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The Road to Autonomy — 448 episodes

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Episode 448 | Autonomy Markets: Jason Calacanis on the Robotaxi Endgame

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Episode 447 | Autonomy Signals: NHTSA Audits Cybercab While Waymo Launches with Lyft in Nashville

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Episode 446 | Building, Deploying and Scaling Autonomous Robotaxi Infrastructure

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Episode 445 | Autonomy Markets: Cybercab Day Arrives as Robotaxis Become Bankable

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Episode 444 | Autonomy Signals: Waymo Launches Three Additional Cities as UBTECH Develops Bespoke Humanoids

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Episode 443 | Voltera Is Powering the Growth of Robotaxis

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Episode 442 | Autonomy Markets: Cybercab Is Coming, Waymo Isn't Impressed

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Episode 441 | Autonomy Markets: Supervised Robotaxis Are Having a Moment Unsupervised Robotaxis Are Having a Decade

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Episode 440 | Autonomy Signals: No Wheel, No Pedals, No Driver, Cybercab Launch Is Imminent

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Episode 439 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's Expansion Exposes Uber's Robotaxi Risk and Opens the Door for Lyft

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Episode 438 | Autonomy Signals: The Demand Aggregator Trap

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Episode 437 | Autonomy Markets: Can Uber's Robotaxis Scale?

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Episode 436 | Autonomy Signals: NVIDIA's Grand Robotaxi Ambitions Are Coming Into Focus

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Episode 435 | Autonomy Markets: Is ADAS the Trojan Horse Into Autonomy?

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Episode 434 | Autonomy Signals: Tesla FSD Supervised Goes Coast to Coast as Baidu Robotaxis Arrive in London

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Episode 433 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla’s Robotaxi Ramp Comes Down to One Number

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Episode 432 | Autonomy Signals: Tesla Expands Robotaxi Across Florida as Amazon's Zoox Falls Behind

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Episode 431 | The Future of Warfare is Autonomous

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Episode 430 | Autonomy Markets: Has Robotaxi Begun to Scale?

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Episode 429 | Autonomy Signals: Baidu's Hong Kong Expansion Unlocks Right-Hand Drive Markets

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Episode 428 | Scale Not Technology Is the Real Constraint in AI Manufacturing

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Episode 427 | Autonomy Markets: Three Robotaxis in Miami, Four New Waymo Markets, One New NHTSA Letter

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Episode 426 | Autonomy Signals: Tesla Launches Robotaxi in Miami, Waymo's July 4th Stumble, Momenta IPOs in Hong Kong

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Episode 425 | Bot Auto's Playbook for One Billion Autonomous Miles

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Episode 424 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo and Uber Divorce in Phoenix. Are Austin and Atlanta Next?

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Episode 423 | Autonomy Signals: The Era of Being Measured

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Episode 422 | Serve Robotics Turned Delivery Robots Into a Platform Business

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Episode 421 | Autonomy Markets: Qualcomm Sells the Chip While Mobileye Eyes the Fleet

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Episode 420 | Tesla FSD Goes Coast to Coast in Canada With a Little Help

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Episode 419 | Parallel Systems Is Building the Internet of Freight

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Episode 418 | Autonomy Signals: Why Is Mobileye Suddenly Building Its Own Robotaxi?

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Episode 417 | How the U.S. Army Acquires Autonomy

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Episode 416 | Autonomy Markets: Robotaxis Get the Hype, Autonomous Trucks May Get the Profits

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Episode 415 | Autonomy Signals: Tesla Bets Big on Las Vegas as Waymo Buys Apple’s Proving Grounds

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Episode 414 | Hertz Isn't Just a Rental Car Company Anymore

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Episode 413 | Autonomy Markets: WeRide Is Catching Up to Waymo Globally

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Episode 412 | Autonomy Signals: Uber's Europe Strategy, FedEx Freight Flips the Script, Undersea Autonomy Accelerates

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Episode 411 | From Tracking Terrorists to Tracking Trucks: How a Former CIA Officer Built the Ground Truth Layer

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Episode 410 | Autonomy Markets: Is Waymo's Lead Becoming Insurmountable?

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Episode 409 | Autonomy Signals: Figure AI Accelerates Commercialization, Stellantis Bets on Wayve

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Episode 408 | Autonomous Mowers and the American Manufacturing Edge

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Episode 407 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's Lead and Autonomous Trucking's Inflection Point

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Episode 406 | Autonomy Signals: Build America 250 Act, XPeng's Pure Vision Robotaxi, SMILE Reaches Orbit

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Episode 405 | Autonomy Markets: Forget the Waymo/Uber News, Focus on the Nuro and WeRide Partnerships

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Episode 404 | Autonomy Signals: Uber's Policy Play to Slow Robotaxis, BYD's Costly Market Share Grab, Unitree Goes Sci-Fi

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Episode 403 | LiDAR Measures the Truth of the World

