Advocating for the mass adoption of autonomous vehicles and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Chattanooga. Save lives, $$, and transform our civilization.
Earlier this year, we began testing the @Waymo Driver on Phoenix freeways in rider-only mode with our employees. Here’s a glimpse of freeway driving as we keep pushing forward to safely and responsibly scale our operations. https://t.co/UsHaY1moA2
NEW ODD LOTS:
Self-Driving Car Hype Might Actually Be For Real This Time
While everyone's talking about EVs as the big shift in autos, @tracyalloway and I talked to @binarybits about his case that we're about to see a lot more AVs on the road. https://t.co/dyYOdoQwx9
Cruise takes the opposite approach of Waymo, tackling SF first in the hopes they can expand everywhere once they’ve conquered Urbania. Here’s an update: https://t.co/i4mKxr9Wp1
New: Starting today, @TuSimpleAI will haul mail & packages for @USPS between distribution hubs in Dallas and Phoenix, primarily along I-10. https://t.co/V3ujbGJDD2
@elonmusk says @Tesla will have full self driving capability in Q2 2020 with regulatory approval in some jurisdictions by end of 2020. TN Dept of transportation don’t let us down!
New report finds more than 50% of U.S. cities are currently preparing their streets for #AEVs, up from less than 10% three years ago. https://t.co/PWUVJjsVow
The U.S. market for #AVs will be $332 billion by 2026, according to Ford. About 40% could be for goods delivery, including small businesses that can’t afford to hire drivers.
https://t.co/vSjcOJUjLI
In 2021, Ford will launch its #TaaS with thousands of #AV rides that could be less than half the price of today’s ride-share services, such as Uber & Lyft. https://t.co/YdXi4dSijG
We are on the cusp of the #AV revolution — Alphabet is currently operating commercially, GM is set to launch its #AV service in 2019 & Audi plans to launch its #TaaS by 2021. https://t.co/FXhR9lZ1xz
Urban design experts at the University of Minnesota are redrawing what city blocks could look like in a world of #AEVs. Roads of the future will likely be narrower & greener, freeing up land for other purposes. https://t.co/5Ggucx6heF
The House of Representatives — in a rare moment of bipartisanship — passed its version of the Self Drive Act, which could result in as many as 100,000 #AVs taking to the road by 2021 or 2022.
https://t.co/Hn6Mxy3LUj