Moral Crumple Zones and the Magic of Autonomous Vehicles

Happy New Year!

We're back discussing the reckless claim by Elon that you can text and drive, the magical claims from the Consumer Electronics show, the success of the NYC congestion pricing and if a company really made charging slower for coffee enjoyment. Much more and recalls.

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• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c783qd14zl7o
• https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/01/mercedes-teaches-its-driver-assist-how-to-handle-surface-streets/
• https://philkoopman.substack.com/p/mbdrive-assist-pro-is-level-2-plus
• https://insideevs.com/news/783380/first-production-ready-all-solid-state-battery-official-specs/
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/self-driving-cars/self-driving-cars-could-prevent-over-1-million-road-injuries-across-the-us-by-2035/ar-AA1TyBS8
• https://electrek.co/2026/01/04/convoy-electric-semi-brand-sany-pairs-autonomy-with-human-experience/
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/05/upshot/congestion-pricing-one-year.html
• https://www.autosafety.org/autonomous-vehicle-checklist/
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V903-7748.pdf
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V896-2258.pdf
• https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V899-5489.pdf