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Episode 402 | Autonomy Markets: Vegas Field Report and Autonomous Trucking Earnings

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Episode 401 | Autonomy Signals: Tesla Scales Unsupervised Robotaxis, Wisk Doubles Fleet, Meta Aspires to Build the Android of Humanoids

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Episode 400 | Autonomy Markets: Big Week for U.S. Autonomous Trucks, While China Shuts Down Autonomy

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Episode 399 | Autonomy Signals: WeRide and Lenovo, Pronto Does a Deal, Bot Auto Goes Driver Out

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Episode 398 | Capital Is King: How Wall Street Is Funding the Autonomy Economy

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Episode 397 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla's Dedicated Superchargers Signal the Real Strategy as Robotaxi Scale Delayed

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Episode 396 | Autonomy Signals: When a Military Signal Isn’t Necessarily a Commercial One

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Episode 395 | Deploying Autonomous Trucks at NASA Speed

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Episode 394 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Opens Orlando Service, But Who Will Take Mickey Mouse to the Parks?

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Episode 393 | Autonomy Signals: Ukraine Exports Autonomy as Combat Data Fuels Growth of Physical AI

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Episode 392 | The Robot That Wants to Handle Every Bag in Every Airport

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Episode 391 | Autonomy Markets: Europe's First Robotaxi Launches on Uber as NYC Stalls Waymo

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Episode 390 | Autonomy Signals: Self-Driving Cars on the Moon Before New York City?

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Episode 389 | From DARPA RACER to the Battlefield

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Episode 388 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Needs Another OEM and Q4 Might Be Too Late

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Episode 387 | Autonomy Signals: China's $400 Billion Investment in Robotics Accelerates Autonomous Belt and Road Initiative

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Episode 386 | The Era of Physical AI Continues to Emerge

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Episode 385 | Autonomy Markets: We Rode With Uber's AV Partners in Dallas, Took Several Waymo Rides and Uncovered Two Waymo Depots

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Episode 384 | Autonomy Signals: Tesla Optimus Delayed as China Holds the Magnets

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Episode 383 | From Segment Anything (Virtual AI) to Autonomous Trucks (Physical AI)

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Episode 382 | Autonomy Markets: Is NVIDIA Full Stack or Full Hype in Uber’s Robotaxi Narrative?

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Episode 381 | Accelerating Physical AI Adoption in Agriculture

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Episode 380 | Autonomy Markets: We Rode in a Tesla Unsupervised Robotaxi and Walked the Cybercab Line

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Episode 379 | Merging LiDAR Performance with Radar Robustness

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Episode 378 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Hits the Highway and Should Build Its Own Pit Crew

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Episode 377 | No Lidar, No HD Maps, Six Cameras, One Chip, Autobrains

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Episode 376 | Autonomy Markets: Uber Sells the Dream, Waymo Logs the Autonomous Miles

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Episode 375 | The Age of Physical AI: Inside Oshkosh’s Blueprint for an Autonomous Future

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Episode 374 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's Shocking Data & Uber's Infrastructure Pivot

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Episode 373 | On The Road: Waymo's Big Miami Plans: Two Depots With the Ability to Scale to Thousands of Vehicles

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Episode 372 | An Inside Look into DARPA’s RACER Program

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Episode 371 | Autonomy Markets: Has Waymo Finally Solved Robotaxi Supply?

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Episode 370 | Scaling Robotaxis, Hybrid Networks and Fleet Management Globally with Lyft

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Episode 369 | Autonomy Markets: Uber's Autonomy Myths and Realities, Waymo's Capital Raise and Miami Depots

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Episode 368 | Autonomy Markets: 12,961 Tesla FSD Supervised Miles, Zero Interventions & Unsupervised Robotaxis in Austin

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Episode 367 | Texas Energy as the Global Stabilizer from Venezuelan Oil to the AI Boom

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Episode 366 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's LiDAR Controversy, Tesla’s Mega Merger, and Waabi’s Pivot to Robotaxis

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Episode 365 | Taking PlusAI Public

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Episode 364 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla Robotaxi Underwritten and Unleashed

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Episode 363 | Who Insures the Personally Owned Robotaxi Fleet?

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Episode 362 | Autonomy Markets: Your Ride Just Got Fewer Sensors. Problem?

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Episode 361 | De-Risking Autonomy with Optionality

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Episode 360 | Autonomy Markets: CES 2026: The Autonomy Narrative Just Changed

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Episode 359 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's PR Problem and Tesla's Missed Deadlines

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Episode 358 | How the Permian Basin is Accelerating Kodiak's Commercialization Plans

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Episode 357 | Automating Logistics Yards with Computer Vision

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Episode 356 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla’s Austin Moment, LiDAR Chapter 11 & HYPR Emerges

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Episode 355 | Self-Driving on 33 Watts: How HYPR Labs Trained a Model for Just $850

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Episode 354 | Autonomy Markets: Rivian’s Vertical Integration Bet, Wayve’s Nissan Win & Uber’s Autonomy Narrative

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Episode 353 | How Robotaxis Solve the "RideShare Lottery" Problem

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Episode 352 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Upstages Uber’s Party: Avride’s Debut & The Reality of Scaling

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Episode 351 | The Million Robot Bet: Why Enterprise Wins Before Homes

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Episode 350 | Autonomy Markets: China vs US: Who Can Scale Faster, WeRide or Waymo?

