Category: CES2026
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The Unbundling of the Autonomous Ride: Bringing Privacy to Shared Mobility
Ridesharing revolutionized urban mobility, but it came with a compromise that many passengers never fully accepted: the loss of personal space. Whether it is a chatty driver, a rowdy co-passenger, or simple security concerns, the traditional shared vehicle has always forced a choice between economic efficiency and personal privacy. At CES 2026, a Silicon Valley-based…
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Redefining the Wheel: How s-Drive is Rewriting the Rules of EV Architecture
For years, automotive visionaries have promised that in-wheel motors would completely revolutionize how we design and build electric vehicles. The concept makes perfect sense on paper: place the power directly where the rubber meets the road, clear out the engine bay, and maximize space. Yet, traditional “hub” motors have consistently hit a wall known as…
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The Flying JetBike and the Evolving Future of Personal Flight
Over the past few years, the Viodi View has tracked the steady progress of the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) revolution. From our early look at Bye Aerospace’s trainers to Pivotal’s landmark moment opening order books for the Helix at CES 2024, the path to accessible, personal aviation has shifted from “if” to “when”.…
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The Automatic Camera Cleaner for Clear Autonomous Driving
There are generally two camps when it comes to the topic of autonomous vehicle sensing: Camp Fusion believes that fusing multiple sensor types—vision, LiDAR, radar, etc.—is a prerequisite for safety. Members of this camp, such as Zoox and the current iteration of Waymo, argue that sensors like LiDAR and radar provide superhuman perception capabilities that…
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The AI-Driven Intersection
Jeff Brandes’ Vision to Make Florida’s Roads Intelligent In the above interview, Jeff Brandes, the former Florida State Senator and current President of the Florida Policy Project provides his view on autonomy and the latest developments seen at CES, where this interview was filmed. Brandes has spent his career looking for the “Big Idea” in…
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Gadzooks – A Brief View of a Las Vegas Driverless Shuttle
TL;DR and Background This is a tough love article, as this author wants to see mobility services like Zoox succeed. That bias started with this 2014 Viodi fictional story about the wide-ranging impact of an affordable, accessible driverless ride-share service. Purpose-built, autonomous electric vehicles, like what Zoox is testing in Las Vegas are central to…