While the robotaxi fiasco continued to unfold on the streets of San Francisco, we got together with Bryan Reimer, a research scientist at MIT. We asked: What needs to happen next for the Autonomous Vehicle (AV) industry and the public to establish confidence in robotaxis?

OYR - Bryan Reimer - 08 - 23 - 23

Can Laws Reverse Public Mistrust of AV?
Robotaxi operations in San Francisco today present the complete disarray of politics, technology, regulation and business interests surrounding fully autonomous vehicles (AVs).

OYR Bill Widen and Phil Koopman-09-11-23

Cruise's Survival Hangs in The Balance
On Thursday, several hours after we recorded a conversation with Bryan Reimer, during which he proposed that Cruise “stand down and reboot nationally,” the robotaxi company announced via X (formerly known as Twitter) that it has decided to pause driverless operations across all its fleets.

OYR - Bryan Reimer - Oct 27 2023

Ojo-Yoshida Report
Podcast Guest: Jackie Erickson, communications and government affairs expert 
The fate of Cruise hangs on many factors, including General Motors' leadership, money and its commitment to safety. But the restoration of Cruise’s credibility must start inside, with its own employees.

OYR - Jackie - Erickson - Edited

Ojo-Yoshida Report
Podcast: Magna: ‘Let’s Start Saving Lives … Today’
“Saving people’s lives” shouldn’t be a marketing tagline saved for robotaxi companies. Human-driven vehicles are still best positioned today to save people’s lives — both inside (drivers and passengers) and outside their vehicles (pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles sharing the road).

OYR - Magna: ‘Let’s Start Saving Lives … Today’

The failures of some automakers were obvious. But haven’t regulators also failed us as much, or more? Why does it always take something really big to happen before regulators wake and take action?

OYR - Phil Koopman: 2024: Still Waiting for ‘Something Really Bad’

Ojo-Yoshida Report
Podcast: Can AVs 'Understand'? The Case of the Vanishing Pedestrian

Please, let’s stop calling Autonomous Vehicles “smart.” A new AV might be equipped with superior sensors and more powerful processors, but none of these can make its perception and predictions any more accurate, unless programmed to do so.

Reference Materials:
Quinn Emanuel Trial Lawyers’ Report

Exponent’s report on “Technical Root Cause Analysis” (attached as Appendix of Quinn Emanuel Report)

Phil Koopman's analysis: “Anatomy of a Robotaxi Crash: Lessons from the Cruise Pedestrian Dragging Mishap.”

OYR - Koopman - RoboTaxi - 02-12-24 Cruise Crash Walkthrough Analysis

Ojo-Yoshida Report Podcast: The Audacity of Tenstorrent
Podcast guest: Keith Witek, chief operating officer at Tenstorrent
How could a semiconductor startup working in AI crack a competitive marketplace already lopsidedly locked in by Nvidia Corp., a giant with a $2.2 trillion market cap?

OYR-Tenstorrent-Audio

In collaboration with Nvidia, Georgia Tech is launching an artificial intelligence supercomputer hub, called AI Makerspace, a facility dedicated exclusively for undergraduate students with wide-ranging interests.

OYR-Arijit Raychowdhury-Georgia Tech Aims for AI for All

Ojo-Yoshida Report
Podcast Guest: Tu Le, founder and managing director, Sino Auto Insights

Following the recent Beijing Auto Show, Tu Le, founder and managing director of Sino Auto Insights, took a 1,500-mile road trip from Beijing to Shenzhen, driving an Xpeng G9 equipped with Xpeng’s Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), X-NGP, similar to Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD)

Le, who has lived and worked in Detroit, Silicon Valley, and Beijing, is the ultimate insider, observing close-up the impact that China’s EV revolution is spreading worldwide.

OYR - Bryan Reimer - Oct 27 2023

User 91791084

Related tracks