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Episode 349 | Autonomous Private Pods, Public Prices: The $20M/Mile Solution to a $2B/Mile Problem

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Episode 348 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's Six Stages of Autonomy

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Episode 347 | The Next Autonomous Vehicle M&A Wave Starts Below the Line

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Episode 346 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's Highway Unlock Is Real. Its Moat Still Isn't.

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Episode 345 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Expands, Lyft Builds, Uber Ducks as Tesla Rewrites the Autonomy Script

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Episode 344 | Autonomy Markets: NVIDIA’s Autonomy Ambitions Become Clearer as Waymo and Uber Head for Divorce

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Episode 343 | GM’s Return to Autonomy

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Episode 342 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla's Robotaxi Scale Plan, NVIDIA's Autonomy Ambitions

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Episode 341 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla FSD 14 Updates and Waymo’s Latest Moove Away from Uber

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Episode 340 | Magna's Vision for Autonomy Begins at Level 2

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Episode 339 | Autonomy Markets: First Impressions of Tesla FSD 14, Waymo’s Next Potential Markets

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Episode 338 | The Next 15 Months Will Define Autonomous Vehicle Policy in America

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Episode 337 | Autonomy Markets: From London to Dubai Robotaxis are Rapidly Expanding Globally

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Episode 336 | Peak Car by 2035: The $1.2 Trillion Autonomous Vehicle Industry Takes Shape

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Episode 335 | Autonomy Markets: Does Tesla FSD 14 Matter?

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Episode 334 | Autonomous Trucking’s Watershed Moment: Bot Auto Proves Less is More

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Episode 333 | Autonomy Markets: Lyft’s Back! Waymo Deal Shocks Market, Tesla & Uber Forge Unthinkable Alliance

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Episode 332 | 99% of Autonomy's Impact Is Still Ahead of Us

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Episode 331 | Autonomy Markets: The Most Valuable Part of Your Next Car Isn't Autonomy

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Episode 330 | Q3 2025 Energy Market Outlook: Texas Drives Record Global Oil Demand Amid AI Revolution and Geopolitical Shifts

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Episode 329 | Autonomy Markets: Who is Winning the Robotaxi Heavyweight Fight? Waymo or Tesla?

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Episode 328 | Autonomy Markets: Uber CEO Reignites The Great Waymo vs Tesla Debate

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Episode 327 | Qualcomm's Snapdragon Autonomy Strategy

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Episode 326 | Autonomy Markets: Send More Waymo's to Atlanta ASAP and Nuro's Big Check

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Episode 325 | GM’s Third Autonomy Act: Inside the New Push for Personally Owned Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 324 | Autonomy Markets: GM’s Autonomy Flip Flop, Waymo’s Supply Issue, New 37-Camera Autonomous Vehicle

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Episode 323 | Autonomy Markets: Uber’s Autonomous Investments Won’t Be Modest, With or Without Waymo

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Episode 322 | Nuro, Uber & Lucid Strike Gold: Inside the Global Three-Way Deal Transforming Autonomy

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Episode 321 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Leaves Uber in Austin and the Tesla Double Standard

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Episode 320 | America Can’t Build Without Autonomous Construction Equipment

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Episode 319 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla and Waymo are Scaling, While Zoox's Strategy Sparks Doubt

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Episode 318 | 47-Year-Old Law Is Stalling the Future of Farming in California

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Episode 317 | Autonomy Markets: Driver-Out with Avride, Nuro’s Uber Lucid Deal, Waymo’s Austin Depot

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Episode 316 | Is the Future of Autonomy Licensing and Contract Manufacturing?

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Episode 315 | Autonomy Markets: We Rode in Tesla’s Robotaxi, Here’s Our Experience

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Episode 314 | From the Permian Basin to AI: How Oil and Natural Gas Fuel the Future

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Episode 313 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's Moove Away from Fleet Ownership, Ford Makes Wayve's on LiDAR

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Episode 312 | The Most Interesting Company in Autonomy

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Episode 311 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla Robotaxi Launch, OpenAI & Foxconn, Waymo’s Future

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Episode 310 | Scaling the Last Mile: Coco Robotics, OpenAI, and the Future of Autonomous Delivery

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Episode 309 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo’s Big NYC Announcement, Rider Survey Hints at Strategy, Can Texas Block Tesla? Is Meta Entering Autonomy?

