The Year 2040 – Somewhere in Silicon Valley It’s 8:07 am and my next-door neighbor, cheapskate Charlie, has been waiting outside his door for a few minutes for his ride, which is guaranteed to be at his house within a 10 minute window. He looks at his garage and is reminded that he will soon […]
Category: Autonomous Vehicles, New Mobility & the Built Environment
The Autonomous Vehicle (AV) is an exciting development that may herald more radical changes to the way we live than even the Internet. In many ways, it is simply an extension of the Internet, where the vehicles are analogous to the packets coursing through broadband pipes. Another way to think of it is a Mobile Internet of Things. Although the commercialization of the robotic vehicles is now on the horizon, there have been a few who have been thinking about the implications and the opportunities of AV for many decades. Within this category of the Viodi View web site, we will introduce the reader to some of those visionaries and provide their views on the AV. We also look at new forms of transportation, that may not necessarily be autonomous, but could affect the built environment. And this category will also occasionally look at the built-environment and the associated land-use. But first, let’s start with a story of what life might look like in 2040 and how those who dominate the organization of bits may do the same with atoms.
Giving people rides who need rides is the message of the book, The Real Case for Driverless Mobility. That is, there is a large segment of the population that cannot engage in, as the book co-author, Alain Kornhauser, calls it, “A do-it-yourself approach to transportation.” Kornhauser argues that the opportunity for companies promoting driverless mobility […]
The true tale of EV range anxiety in Texas that could have been alleviated with fast EV chargers and a much simpler payment system.
A joy ride is one way to describe this video that documents SmartDrivingCars/Princeton’s Dr. Kornhauser’s first adventure through the Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel. This brief sojourn under the massive Las Vegas Convention Center at CES2024 provides a glimpse of things to come, as this is the start of a larger network, as outlined in […]
The future of car manufacturing is undergoing a radical transformation, with the entire process being reimagined from design to delivery. The above video with Princeton Professor/Smart Driving Cars’ Alain Kornhauser and Nvidia’s VP of Automotive, Danny Shapiro, explores the key themes discussed in a CES2024 panel, highlighting the exciting possibilities that lie ahead. One of […]
A week to design and 45 days to produce. This short timeline of translating a vehicle concept from a designer’s head to a physical manifestation is unprecedented. In this exclusive video, National Italian Car Designer Hall of Fame inductee, Michael V. Robinson, unveils at CES2024 what he terms a GT-limousine concept car. As usual with […]