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Podcast Archive
Our podcast discusses auto safety issues and technological developments, in hopes of providing consumers and enthusiasts with a better understanding of modern vehicles, safety systems, and current issues in the industry.
Tesla: Autonomous Revolution, Illusion or Delusion?
This week we debunk Elon Musk’s grandiose claims about Tesla’s Robo Taxi, highlighting regulatory and safety hurdles, and the inflated value of Tesla’s stock driven by speculative products. Regulators can’t seem to keep up with the new safety needs of autonomous vehicles and Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2X) but Gatik AI is making an effort by…
Robo Rides and Recall Realities
Big thank you to Janette Fennell from Kids and Cars Safety for sending us some cool swag. This weeks topics include: Tesla’s controversial full self-driving claims; Regulatory issues surrounding autonomous vehicles; Self-certification in vehicle crash testing; A Fisker recall update; When/why do vehicles get crash tested; The New York legal loopholes in drug-impaired driving; Recalls…
Full Self Driving leads to Dangerous Complacency
Hello listener. Here are some highlights from this weeks episode: NHTSA is making GM Cruise submit a report of it’s software updates every 90 days. Anthony suggests NHTSA ask for the commit logs and other developer documentation so they don’t get gaslit. Tesla’s FSD requires a human to do the full self driving part. Consumer…
Driving Concerns: Chinese Software in American Cars
Highlights: The Biden administration’s policy on limiting Chinese and Russian vehicle technology to protect U.S. data, and the general challenges in tracing vehicle components’ origins. The DHS warns about counterfeit airbags. Anthony calls BS on Sam Altman Michael tells CarMax they are responsible for recalls Fred points out flaws in Torc Robotics and explains GPS…
Safety on Autopilot: The Pitfalls and Promises of Partial Automation
Waymo goes full PR campaign and gets some “journalists” to write that Waymo is safer than a human… without explaining that Waymo’s data is like comparing apples to astronauts. Basically, Waymo is better than the worst human drivers on small subset of roads, at slow speeds in limited conditions. Maybe. IIHS releases a study showing…
Speed Limits, Safety Standards, and Autonomous Vehicles
We start off this week with California’s proposed Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) bill, which aims to warn drivers exceeding speed limits by 10 mph. Next is NHTSA’s new safety standards for pedestrian protection and other auto safety innovations. Then, we critique unrealistic claims about autonomous vehicles and highlight a recent investigation into Jeep vehicles catching…
Big Cars, Bigger Problems and Driverless Dangers
Finally, a congressional bill aimed at setting federal standards for hood height and visibility to protect pedestrians. Another failure of partial automation systems like Ford’s Blue Cruise and Tesla’s Autopilot. Anthony let’s loose on the NY Times, Amazon is using bad tech to monitor it’s drivers and the recalls galore. This weeks links: https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-5084276/pedestrian-protection-bill-bigger-cars-trucks https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/philadelphia-woman-driving-partially-automated-mustang-mach-charged-113359116…
Data-driven Insights with QuantivRisk’s Mike Nelson
This week we are joined by Mike Nelson, chair and founder of QuantivRisk, a risk management and technology company. The discussion focuses on QuantivRisk’s innovative approach to analyzing vehicle data and video to objectively assess automotive accidents. This episode covers the challenges of defining and litigating safety in the context of ADAS and autonomous vehicles,…
What’s leaking under the hood? V2X, Recalls, and Safety.
A follow up on honking Waymo’s Will V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) happen?. The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium lacks consumer and academic vetting in their recommendations for automated vehicle safety. Software stress testing Recalls from Ford and BMW This weeks links: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/waymo-director-says-the-company-s-cars-won-t-honk-at-each-other-anymore/ar-AA1p7puc https://www.npr.org/2024/08/16/nx-s1-5078616/cars-v2x-connected-vehicles-transportation-dot-nhtsa https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/08/odot-reports-fewer-crashes-where-traffic-signs-have-been-replaced-with-radar-based-technology.html https://newsroom.aaa.com/2024/08/the-pandemics-tenacious-grip-on-traffic-safety/ https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/cybertruck-buyers-get-unusual-surprise-a-brand-new-truck-delivered-with-dirt-and-mud-eccd274a https://jalopnik.com/tesla-semi-battery-pack-bursts-into-flames-and-spews-to-1851626775 https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/19/gm-lays-off-more-than-1000-salaried-software-and-services-employees.html https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150505-the-numbers-that-lead-to-disaster https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V597-8956.PDF https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V593-3301.PDF https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V594-2205.PDF https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V591-7109.PDF https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V598-3756.PDF https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V608-7082.PDF