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Episode 308 | Wayve: Scaling Autonomous Vehicles Without Borders

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Episode 307 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla Goes Driver Out, Unraveling the Tenuous Waymo Uber Relationship, Will The UK Leave the EU Behind Again?

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Episode 306 | Financial News Media Disconnect, Uber Doubles Down, Will Alphabet Ever IPO Waymo?

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Episode 305 | Autonomy Markets: Elon and Trump Drama, Tesla Robotaxi Crash Fallout, More Autonomy IPOs

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Episode 304 | Autonomy is Good for the Economy

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Episode 303 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch, Waymo and Uber’s Future Together, AV Policy Gains Momentum

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Episode 302 | From Partnerships to Power Plays: The Road Ahead for Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 301 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla's FSD Robotaxi Launch Preview, Waymo’s AI and Ownership Vision, Aurora Stumbles as Autonomous Trucking Heats Up

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Episode 300 | Scaling Sidewalk Autonomy: How Serve Robotics Is Reinventing Last Mile Delivery

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Episode 299 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo’s Recall, Tesla’s NHTSA Scrutiny, and Sterling Anderson’s Surprise Move

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Episode 298 | Scaling Autonomy: Waymo's Advantage, Uber's Strategy and Tesla's Challenge

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Episode 297 | Autonomy Markets: What’s Going On at Aurora? Why Waymo Needs More Cars, and Has Waymo Cooled on Lyft?

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Episode 296 | Autonomous Trucking Is Reviving Local Communities, One Route at a Time

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Episode 295 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Redraws the Map, Aurora Goes Driverless, Uber Backs May Mobility

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Episode 294 | Scaling Autonomous Vehicle Fleets: Opportunities and Challenges

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Episode 293 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo’s Pivot? Counting Teslas, and Can Aurora Beat the Clock?

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Episode 292 | Tier IV’s Open-Source Playbook for Scaling Autonomy Globally

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Episode 291 | Autonomy Markets: Kodiak is Going Public, Aurora’s Driver-Out Countdown Continues, and Lyft Expands to Europe

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Episode 290 | Scaling Physical AI to Unlock Global Supply Chain Efficiency

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Episode 289 | Autonomy Markets: Wayve Wins, Nuro Reloads, Austin Doesn’t Guarantee Uber-Waymo’s Next Chapter

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Episode 288 | Whiplash in Detroit: From Electric Dreams to Autonomy Uncertainty

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Episode 287 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Opens Door to Rivals, Uber Debate Heats Up, Tariffs Winners & Losers

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Episode 286 | Lyft's Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: How Hybrid Networks, Partnerships & Fleets Will Change Rideshare

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Episode 285 | Autonomy Markets: Texas Roadtrip, Waymo in The Swamp, Don’t Sleep on Autonomous Trucks

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Episode 284 | Inside Aurora’s Mission to Safely Launch Autonomous Trucks

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Episode 283 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo's Big Week and Elon's Promises

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Episode 282 | Enhanced Inspections: How CVSA is Revolutionizing Safety Standards for Autonomous Trucks

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Episode 281 | Autonomy Markets: California’s Economy Needs Waymo at Airports, Could Apple Surpass Amazon in Autonomy? May Mobility, an Undiscovered Gem

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Episode 280 | Applied Intuition’s Next Frontier: Revolutionizing Defense with All-Domain Autonomy

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Episode 279 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo’s Missing Tier, Uber and Lyft Keep Rides Moving and Hyundai’s Robotaxi Push

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Episode 278 | Autonomy Economy: Energy Revolution: How Texas is Driving Global Oil, Gas, and AI Innovation

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Episode 277 | Oxa’s Vision for Universal Autonomy: Industrial Mobility Automation

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Episode 276 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Needs Fewer Robotaxis Than You Think and Tesla's California Dreams

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Episode 275 | Ouster’s Vision for Autonomy: LiDAR for Vehicles, Robots and Infrastructure

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Episode 274 | Autonomy Markets: Lyft’s Autonomous Vehicle Manifesto, LiDAR’s Potential Big Winners, Personally-Owned Autonomous Vehicle Fleets

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Episode 273 | Trump, China & Autonomous Vehicles: Inside Look at U.S. Transportation Policy

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Episode 272 | Autonomy Markets: Uber’s Autonomy Push, Hesai’s Make-or-Break Moment, NVIDIA’s Big Plans

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Episode 271 | Building an Autonomous Transport-as-a-Service Business

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Episode 270 | Autonomy Markets: Uber’s Autonomous Vehicle Keys to Success, Waymo’s Big Moves and Detroit’s Pivot to Licensing

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Episode 269 | DeepSeek’s Game-Changing Impact on The Future of Autonomous Driving

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Episode 268 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla Earnings, Waymo’s Announcements and Kodiak’s Historical Milestone

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Episode 267 | Navigating L3, L4 Licensing, and Robotaxi Insurance Challenges

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Episode 266 | Autonomy Markets: Trump, Elon, Teamsters, and The Race for Autonomy: Who’s Steering the Future?

