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18th edition of the 11th year of SmartDrivingCars eLetter

S&P Dow Jones Indices to Calculate The Road to Autonomy Index Tracking Autonomous Vehicles and Logistics

The Road to Autonomy, April 25. “The Road to Autonomy®, a leading source of data, insight and commentary on autonomous vehicles and logistics, has selected S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) to be the custom calculation agent for The Road to Autonomy Index (ticker: AUTONOMY) and The Road to Autonomy Total Return Index (ticker: AUTOMYTR). The Road to Autonomy Index, comprised of 38 publicly-traded companies, measures the performance of the autonomous vehicle and logistics ecosystems, including autonomous vehicles, trucks and off-road specialty vehicles, as well as transportation, technology, industrial and services companies that have identified autonomy as a key component of their growth strategies.

“The Road to Autonomy Index provides a comprehensive view into this dynamic sector that is poised to shape the future of how we live and work,” said Grayson Brulte, founder and chief executive officer of The Road to Autonomy. “Our unmatched knowledge of the industry and the influences that drive it give us unique perspective into its potential, and our partnership with S&P DJI provides a foundation of integrity and transparency for the Index.”… “ Read more

Hmmmm… Very interesting. See ZoomCast 316/PodCast 316 below Alain

SmartDrivingCars ZoomCast 316/PodCast 316 w/Grayson Brulte, CEO, The Road to Autonomy

F. Fishkin, May 3, “Grayson Brulte, head of The Road to Autonomy, selects S&P Dow Jones to be the custom calculations agent for indices. He joins Princeton’s Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin to discuss that plus the outlook for autonomous mobility and industry, trucking and more. Plus the latest Smart Driving Cars Summit news. Tune in and subscribe.

  • 0:00 open
  • 0:49 Grayson Brulte Road to Autonomy selects S&P Dow Jones for new indices.
  • 2:57 Autonomy will drive growth for range of companies and industries
  • 9:05 Perception that it has been a rough year for companies in the space
  • 11:00 What about using the technology to provide mobility for all?
  • 26:46 Princeton Smart Driving Cars Summit hits logistics challenges
  • 29:45 Jalopnik reports on autonomous cars getting in way of emergency responders
  • 33:55 Kodiak says it will have autonomous truck in fleet next year
  • 35:46 Will autonomous trucks cost jobs?
  • 38:15 Grayson invokes elevator analogy
  • 0:00 Intro / TSLA
  • 0:32 FOMC statement / press conference
  • 3:27 Long Range Model 3
  • 9:01 Lithium lab
  • 9:58 Megapack
  • 10:37 IDRA
  • 11:07 UAW withholds endorsement
  • 12:41 Boring Company expansion

