The Next Billion Cars has been an interesting listen. Some of the views I don’t agree with but most I do. It’s a shame though that a couple of things weren’t covered:-
Tesla believe self-driving cars can only occur with electric vehicles, due to the way they brake and accelerate, according to this article - It’s A Beast (CleanTechnica Deep Dive) Not only governments but cities need to help, beacons can be used to help with guidance, one way streets, and traffic signals could be used to broadcast their state etc … Normal bikes and electric ones too, can advertise their presence to cars - as a cyclist this would help greatly Both of the above points can be covered by a vehicle to anything protocol In fact self-driving cars could bring about a utopia for cyclist I look forward to the next season and the insights the shows hosts bring.
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