Energy: A Look at the Driverless Car Industry with Ed Niedermeyer

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🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

After years of hype, self-driving cars have entered a Trough of Disillusionment, as optimistic company deadlines for debuting robotaxi services have come and gone. Co-host of the Autonocast Ed Niedermeyer joins Motley Fool Senior Auto Analyst John Rosevear and host Nick Sciple to discuss the current state of the autonomy industry. Topics include the recent Cruise Origin vehicle reveal, Uber’s self driving aspirations, regulatory barriers to driverless cars, and Ed’s recent book Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors.

Stocks Mentioned: GM, F, TM, GOOG, APTV, TSLA, HMC, HYMTF, NSANY, UBER, LYFT, DPZ

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0:00.0	Welcome to Industry Focus. The podcast that dives into a different sector of the stock market each day.
0:11.0	I'm your host Emily Flippin. I'm Jason Moser. I'm Nick Seyphill. I'm Dylan Lewis. And today
0:16.0	we're talking financials. Today we're talking consumer goods.
0:19.0	Wild-C-C-C-Gold's. Wednesday. And we're talking energy. And today we're talking tech. Let's dive in.
0:27.2	Welcome to Industry Focus. I'm Nick Saipel. Last week John Roosevelt and I sat down with Ed Niedermeyer, auto journalist, co-host of the Autonicast,
0:34.3	and author of Ludacris, the Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors.
0:37.5	I personally started listening to the Autonicast
0:39.1	about a year and a half ago,
0:40.2	and it's been invaluable to me
0:41.6	in learning about the technology behind and the
0:43.2	practical considerations that drive the self-driving car industry. In our
0:47.1	conversation we cover a wide range of topics from how the hype cycle has driven
0:50.8	attitudes toward the self-driving industry, the recent
0:53.0	reveal of the cruise origin ride-sharing vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, and
0:56.2	whether Uber really should be developing its own self-driving stack.
0:59.4	I hope you'll enjoy our conversation.
1:05.0	At Niedermeyer, thanks for joining us. Yeah, thanks for having me.
1:07.0	So, Ed, you know, you're someone who focuses heavily on the autonomy space, this industry.
1:12.0	I know from my own personal experience experience as I've tried to learn
1:14.3	about it, it's very complex and it's really easy to have perceptions of the industry that maybe don't
1:18.7	fit what the state of the art is today.
1:20.5	So when you look at the industry today, what do you think is the number one thing people get wrong about it?
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