“Read more Hmmmm…..Always enormously informative.. Alain

  • 0:00 open
  • 0:49 Alain thoughts on his being there for the inaugural Starship launch and what was learned
  • 5:55 The Dispatcher publisher Michael Sena on new book coming co-authored with Alain on Mobility for the Non-mobile and what will be coming at the May Smart Driving Cars Summit
  • 14:14 Alain experiences lack of mobility in Texas for the Starship launch.
  • 22:20 Changes coming after The Dispatcher reader poll
  • 26:50 New pollution guidelines from the EU and the EPA
  • 40:30 Musings section of The Dispatcher has guest author this month
  • 42:30 Cruise self driving taxis now operating around the clock in San Francisco
  • 44:44 Cruise meanwhile had loss of 561 million dollars in last quarter
  • 48:00 Michael on evolution of buses
  • 56:35 More on the upcoming Princeton Smart Driving Cars Summit
  • 57:30 Motortrend reports BYD says self driving technology “basically impossible”.
  • 0:00 open
  • 1:00 Cruise recall
  • 11:00 Jalopnik report on Waymo problems with San Francisco fog
  • 15:00 Didi Robotaxis
  • 20:45 TWU opposing waiver for Waymo and Aurora
  • 24:12 EPA unveils new standards pushing EVs
  • 32:00 Tesla Daily
  • 32:43 Upcoming Princeton Smart Driving Cars Summit
  • 46:30 SpaceX readies Starship
  • 48:30 Musk launching new AI company
  • 0:00 open
  • 1:10 Helen Pan outlines status of Baidu’s autonomous mobility efforts in China
  • 3:50 Pan says Baidu Apollo has paying customers
  • 11:52 Alain asks how Baidu is operating the services
  • 21:07 What are hours of operation and where are vehicles able to operate
  • 28:14 Pan outlines advantages of autonomous mobility and the business model
  • 50:38 Helen on Apollo going Open Source with Apollo Open Platform
  • 55:00 Apollo’s hardware & software integration + OEM partnerships
  • 58:00 Who will operated the service?
  • 1:01:00 6th Annual Smart Driving Cars Summit is approaching
  • 1:03:20 Alain on object of summit
  • 0:00 open
  • 0:45 Future of Life Institute calls for pause in further development of AI
  • 27:00 EU Big 3 Countries want to freeze the ICE ban
  • 37:00 Mind your own business but know who your customer really is.. railroads, cars.. mobility
  • 1:04 upcoming Smart Driving Cars Summit
  • 1:04:30 Ford CEO says new electric truck will allow you to nap, use phone, on highways in good weather
  • 1:04:57 Bill Gates posts about going for a ride in a self-driving vehicle in the U.K.
  • 0:00 F. Fishkin, March 24, “Where does autonomous mobility go from here? Princeton’s Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin explore…plus Ford’s EV losses, SMART grants fail to fund autonomous mobility, Waymo, drones & more.
  • 0:35 Princeton basketball
  • 1:25 More thoughts in aftermath of ITU 2023 Future Networked Car Symposium. Where does autonomous mobility go from here?
  • 29:26 SMART grants from DOT fail to fund autonomous mobility
  • 31:55 Ford’s EV losses
  • 32:57 Ford updates on BlueOval City mega site in West Tennessee
  • 34:46 Waymo takes on task of writing the safety case for Avs. Alain emphasizes that companies shouldn’t compete on safety
  • 39:25 The Street headline… Four reasons self driving cars, not drones, will deliver your packages.
  • 0:00 open
  • 0:53 Princeton sports!
  • 1:40 ITU Symposium
  • 4:35 Chat GPT
  • 6:00 Missy Cummings at ITU
  • 9:38 Safety systems not interconnected
  • 13:45 ITU Symposium takeaways
  • 30:40 UN regulations & autonomous vehicles Cruise and more
  • 40:29 National Disability Institute report
  • 45:11 Krogers and Gatik test autonomous trucks in Texas
  • 54:30 Baidu reported offering driverless rides in Beijing
  • 0:00 open
  • 0:40 GM Ultra Cruise Chief Engineer Jason Ditman introduction
  • 1:55 How did development go during Covid?
  • 4:32 Announcement that Ultra Cruise will first arrive on 2024 Cadillac Celestiq
  • 8:45 Alain comments on Super Cruise
  • 9:50 How does Ultra Cruise availability figure into route planning
  • 13:40 Why is hands off is important and not feet off
  • 16:45 If using intelligent cruise control…why does it disengage when brakes are tapped?
  • 25:29 System is separate from automated emergency braking…how do they talk to each other
  • 28:43 Response to Missy Cummings headlines that people using automated systems involved in crashes were speeding more often than people driving without automated systems engaged.
  • 33:24 GM Cruise says focused on cutting costs this year according to Reuters
  • 37:25 NHTSA opens probe, reportedly, into self certification of the test procedures at Zoox
  • 41:08 Embark winding down operations, laying off most employees
  • 44:41 Kudos to GM Ultra Cruise team
  • 49:24 Here comes Alain’s spring break
  • 0:00 open
  • 0:44 Waymo Driver performance report
  • 14:15 More layoffs at Waymo
  • 15:00 Tesla Investor Day-what we learned
  • 16:18 Adam Jonas at Morgan Stanley impressed with Tesla Investor Day
  • 23:05 Ford creates Latitude AI after demise of Argo AI
  • 29:40 Guidehouse Insights research report
  • 34:35 Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association seeks modernization of vehicle exemption process
  • 39:05 Diane Gutierrez Scaccetti to chair Transportation Research Board Executive Committee
  • 0:00 open
  • 1:00 Is it time we admitted the world will change: the de-industrial revolution has begun
  • 21:00 Impact on transportation, automakers
  • 28:40 Run flat tires..from Michelin and more
  • 35:25 GM’s waits for NHTSA okay for deployment of Cruise Origin autonomous mobility
  • 46:00 Locomation denies reports of its demise
  • 47:08 The Insider report on Tesla… and upcoming master plan. Alain’s comments not what were reported.
  • 0:00 open
  • 1:00 Missy Cumming pushing for limits on autonomous tech
  • 9:30 hands free, feet free driving dangers
  • 15:00 Should tech be used to block speeding and reckless driving?
  • 32:00 Issues with intelligent cruise control
  • 40:30 Is the battle for cars that would forbid speeding winnable?
  • 44:00 Are vehicle safety systems not communicating with each other?
  • 50:00 Is the problem with vehicles identifying stationary objects being addressed?
  • 55:20 Zoox begins carrying passengers on public roads in vehicles without steering wheels
  • 57:17 Rob Mauer’s Tesla Daily
  • 58:30 Ken Pyle’s ViodiTV compiles autonomous round up from CES
  • 59:25 Brad Templeton launches Robocars podcast
  • 59:48 Alain will lead off MIT Mobility Forum series Friday
  • 0:00 open
  • 0:48 Active Driving Assistance Evaluation Report from Consumer Reports
  • 2:53 Ford’s BlueCruise ousts GM as top in ADAS
  • 10:33 What is the value of being able to drive hands free and pedal free
  • 16:40 Why doesn’t the technology prevent speeding and misbehavior
  • 21:08 Are consumers using the safety features..
  • 27:14 Pro active braking assist coming to more vehicles and is a great feature
  • 36:00 Should there be a light or mechanism that shows others whether cars are being controlled by human or automated system?
  • 43:43 Are there things that carmakers are really getting right or really getting wrong?
  • 51:00 Corvette on top in CR report on vehicle owner satisfaction
  • 52:43 Navya
  • 53:00 Axios reports autonomous passenger planes inching closer to takeoff
  • 54:00 a fight against sludge…from NY Times
  • 54:51 Mobileye post advocating simpler language for autonomy levels

