SPOTLIGHT: The autonomous future is nearly here - with Wejo
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Widespread use of autonomous cars is on the horizon. Self-driving vehicles are already out on our roads. And autonomy will change our relationship with our vehicles. But what will the new immersive world inside a vehicle be like?
In the third episode of a three-part special series partnered with Wejo, the smart mobility tech company, a panel of expert guests discuss how legislation and policy are enabling self-driving vehicles – and how AVs will change our lives. Will our children do their homework in the car on their way to school? Will we watch films on long journeys on the motorway?
Alona Ferber, editor of the New Statesman’s Spotlight policy channel, is joined by Richard Barlow, founder and chief executive of Wejo, Larry Burns, the former corporate vice president of Research and Development for General Motors who championed self-driving and electric vehicles – and now sits on Wejo’s board – Alex Kendall, CEO of AV2.0 start-up Wayve, and Amanda Stretton, the former racing driver, broadcaster, and automotive expert.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's producer Adrian here. We're bringing you a special podcast today from our Spotlight team, |
| 0:10.0 | and the new Statesman Podcast team will be back tomorrow. |
| 0:13.0 | Hello, I'm Alona Ferber, editor of the New Statesman Spotlight Policy section, |
| 0:19.0 | and this is a special podcast from the New Statesman Spotlight team. |
| 0:22.0 | This episode is the third and final part of our three-part special series. |
| 0:31.0 | Are we there yet? How far have we come on autonomous vehicles? |
| 0:34.0 | In this series, we've been exploring and will continue to explore the future of autonomous vehicles, |
| 0:39.0 | AV, self-driving cars, and the impact they might have on the way we run our roads, cities and the world. |
| 0:46.0 | In this, the third episode of the special series, we have produced a partnership with WeJo, |
| 0:51.0 | the Smart Mobility Tech Company. We are going to discuss how legislation and policy |
| 0:56.0 | are enabling self-driving vehicles, and we're going to look at the obstacles to autonomous vehicles |
| 1:01.0 | and what we need to get over those. |
| 1:10.0 | In the first two episodes of this series, we talked about how data generated by vehicles |
| 1:15.0 | is already being used to do good in the world. |
| 1:18.0 | And we looked at how far we have come on the road to EV adoption. |
| 1:21.0 | But today, listeners, we are looking to the future. |
| 1:24.0 | We are going to take you on a journey to the future of the car. |
| 1:28.0 | White spread use of autonomous cars is on the horizon. |
| 1:31.0 | Self-driving vehicles are already out on our roads, |
| 1:34.0 | and autonomy will change our relationship with our vehicles. |
| 1:37.0 | But what will the new immersive world inside a vehicle be like? |
| 1:40.0 | What will autonomous vehicles free us up to do? |
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