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Episode 265 | From Albuquerque to Texas: Torc Prepares for Commercial Operations

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Episode 264 | Autonomy Markets: Autonomy Markets Goes To DC, What to Expect from Trump and Solutions for the China Problem

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Episode 263 | Waymo Won the Robotaxi Race, While Detroit Walked Away Twice

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Episode 262 | Autonomy Markets: CES 2025, Rethinking LiDAR, The Dilemma Facing Uber and Legacy OEMs

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Episode 261 | Inside AllianceTexas Smart Port: How Texas is Building the Future of Autonomous Freight & Supply Chains

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Episode 260 | Autonomy Markets: 2025 Autonomy Outlook, Legacy Automakers’ Innovation Paralysis, Will FSD Return Tesla to Growth?

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Episode 259 | A Global Vision for Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 258 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla FSD 13, Autonomous Trucking’s Regulatory Roadblocks, Waymo’s Path to SFO

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Episode 257 | GM’s $10B Cruise Debacle: Did GM Just End Detroit’s Autonomous Future?

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Episode 256 | Autonomy Markets: Apple to Revive Robotaxi Ambitions? Waymo Expands to Japan, Uber’s Fleet Strategy

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Episode 255 | May Mobility: Scaling Autonomous Vehicles in Japan with NTT and Toyota

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Episode 254 | Autonomy Markets: GM Shuts Down Cruise, Uber’s Autonomy Dilemma and Torc’s Future

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Episode 253 | Nuro’s Bold Pivot to Licensing

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Episode 252 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Heads to Miami, Tesla Releases FSD 13 and The Future of Rideshare

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Episode 251 | Saving Farming’s Future: How Autonomy, AI and Robots Are Solving the Global Food Crisis

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Episode 250 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla Fleet API, Cybercab Hype and the Pony AI IPO

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Episode 249 | What does the Autonomous Trucking Industry Need from Washington, D.C. to Scale Commercial Operations?

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Episode 248 | Autonomy Markets: Trump Signals Major Autonomous Vehicle Push, China's Growing AV Market and What Investors Need to Know

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Episode 247 | Trump's Second Term: How Elon Musk, Tesla, and Autonomy Will Shape the Future of Transportation

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Episode 246 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo Launches in LA, Zoox Debuts in San Francisco and Bot Auto Emerges

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Episode 245 | The Growth of Autonomous Mining & Construction

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Episode 244 | Autonomy Markets: Self Driving's Next Chapter: Trump Policies, Lyft Partnerships, and Musk's Influence

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Episode 243 | Tesla's CyberCab Insurance Challenge: How Will Personally Owned Autonomous Vehicles Get Coverage?

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Episode 242 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo’s New EMMA Model for Autonomous Driving, Zoox’s Pending Launch and The Great Tesla Divide

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Episode 241 | Off-Road Autonomy: Emerging Multi-Billion Dollar Markets

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Episode 240 | Autonomy Markets: Autonomy IPOs Heat Up: Tesla's 20% Rally, WeRide’s $440M IPO, & Waymo’s $5.6B Funding Round

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Episode 239 | From TuSimple to Bot Auto: Xiaodi Hou's New Plan for Profitable Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 238 | Autonomy Markets: More Details Emerge on Tesla's FSD 13 Robotaxi Bet, Uber's Ambitions, Emerging Autonomy IPO Market

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Episode 237 | Tesla's Cybercab, Waymo's Expansion, and the Growth of Robotaxis

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Episode 236 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla's We, Robot Event: AI Confusion or Cybernetic Revolution

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Episode 235 | Ford Slashes BlueCruise Price, GM vs Tesla, Coveted Costco Partnership

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Episode 234 | Autonomy Markets: Tesla's 10/10 We Robot Event, Waymo's Austin Launch, and Zoox's New Vegas Partnership

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Episode 233 | Autonomy Economy: Texas Energy Exports Could Hit $230 Billion in 2024

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Episode 232 | Generative AI Will Revolutionize Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 231 | Autonomy Markets: U.S. Chinese Autonomous Vehicle Ban, Tesla’s ‘We Robot’ Event, GM’s Surprise Move and a Waymo LA Prediction

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Episode 230 | Autonomy Insights: Click a Button Get a Car

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Episode 229 | Optimizing Air Freight with Autonomous Blended Wing Body Aircraft

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Episode 228 | Autonomy Markets: Waymo’s Potential Pivot to Hyundai and Zoox’s Upcoming Launch

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Episode 227 | Autonomous Vehicles, Regulation and the 2024 Presidential Election

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Episode 226 | Autonomy Markets: Silicon Valley's Changing Autonomous Vehicle Landscape: Licensing, Experiences, Personally Owned AVs

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Episode 225 | Daimler Truck's Approach to Developing Autonomous Trucks

