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Getting up to speed with autonomous vehicles

Getting up to speed with autonomous vehicles

Update: 2025-10-23
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Long before AI dominated the media hype-cycle, self-driving cars surfed the hyperbolic wave. But fully automated vehicles have now been a long time in development, long enough that we've decided it's time for an update. So, how advanced is the technology and where is the demand? We also find out about consumer attitudes toward the "driver-assist" technologies that are now routinely fitted into modern cars. Surprise, surprise, it seems not everyone wants to be told how to drive.

Guests

Associate Professor Abdesalam Soudi — Sociolinguist, Department of Linguistics, University of Pittsburgh

Professor Michael Milford — Director of the Centre for Robotics, Queensland University of Technology

Associate Professor Milad Haghani — Principal Fellow in Urban Resilience & Mobility, University of Melbourne

Sönke Iwersen — Co-author of "The Tesla Files". Journalist for German business newspaper Handelsblatt

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Getting up to speed with autonomous vehicles

Getting up to speed with autonomous vehicles

Australian Broadcasting Corporation