Advancing the Industry One Project at a Time: Shared Autonomous Vehicles Deployed as a Fleet!
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by Lauren Isaac
2y ago
I know it’s been forever since I’ve posted, but I had to share a project that I’m personally so proud to have conceptualized and now implemented – in partnership with so many awesome people and organizations.  As described in this article, we just launched the Nation’s largest self-driving electric shuttle network! This was just a glimmer of an idea two years ago – when my friend, Tyler Svitak (Executive Director of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance) and I sat in a coffee shop and talked about what the industry needed to advance automation. At that point in time, low-speed automated shut ..read more
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Can Autonomous Vehicles Ride the Electric Vehicles Wave?
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by Lauren Isaac
3y ago
I’m excited to see that electric vehicles are getting more and more attention lately. President-Elect Biden is making them a political priority (link here), they continue to be an area of strategic focus for automakers (see examples here and here), and state policy makers are turning their attention to them as well (see here). Seemingly, we are going to see a meaningful uptick in electric vehicle production, sales and usage, for both individual and commercial markets. I’d like to believe that a significant increase in electric vehicle interest and adoption is due to a growing acknowledgement o ..read more
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How Coronavirus Might Impact Society and, Ultimately, Driverless Vehicles!
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by Lauren Isaac
4y ago
I feel like people are constantly pondering what society will be like post-Coronavirus. While everyone is craving going back to the world we knew, we are also acknowledging that the world will never be the same. I appreciate that there have been many articles (like this one and this one) that present some of the societal shifts that could happen as a result of this pandemic and I figured I’d take it a step farther and see what it might mean in the driverless industry. Here are some of the big trends (relevant to driverless vehicles) that I’m seeing: Car sales are shifting to an online marketp ..read more
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The Car Transformations that will Greatly Influence Driverless Vehicles
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by Lauren Isaac
4y ago
It’s no secret that driverless vehicles are coming to society a lot later than the media suggested. Articles with headlines like “It’s 2020. Where are our Self-Driving Cars?,” “Self-Driving Cars: Hype-Filled Decade Ends on a Sobering Note,” and “Driverless Cars are Taking Longer Than We Expected. Here’s Why” reflect where we are today. In the meantime, the car industry is making a lot of other investments and advancements. Here are some exciting examples: Electric vehicles – As stated in this article, “In 2018, ZEVs represented 1.9% of total sales nationwide, or about 334,000 vehicles out of ..read more
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The Car Transformations that Will Greatly Influence Driverless Vehicles
Driving Towards Driverless Cars
by Lauren Isaac
4y ago
It’s no secret that driverless vehicles are coming to society a lot later than the media suggested. Articles with headlines like “It’s 2020. Where are our Self-Driving Cars?,” “Self-Driving Cars: Hype-Filled Decade Ends on a Sobering Note,” and “Driverless Cars are Taking Longer Than We Expected. Here’s Why” reflect where we are today. In the meantime, the car industry is making a lot of other investments and advancements. Here are some exciting examples: Electric vehicles – As stated in this article, “In 2018, ZEVs represented 1.9% of total sales nationwide, or about 334,000 vehicles out of ..read more
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Will the Driverless Movement Slow Due to Coronavirus?
Driving Towards Driverless Cars
by Lauren Isaac
4y ago
In some ways, the slowing of the driverless movement is inevitable – since just about everything in our society is slowing (besides the purchasing of toilet paper and Purell); however, I think this is a nuanced question that needs a deeper dive. I’m going to look at this through four lenses: Driverless technology advancement: People may be surprised to know that the majority of the driverless technology development that happens occurs behind a desk. This means that the code writing, testing, and simulations can all still occur, as scheduled. If anything, this might even happen more quickly as ..read more
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Are Driverless Vehicles Creating Jobs?
Driving Towards Driverless Cars
by Lauren Isaac
4y ago
As someone who works in the driverless technology industry, this is a question that I get asked often. Not to mention, during this Coronavirus pandemic, it’s a timely question as so many people are losing their jobs. Let’s put this in perspective: Most driverless technology companies have employed a minimum of 1-2 safety operators/vehicle. While a couple of driverless technology companies have started to introduce operations with no safety operators, it is going to be many years before we see any real scale in that area. Waymo has even made a long-term commitment to the Safety Operator positio ..read more
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Will Driverless Vehicles Help the Coronavirus Pandemic?
Driving Towards Driverless Cars
by Lauren Isaac
4y ago
It’s fun to think that driverless vehicles could be the magical answer to this global pandemic…though that’s really not the case – at least for passenger transport. While public transit vehicles are seen as germ-carrying enclosures, driverless vehicles, in theory, will provide a mobility solution that can move a passenger – with no driver! Unfortunately, we’re not there yet; the majority of these operations still have 1-2 safety operators in one (germ carrying!) vehicle. For that reason, pretty much every driverless technology company has taken their vehicles off the road – whether for testing ..read more
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