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Episode 224 | Autonomy Markets: Autonomy, A Threat or Strength for Uber? Waymo's Unforced Error and the Affordability of Delivery

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Episode 223 | Micron's Vision for Safer Roads: How Memory Drives the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 222 | The Future of Food Prep Automation

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Episode 221 | Developing a Versatile Autonomous Driving Business

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Episode 220 | The Future of Battery Recycling: Closed Loop Ecosystems

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Episode 219 | Autonomous Rail to Road Vehicles

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Episode 218 | Autonomy Insights: Insurance for Personally Owned Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 217 | Robotaxis, Energy Storage, OEM Strategies and The Future of Mobility

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Episode 216 | Autonomy Insights: Capital Cities/ABC of Autonomy

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Episode 215 | Preparing for Driver-Out Operations

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Episode 214 | Autonomy Economy: Oil Market Outlook: Global Demand, Geopolitics & Energy Trends

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Episode 213 | The Future of Parking: How Autonomous Vehicles Will Transform Urban Mobility

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Episode 212 | Autonomy Insights: Powering Off-Road Autonomy

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Episode 211 | The Dawn of Affordable Robotics: How Vayu is Revolutionizing Autonomous Systems

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Episode 210 | Autonomy Insights: Supervised Autonomy Solves Labor Shortages and Boosts Safety

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Episode 209 | Developing and Deploying Autonomous Ground Vehicles with the Military

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Episode 208 | Accelerating Autonomy: Navigating Policy, Economics and Global Competition

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Episode 207 | Autonomy Insights: Warehouse Automation: An Emerging $150 Billion Market

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Episode 206 | NHTSA's New AEB Mandate: A Stumbling Block or Stepping Stone to Full Autonomy?

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Episode 205 | Daimler Truck's Vision for Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 204 | Risky Business: Navigating Risk Aversion in an Autonomous World

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Episode 203 | Exploring Tesla’s Potential Entry Into the Rideshare Market with The Rideshare Guy

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Episode 202 | Autonomy Insights: Why Trucking Insurance Costs Are Skyrocketing: The Impact of Nuclear Verdicts

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Episode 201 | Autonomy Economy: Economics of Electrifying Commercial Fleets

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Episode 200 | Nothing Runs Like an Autonomous Deere: Increasing Efficiency on Farms

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Episode 199 | Autonomy Insights: Autonomous Trucking is Closer Than You Think, With Favorable Regulations Already in Place

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Episode 198 | Autonomy Economy: Tesla's Robotaxi Gamble: License FSD to Automakers or Go At It Alone

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Episode 197 | Increasing Warehouse Efficiency and Solving Labor Shortages with Autonomous Forklifts

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Episode 196 | Autonomy Economy: Insights into the Commercialization of Autonomous Driving Technologies

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Episode 195 | Navigating Policy and Labor Challenges in The Autonomy Economy

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Episode 194 | Autonomy Economy: Texas Oil & Gas Fuels Economic Growth Amid Global Energy Challenges

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Episode 193 | Automating the Yard: Outrider's Innovative Approach to Warehouse Efficiency

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Episode 192 | Autonomy Economy: From Boring to Billions: How Autonomy Could Transform Insurance Economics

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Episode 191 | AI-First Approach: Bringing Silicon Valley’s Leading Edge to Global Automakers

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Episode 190 | Autonomy Economy: Tesla’s Data Advantage in the Race to Develop Autonomous Driving

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Episode 189 | The Will To Over-Regulate: Inside California Legislators Fight for Local Control over Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 188 | Autonomy Economy: Demystifying the Economics of Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 187 | Scania's Customer-Centric Approach to Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 186 | Autonomy Economy: The Economic Conditions Impacting the Adoption of Autonomous and Electric Trucks

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Episode 185 | AV 2.0, Wayve's Approach to Autonomous Driving

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Episode 184 | Autonomy Economy: Economic Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on Health Care

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Episode 183 | The Partner Approach to Developing Autonomous Driving Systems

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Episode 182 | Insights into The Rideshare Industry and The Growth of Uber

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Episode 181 | Stopping and Swapping: Hybrids for Trucks

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Episode 180 | The Rise and Fall of Digital Freight Brokerages and the Growth of Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 179 | The Year of Autonomous Drone Delivery

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Episode 178 | It All Comes Down to Unit Economics

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Episode 177 | The Current State of The Mobility Markets

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Episode 176 | The Politics of Electric Vehicles

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Episode 175 | 2024 Oil & Natural Gas Markets Outlook

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Episode 174 | Driverless in Sun City

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Episode 173 | Developing the Autonomous-Ready Truck Platform

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Episode 172 | Scaling an Autonomous Trucking Company with Financial Discipline

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Episode 171 | What is The Future of Cruise?

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Episode 170 | What if we Electrified the Trailer?

