Autonomous vehicles
Flying car entrepreneurs sound a lot like early auto pioneers
A recent New York Times story on the flying car industry didn’t explicitly compare it to the early automobile pioneers, but it’s not hard to see the parallels. Flying car entrepreneurs speak in lofty terms, […]
Self-driving technology is still dumber than humans
“Self-driving tech is not yet nimble enough to reliably handle the variety of situations human drivers encounter each day. It can usually handle suburban Phoenix, but it can’t duplicate the human chutzpah needed for merging […]
The Truth About Cars peddles increasingly convoluted EV conspiracies
Did you know that a nefarious international conspiracy is afoot to impose eco-communism on freedom-loving Americans? That’s The Truth About Cars’ explanation for recent developments in the shift to electric vehicles. In its apparent quest […]
Peter DeLorenzo: A ‘wandering spirit’ defines nation
“(O)ur individual and collective experiences with cars and being on the road are seared in our memories and are irreplaceable. Where we’ve been has everything to do with who we are. This nation was transformed […]