Shane Ohlin
Now's the time!
Now's the time!
Shane Ohlin
Hey Auckland! Forget light rail to the airport!
Hey Auckland! Forget light rail to the airport!
Shane Ohlin
https://www.fastcoexist.com/3068590/imagining-a-future-where-autonomous-cars-let-everyone-carpool 
Shane Ohlin
Here are some of the self-driving startups to ...
Here are some of the self-driving startups to watch in 2017
Shane Ohlin
The emerging developer opportunity from ...
The emerging developer opportunity from Driverless

Now's the time!

Waymo and Cruise were recently granted permission to operate fully driverless vehicles, delivering paid transportation services in San Francisco.

If it works in San Francisco, it can work in New Zealand!

Why is nobody investigating or talking about this possibility? It holds out the promise of saving lives, enabling more cost-effective ride-sharing, and helping to eliminate the need for massively expensive infrastructure upgrades.

Here’s a link to one of the articles discussing the recent decision to grant Waymo and Cruise rights to operate in San Francisco:

Robotaxis Can Now Work the Streets of San Francisco 24/7

Hey Auckland! Forget light rail to the airport!

How about we start thinking more ambitiously about our future transportation solutions?

 Light rail is an antiquated solution which Auckland can't afford. Here's an example of some great innovative thinking from China.

 Enjoy!

http//www.boredpanda.com/art-train-virtual-tracks-crrc-china/ 

Mercedes will prioritise occupant safety

Finally, common sense prevails! Note the comment that driverless cars will first seek  to avoid the situation even occurring.

Whilst a human driver might be surprised when a pedestrian suddenly steps in front of the car, a driverless car will have likely "seen" the person approaching from a distance and pro-actively slowed to allow emergency stopping to be effective.

Check out the article:

http://blog.caranddriver.com/self-driving-mercedes-will-prioritize-occupant-safety-over-pedestrians/ 

http://www.inc.com/alex-moazed/how-driverless-cars-will-make-jurassic-park-a-reality.html 

Presentation

Driverless Cars are coming, but to really capture the social, economic and environmental benefits they promise, we need to have fewer cars on the road. For this to be true, we need to see a shift to mass-scale ridesharing sufficient to shift consumers away from owning their own vehicles.

My presentation is designed to argue this position, define Social Ridesharing as a service, and show how such a service could be brought to market.

I believe the critical success factors for Social Ridesharing are the extent to which the ridesharing experience can be personalised for the consumer, the experience during the ride and the way the service is priced to encourage early take-up.

Enjoy the presentation and let me know your thoughts!

SOCIAL RIDESHARING PRESENTATION

 

GOOGLE IN FINAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH FIAT CHRYSLER ON AN ADVANCED TECHNICAL PARTNERSHIP. - Rants - Autoextremist.com ~ the bare-knuckled, unvarnished, high octane truth...

This looks like a well informed piece of breaking news and holds the potential for us to see a real, live, for-sale version of a google-based autonomous vehicle in the not-too-distant future.

Driverless Volvo Trial in London

Volvo announce an extension of their trial programme to London. Note their reasons for selecting London...take note other Governments...it's not sufficient to simply claim support for trials! Governments need to invest to secure a role for their businesses in this booming market. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/26/look-no-hands-driverless-volvos-to-hit-britains-streets/ 

Chinese driverless cars complete road test - The Hindu

Interesting to see the increasing pace of trials occuring in China. For New Zealand, surely building relationships with Chinese technology companies makes sense. We should be actively seeking partnerships to tap into what will be the worlds largest near-term market opportunity for transportation transformation.