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Episode 169 | Future of In-Car Experiences

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Episode 168 | Uber Freight: $18 Billion of Freight Under Management and Growing

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Episode 167 | Autonomous Trucking is a Big Business Opportunity

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Episode 166 | Autonomous Tractors Take the Wheel Amidst Labor Shortages

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Episode 165 | The World’s Best Product is a Very Profitable Product

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Episode 164 | Growing Global Demand for Oil and Its Economic Impact

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Episode 163 | Rail Industry: On the Rails of Economic Growth

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Episode 162 | Supervised Autonomy: Increasing Efficiency in a Labor Light Economy

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Episode 161 | Robots Do Not Bleed, Autonomy for Defense

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Episode 160 | In-Cabin Sensing Technology

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Episode 159 | UAW Strike, Licensing Autonomy, and Stack AV’s Entry into Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 158 | Think Differently. Think Like a Software Company.

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Episode 157 | Cruise: The Future is Here Now

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Episode 156 | The Road to Profitable Autonomy

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Episode 155 | Volvo Autonomous Solutions Commercialization Strategy

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Episode 154 | bp pulse: Fleet Charging as a Service

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Episode 153 | Everything that Moves will be Autonomous

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Episode 152 | Loadsmith Freight Network to Create Economic Stimulus for Local Communities

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Episode 151 | Waymo Via Shutdown: The End of the Universal Driver?

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Episode 150 | Prologis Prepares for the Future of Logistics with Autonomous Trucks

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Episode 149 | Global Oil Demand to Hit New Record in 2024

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Episode 148 | New Technology Aims to Reduce Distracted Driving

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Episode 147 | Building America’s Electric Vehicle Workforce

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Episode 146 | A Trucker’s Perspective on Autonomous Trucks

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Episode 145 | Cyber Security for Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 144 | The Next Generation of Radar

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Episode 143 | Insurance Markets in Flux: How Technology is Reshaping the Insurance Industry

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Episode 142 | Tele-Driving First Approach to Autonomy

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Episode 141 | The Changing Landscape of Mobility Markets

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Episode 140 | Preparing for Autonomous Trucks

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Episode 139 | Advanced Technology is Invisible

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Episode 138 | The Economic Impact of Autonomy

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Episode 137 | All Things Trucking

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Episode 136 | Apps for Cars

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Episode 135 | Not All Mobility Solutions Work in All Markets

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Episode 134 | Preparing an Autonomous Trucking Business to Scale

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Episode 133 | DARPA Urban Challenge to Commercialization

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Episode 132 | Capturing Equity at The End of a Car Lease

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Episode 131 | Scaling Motional

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Episode 130 | Building an Autonomous Trucking Business

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Episode 129 | Decarbonizing Mining

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Episode 128 | Scaling Cruise

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Episode 127 | Traditional Trucking to Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 126 | Underwriting Autonomous Vehicle Insurance

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Episode 125 | Q1 2023 Oil and Gas Markets Outlook

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Episode 124 | 2023 Autonomous Vehicle Market Outlook

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Episode 123 | Electric, Autonomous Freight Rail

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Episode 122 | Travel Centers of the Future

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Episode 121 | Destination Electric Vehicle Charging

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Episode 120 | Scaling Electric Vehicle Fleet Charging

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Episode 119 | Open Autonomy

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Episode 118 | Nothing Runs Like an Autonomous Deere

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Episode 117 | Creating the Cruise Origin

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Episode 116 | From Range Anxiety to Charging Anxiety

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Episode 115 | Ushering in the Era of Autonomous Commerce

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Episode 114 | Scaling Public Electric Vehicle Charging with Ford

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Episode 113 | Geopolitics of the Electric Vehicle Supply Chain

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Episode 112 | Volvo Group: Transforming From a Hardware Business to an As a Service Business

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Episode 111 | Hub-to-Hub Autonomy

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Episode 110 | Waymo’s Layered Approach to Safety

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Episode 109 | Carpooling For Freight

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Episode 108 | Electric Vehicles, Raw Materials and Supply Chains

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Episode 107 | Scaling Autonomous Vehicles with Precise Location

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Episode 106 | Scaling Autonomy Profitability

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Episode 105 | Electric Vehicle Subscriptions

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Episode 104 | Understanding Congestion with Data

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Episode 103 | Developing Public Trust in Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 102 | Trust The Autonomy

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Episode 101 | A Future That Is Yet To Be Written

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Episode 100 | Insights into the Consolidating Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Markets

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Episode 99 | Autonomous Mining and Construction Operations

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Episode 98 | The Changing Landscape of Cities

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Episode 97 | Waymo’s Rider-Only Experience

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Episode 96 | Enhancing ADAS Safety

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Episode 95 | Connected Car Ecosystem

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Episode 94 | Freight is Fuel for The Economy

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Episode 93 | The Path To Profitable LiDAR

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Episode 92 | The Rideshare Drivers’ Perspective

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Episode 91 | Asset-Light Autonomous Trucking

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Episode 90 | The Health of Electric Vehicle Batteries

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Episode 89 | Universal Autonomy

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Episode 88 | The MOKE Experience

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Episode 87 | Waabi World

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Episode 86 | Decarbonizing the Supply Chain

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Episode 85 | Decarbonizing Last Mile Delivery

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Episode 84 | The Current State of the Oil & Gas Markets

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Episode 83 | Creating Value Through Services

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Episode 82 | Interacting with Law Enforcement

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Episode 81 | Commercializing Waymo Via

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Episode 80 | Our Wright Brothers Moment

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Episode 79 | Think Big. Do Big.

