The Importance of Goodwill in a Robot Taxi Service

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A viable and potentially profitable robot taxi service requires that the vehicles aren't just safe, but they're also comfortable. So if you have a very safe vehicle, it's uncomfortable, nobody's riding it. If you're a comfortable vehicle that has crashes, no one's going to ride that either. And then you need to have goodwill. You need to have a critical mass of vehicles available on the network.

With Alex and Kirsten sweating it out in Arizona (and Ed staying smugly cool in Oregon), a conversation about cars and air conditioning leads the gang across a wide range of mobility topics. From the upcoming AV showdown at California's CPUC and Tesla's Rangegate scandal to ChargePoint's decision to actually monitor EV chargers (imagine!), stay cool by staying on top of the hottest issues in mobility tech.