The Autonomous Vehicles Podcast

Today's guest are Sarah Park and Jae Paik, Co-founders at zero5. In this episode we discuss how the commercialization of AVs will convert our parking garages into tech-enabled marketplaces, how ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft are thinking about storing their AV fleets in the off-hours, and what it's like to start a company in the still very nascent AV industry.

Today's guest is Çetin Meriçli, Co-founder and CEO of Locomation. In this episode we discuss the impact that AV technology will have on the trucking industry, how Locomation's convoy approach differs from fully autonomous and driver assistance systems, and the path to bringing this technology to market over the next few years.

Today's guest is Leslie Nooteboom, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Humanising Autonomy. In this episode we discuss the challenges AVs face in predicting human behavior, how cultural differences affect the way pedestrians interact with vehicles, and what this all means for the commercial rollout of AVs across the globe.

Today's guest is Rob Toews, Investor at Highland Capital Partners. Before Highland, Rob did strategy at Zoox and earned his JD/MBA from Harvard. In this episode we discuss how AV development is creating opportunities in AI, simulation, and mapping, why Tesla doesn't use LiDAR, Apple's acquisition of Drive.ai, and predictions around what current trends mean for the future of the AV landscape.

Today's guest is Marcel Moran, City Planning PhD student at UC Berkeley. Before Berkeley, Marcel earned his master's degree in political science from the University of Chicago, and did public policy work at Uber. In this episode we discuss the effects AVs will have on urban planning and public policy, what TNCs like Uber and Lyft will look like in an autonomous future, and Marcel's predictions for the next 5 years on the broader AV landscape.

Marcel's AV report: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/29n5w2jk

Today's guest is Michael DeKort, Founder and CTO at Dactle. Before Dactle, Michael worked on aircraft simulation at Lockheed Martin and managed software engineering at NORAD - North America's Aerospace Defense Command. In this episode we discuss the limitations of using safety drivers to train AVs, and the challenges companies may face as they bring their technology to market in the next few years.

Today's guests are Qasar Younis (Founder & CEO) and Varun Mittal (Senior Engineer) at Applied Intuition. In this episode we discuss why advanced simulation is important for AV development, the cultural differences and similarities between Detroit and Silicon Valley, market dynamics as companies choose between vertical and horizontal development strategies, and predictions for the future of the autonomy revolution.

Today's guest is Sarah Barnes, Mobility Solutions Expert at Beryl. Before Beryl, Sarah co-authored a white paper on the effects AVs will have on our future cities, which was published at the 2018 World Cities Summit in Singapore. In this episode we discuss the key takeaways from that paper, the role cities should play as AV technology hits the streets, and Sarah's predictions for the next five years on the broader mobility ecosystem.

Sarah's AV Newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/alongfortheride

Today's guest is Scott Harvey, Founder and Senior Engineer at Civil Maps. In this episode we discuss how autonomous vehicles use HD maps to build an understanding of their environment, regulation challenges as major players go to market, and an open source project named Apollo which has many US companies uploading detailed map information of US cities to a cloud hosted by Chinese internet giant Baidu.

Today's guest is Shahin Farshchi, Partner at Lux Capital. In this episode we discuss his investments in Zoox and Aeva, the evolution of the automotive industry, regulatory and public adoption challenges, and his predictions for the next 5-10 years on the autonomous vehicles space.