Alex says that like things happen on the road that are unavoidable to the best drivers and AV systems. Alex: "We're clearly entering a different period than say 2018 when the last sort of or the only real sort of AV related death happened in Tempe" The stakes are are high now yeah absolutely, he adds.
San Francisco is ground zero for a lot of the conflicts between the tech sector and society at large, and increasingly that conflict is centering on AVs. This week the gang discusses the technical and social factors at play, and how some AV developer strategies are shifting. Plus, a discussion of Ford's new deal to use Tesla Superchargers.