Author: Ken Pyle, Managing Editor
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Viodi View – 03/03/21
Halfway through a semester is what it feels like in covering Princeton’s ongoing Smart Driving Car Summit. In many ways, it seems like there are more questions than answers and, as has been said before on these virtual pages, the autonomous driving space feels like broadband did 20-years ago. In the meantime, broadband has matured…
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An On-Demand Public Transit Leapfrog
Is the largest city in America without a public bus transit system laying the groundwork for an autonomous, on-demand shuttle network? Arlington, Texas, a city of 400k in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, is reportedly planning on spending $9M per year to serve its entire 99 square miles with 70 shuttles operated by Via. Via’s on-demand…
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Level 3 – The Tech Is Here, But the Problem Is Us
For consumers, SAE Level 3 automation could be like “having their cake and eating it too,” so says Princeton’s Dr. Alain Kornhauser. Simply, Level 3 offers the promise of a traditional hands-on driving experience or robo-chauffeur led journey. At the same time, visions of new revenue opportunities associated with Level 3 excite and are prodding…
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To Own or to Use Driverless, That Is the Question
To paraphrase Shakespeare, to own or to use, that will be the question in a driverless world. This question was an underlying theme of the latest Smart Driving Car Summit, Who Will Build, Sell and Maintain Driverless Cars? With a collective experience of 150+ years of automotive industry experience, this panel, led by the Dispatcher’s…
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Memories of the Past Reflect the Future of Driverless
Although the title. Finally Doing It, sounds like a 1970s B-movie, the latest session of the Smart Driving Car Summit featured superstars of the autonomous vehicle world and blockbuster content on that topic. And hearkening back to the decade of stagflation, when another nascent technology was on the verge of hitting the mainstream, the fight…
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Viodi View – 02/10/21
Broadband allows for the transmission of people’s thoughts, images, and voice, while transportation adds a physical presence. Obvious as this may be, it was the recent FCC filing by the United Spinal Association (U.S.A.) that made it clear how important broadband is in complementing the U.S. transportation system. Paraphrasing the U.S.A., broadband helps level the…