Driving the Future: The Rocky Road of Autonomous Vehicles

Hey Listeners,

How do we feel about bullet points? This week we cover topics like...

• Update on the ARC airbag recall implicating 50 million airbags with defects, leading to potential ruptures;
• Tesla's reporting on Autopilot crashes and the WSJ's great investigation;
• Data privacy issues with car companies like GM, who sell user driving data.;
• The financial math behind the autonomous vehicle industry;
• Recalls and more;

This weeks links:

• https://www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/2024-07/ARC-Supplemental-Initial-Decision-NHTSA-2023-0038-web.pdf
• https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-autopilot-crash-investigation-997b0129
• https://philkoopman.substack.com/p/the-new-gm-cruise-safety-plan
• https://gizmodo.com/senators-call-on-the-ftc-to-investigate-data-hungry-car-companies-2000480597
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V561-5843.PDF
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCLRPT-24V562-9973.PDF
• https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/tesla-to-recall-more-than-1-8-million-vehicles-due-to-hood-issues-8291aa00
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2024/INOA-EA24003-10819.pdf
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/inv/2024/INOA-PE24019-10093.pdf
• https://www.autosafety.org/support-us/