 😁
Alain
H. Posner'77, Sept 13, 2020. "Creating Value for Light Density Urban Rail Lines" . See slides, See video Hmmmm... Simply Brilliant. Alain
Virtual on July 12-15, 2021
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R.
Diamond, May
13, "Join SAFE
for an event
focused on the
importance of
autonomous
vehicles to
our national
and economic
security and
outlining
pathways for
the safe
deployment of
autonomous
vehicles.
The event will
feature
remarks from
Dr. Steve
Cliff, Acting
Administrator
of NHTSA, a
discussion
between
industry
leaders, and
the release of
a report, "A
Regulatory
Framework for
AV Safety," by
O. Kevin
Vincent,
Associate
General
Counsel,
Regulatory at
Lucid...." Read more Hmmmm... A must watch,
complemented
by the Vincent report and our latest PodCast below. Alain
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