March 13, 2022

#93 – Larry Burns | Autonomy Automobility, Redefining Mobility & The Quest to Build the Driverless Car

1 hour 7 minutes

Larry Burns is a pioneer in the electrified and automated vehicle space, highly successful industry veteran, and author of Autonomy: The Quest to Build the Driverless Car – And How It Will Reshape Our World.

Key topics in this conversation include:

The potential for automobility to improve people’s lives through safer, more sustainable, more effective, and more accessible transportation

Why Autonomy is the best book I’ve read on the topic of future mobility

The benefit of a two-mode assisted/automated driving solution

The power of the skateboard platform for electrification, and how Larry and his team at GM demonstrated this approach two decades ago

The future – merging transportation with information and communication

Links:

Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/larryburns

Larry’s website: https://www.lawrencedburns.org/

Autonomy book: https://www.amazon.com/Autonomy-Quest-Driverless-Car-Reshape/dp/0062661124

Larry’s Bio:

Larry Burns advises organizations on the future of mobility, logistics, manufacturing, energy and innovation. His current clients include Goodyear, Kitson & Partners, Niron Magnetics and Namoramic Laboratories. Larry served as General Motors Corporate Vice President of Research & Development and Planning from 1998-2009. Between 2010 and 2021, Larry was a consultant to Waymo (Google Self-Driving Cars), Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan, Director of the Program for Sustainable Mobility at Columbia University, and an advisor to several major companies.

Full bio: Larry Burns extended bio

Future of Mobility:

The Future of Mobility podcast is focused on the development and implementation of safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions, with a spotlight on the people and technology advancing these fields.

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