In this episode, Robert takes a trip to the Florida Automated Vehicles Summit in his hometown of Tampa, Fl. The FAV Summit assembles industry leaders from around the world to address technologies, operations, and policy issues related to driverless and self-driving cars. In this first part of the FAV Summit episodes, Robert interviews Florida State Senator Jeff Brandes, Richard Bishop, and Joe Waggoner from the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority.
This year's exhibitors include companies such as Tesla, Nissan, Audi, Sirus XM, and COAST, who makes the P-1 Self-Driving Shuttle similar to those seen in Las Vegas. A key message from the key speakers is that the future of transportation will likely be 1) autonomous, 2) electric, 3) connected, and 4) shared. In order to be a pioneering city, Tampa has promoted development and testing of this technology. Recently they announced plans to launch an autonomous bus in downtown Tampa sometime in 2019.
We expect a lot of great photos and videos over the next few days. Follow @DriverlessRadio on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter for future updates and photos.