The Atonic Astonishment - Is This a Driver Problem?

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The term driver makes people think of the stem as opposed to the vehicle, sppose o the ehicle. If you're saying, this vehicle is driving itself, that's not really accurate either. So i think t the companies that are using this term driver, they seem to be a little bit more positioned as not consumer facing at this point in time. And i kind of had thought of it more as a bea to be, sort of a wait, describe what they're what they're selling, rather than be to see. But i maybe that's not right. Well, i think that we'll have to noodle on this and have a atona noodle episode in

Big moves raise strategic questions this week, as Mobileye starts testing in New York, Aurora heads to Wall Street by way of Reid Hoffman's SPAC, and a Financial Times trend piece raises questions about the relationship of ADAS to AV strategy. From the traffic impact of privately-owned AVs to the public's ability to invest in the technology and the wisdom of calling automated driving systems a "driver," Alex, Kirsten and Ed chew through some of the sector's biggest questions in another classic discussion episode.