A discussion between host Brad Templeton of robocars.com and Mario Herger of The Last Driver Licence Holder on the hot topics raised at the start of 2023.  A raft of topics including:

0:00 Intro

1:17 Waymo and Cruise letters from San Francisco(*)

9:49 Calling 911 on sleeping people and cameras in cars

18:33    Consumer Reports on drive-pilot systems (ADA)

25:18    Mercedes S-Class Level 3 in Nevada

33:18    The Tesla Bay Bridge pile-up (*)

37:52    Tesla's Safety Numbers are Back

45:03    Waymo at the Superbowl

49:22    Running out of Lithium and Toyota (*)

1:01:24    Emissions from AVs (*)

1:10:18    Layoffs at Waymo Via

1:17:20    CES

Brad Templeton is a speaker, consultant and writer on self-driving cars who worked on the early Google/Waymo car and has advised many of the big players i the industry, such as Zoox, Cruise, Starship and major car OEMs.   He writes at robocars.com and Forbes.com, providing deep insight into all topics in the future of transport, and analysis and myth-crushing you won't find elsewhere.