Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley

  • Viodi View – 02/18/23

    Viodi View – 02/18/23

    “Alain has amazing energy. If we can hook a generator to him, energy crisis solved.” Dr. Stephen E. Still Professor of Practice, University of Buffalo, Stephen Still Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics. It is a two-way street, as his students (Still is one of those former students) seem to energize and inspire Princeton Professor…

  • Reinventing the Ride by Reinventing the Wheel – #CES2023

    Reinventing the Ride by Reinventing the Wheel – #CES2023

    This is the unlikely story of a serial entrepreneur who shifts from electronic payments to vehicle electrification. If this sounds like a familiar story read on, as Will Wang Graylin and team are bringing an entirely new spin to how to electrify fleets for both passengers and packages. In the above interview, Graylin, CEO of…

  • ViodiTV’s View of Autonomous Shuttles at #CES2023

    ViodiTV’s View of Autonomous Shuttles at #CES2023

    With recent layoffs, questionable return on investment, and public pushback in some places, it seems like the dream of robot-driven vehicles will remain a dream.1 That may not be the case, however, as some credible and long-established entities displayed electric, autonomous, shared shuttles at CES2023.2 These shuttles share a mission to serve as a complement…

  • Viodi View – 02/04/23

    Viodi View – 02/04/23

    In this issue, we catch up with an old friend whose idea of retiring is service, service, and more service. While the autonomous vehicle world is in turmoil, credible companies displayed shared, electric, autonomous shuttles at CES2023 that could impact the way some of us get around in some places in a few years. Finally,…

  • From GigaZone to GigaTechXpo

    From GigaZone to GigaTechXpo

    [Note: this post was updated on 2/9/23 with the following description.] Fully leveraging Paul Bunyan Communications’ fiber network is what keeps Gary Johnson awake at night. In the above interview, Johnson, CEO/GM of PBC, indicates that this is a fun time as it opens up so many possibilities to improve the quality of life for…

  • From A to ZF – An End-to-End Autonomous Mobility Approach

    From A to ZF – An End-to-End Autonomous Mobility Approach

    “It’s proven to work, and it works really well, today,” states Tony Sapienza. Speaking in the above interview Sapienza, Head of Communications for North America at ZF Group, is talking about their latest generation autonomous, electric shuttle which made its debut at CES2023. As a proof point, Sapienza points to the 62 million road miles…