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Episode 78 | Investing in The Future

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Episode 77 | Electrification of Industrial Logistics

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Episode 76 | Intermodal 2.0

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Episode 75 | Moving Past Misconceptions

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Episode 74 | Peak of The New Gold Rush

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Episode 73 | Electrifying an Iconic Brand

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Episode 72 | Seeing Around Corners

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Episode 71 | Narratives Shape Reality

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Episode 70 | Doubling Down on Innovation

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Episode 69 | What is Self-Driving?

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Episode 68 | Commercializing Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 67 | The Business of Tomorrow

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Episode 66 | Commodities Digital Twin

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Episode 65 | The Vegas Experience

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Episode 64 | Autonomy and Electrification Makes Possible

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Episode 63 | An All-Electric Future

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Episode 62 | Investing in Growth

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Episode 61 | Future of Local Commerce

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Episode 60 | The Home of Aviation Innovation

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Episode 59 | Trucking is The Right Problem To Solve

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Episode 58 | Deploying Sustainable Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 57 | Continuous Commitment to Innovation

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Episode 56 | A Brave New World

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Episode 55 | Insuring Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 54 | AllianceTexas: Developing The Future

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Episode 53 | Big Dreams, Big Idea: Zoox

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Episode 52 | The Platform For Autonomy

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Episode 51 | Optimizing Farms with See & Spray

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Episode 50 | Current State of The Public Mobility Markets

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Episode 49 | Obsessed with The Impossible

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Episode 48 | The Data Will Always Set You Free

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Episode 47 | The Growing Autonomous Vehicle Industry in Texas

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Episode 46 | The World Runs on Arm

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Episode 45 | Simulation First Approach to Autonomy

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Episode 44 | If You Bought It, A Truck Brought It

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Episode 43 | Building Better Basics: City of San José

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Episode 42 | The World’s First Publicly Traded Autonomous Vehicle Company: TuSimple

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Episode 41 | The Geopolitics of the Global Mineral Supply Chain

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Episode 40 | The Crucial Role Memory Plays in Automotive

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Episode 39 | Enabling In-Vehicle Experiences and Commerce

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Episode 38 | Economic Impact of the U.S. Oil Industry

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Episode 37 | Brightline: The Mobility Experience Company

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Episode 36 | The Future of Parking: Integrated Payments & Mobility Hubs

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Episode 35 | Cyber Intelligence

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Episode 34 | EVBox: Strategically Scaling Electric Vehicle Charging

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Episode 33 | Augmented Reality: Window To The World

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Episode 32 | The New Economy of Movement

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Episode 31 | Florida: A Growing and Diversified Economy

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Episode 30 | The Big Idea

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Episode 29 | Human Intuition for Autonomous Vehicles

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Episode 28 | Automating Grocery Delivery

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Episode 27 | Fashionably Late to Autonomy: Understanding Market Dynamics

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Episode 26 | The Building Blocks of Mobility

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Episode 25 | Data is the New Space Race

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Episode 24 | The Brand is the Experience

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Episode 23 | Automating Fleet Optimization

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Episode 22 | Thermal Imaging: Making Roads Safer

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Episode 21 | Disrupt Yourself or the Market Will

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Episode 20 | What’s Next: Insight from an Angel Investor

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Episode 19 | Becoming a Chef: Timing, Passion, and Risk

431

Episode 18 | Gas Stations of the Future: Electric Charging Hubs

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Episode 17 | Shangri-La of Mobility: Robotaxis

433

Episode 16 | American Success Story: AutonomouStuff

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Episode 15 | Insurance Markets and the Digital Economy

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Episode 14 | Mobility SPACs: Hype or Reality?

436

Episode 13 | Autonomous Trucking Logistics

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Episode 12 | California's Electric Future

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Episode 11 | Innovation Improves Lives

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Episode 10 | Global Perspective on Mobility and Cities

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Episode 9 | Privacy-First Approach to Mapping

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Episode 8 | Culture of Safety and Innovation

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Episode 7 | Brands, Experiences and the Future of Mobility

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Episode 6 | California's Prop 22

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Episode 5 | Doing Good In The World

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Episode 4 | Innovation is a Good Thing. Innovation is a Job Creator.

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Episode 3 | Developing an Autonomous Future

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Episode 2 | The Business of Self-Driving Cars

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Episode 1 | Henry Morrison Flagler and The Future of Mobility in Florida