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Larry Burns | Autonomy - Automobility, Redefining Mobility & The Quest to Build the Driverless Car (Repost)

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This is a repost of Episode 93, originally aired on March 13, 2022. This conversation is the 2rd most popular Future of Mobility podcast in 2022.

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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: https://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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