  • 56:47 Waymo named Super Bowl officials autonomous technology partner

  • Click or tap if you trust this link.”>Friday, January 13, 2023

  • Click or tap if you trust this link.”>Sunday, January 8, 2023

  • SafeDrivingCars: Those in which the automated function are explicitly designed to not only substantially reduce driver misbehavior by constraining the performance characteristic such as incorporating speed governors that only permit excessive speeds in geofenced locations such as Watkins Glen International and stretches of the German Autobahn, but also automatically intervene to prevent crashes; thus, extending what is done today with anti-lock brakes and electronic stability control.

  • SelfDrivingCars: Those which allow the driver for some extended period of time to be “feet-off” the brake & throttle, delivering to the driver substantial comfort & convenience, but also “hands-off” the wheel for shorter periods of time providing a little more comfort & convenience. Absolutely required are “eyes & brain” focused the human task of driving, ready to intervene should the automated driver begin to fail.

  • DriverlessCars: Those which serve only passengers and/or good from trip start, through finish. Luckily, the notion that individuals might own such vehicles for personal use and/or be able to “AirB&B” them for others to get from A to B is now realized by essentially everyone as exceedingly naïve. The Mercedes booth at this year’s CES showed no sign of its [Mercedes Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion LIVE PREMIERE CES 2015](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eftN0lwNk88). Yea!

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  • Hawkins, Oct. 27, “When Ford announced yesterday that it was pulling its support for Argo AI, the autonomous driving startup it had financed since 2017, it cited as one of its reasons a belief that driver-assist technology will have more near-term payoffs…..” Read more Hmmmm… I agree with Andrew, as I stated above. Alain

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  • Tesla FSD Beta V 10.69 Dominates Downtown Driving
  • FSD Beta 10.69 (2022.16.3.10) Release Notes
  • FSDBeta v10.69 - HEAVY TRAFFIC - Unprotected Left Turns… Amazing that such turns are legal let alone FSD’s routing algorithm deicing that this is on the best way to go. Safety must not be part of its objective function C’mon Elon.
  • FSD Beta V 10.69 Initial Impressions. My impression is that 10.69 drove better than this tester who seemed intent on driving aggressively and not wanting to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks. Hopefully no one at Tesla pays attention to this guy.
  • Bullish News From Giga Berlin Tours, Production Rumors, Terrible Toyota

  • The Tesla Semi Is Officially Here!

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  • These system outrageously reduce crash probabilities, and/or

  • maybe some, but we’re probably not much luckier.

  • very few of the cars in use during that “10” month period had Level 2 capabilities, and/or

  • unfortunately, the VIN number doesn’t identify these cars and only Tesla announces how many sold (I may have missed the reportings)

  • very few of the drivers of those cars rarely engaged the Level 2 features, and/or

  • likely. Only Tesla releases data on the utilization of its level 2 features but does so only in aggregate terms that don’t allow for correction of sampling bias associated with engagement in “easy” driving conditions versus “challenging” driving conditions.

  • enormous under counting

  • likely, only Tesla has the opportunity to either “know all” or sample effectively because of their OtA monitoring of its vehicles. Everyone else has conveniently kept their heads in the sand. Mercedes didn’t report any; however, during that period I think my Intelligent Cruise Control and Lane Centering were engaged when I hit a deer. Mercedes must not have been watching me, I didn’t report it and I didn’t get the memo that informed me to do anything.

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  • those that don’t already have a stable full of their own personal mobility options.

  • those for which his aTaxi can substantially change their lives for the better.

  • or tap”>Thursday, March 31, 2022

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