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Move Over, Trucks: It’s Time For Smaller Delivery Solutions

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bike infrastructure, carbon footprint, cargo bikes, decarbonizing transportation, drayage, drone, drone delivery, drones, ebike, ebikes, electric bicycle, electric bikes, electric cargo bikes, electric mobility, electric trucks, electric vehicles, emobility, EVs, fleet electrification, green transportation, mobility, mobility innovation, mobiltiy, quadricopter, tech bros

Delivery drones, we are told, will change everything. There are some hurdles, but according to recent research, drones might just be the best bet for most– but not all- local delivery.

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Book Review – Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car

February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amazon, anthony townsend, ArgoAI, artificial intelligence, Autonomous, autonomous vehicles, AV, AV tech, AVs, BRT, car culture, cars, connected cities, connected vehicles, cruise automation, distribution, driving, Ford, fulfillment, fulfillment centers, GM, infrastructure, infrastructure deficit, infrastructure spending, integrated, jeff bezos, jeff bezos skull keg party, lidar, machine learning, microsprawl, public transit, self-driving, self-driving car, self-driving cars, smart cities, smart city, tech bro, tech bros, transit, trucks

Can autonomous cars save us? Well, no, but they can provide some vital innovation to our society. Provided we play our cards right, that is. Anthony Townsend’s book gives us the lowdown.

Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car, by Alex Davies

January 20, 2021January 21, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments alex davies, anthony levandowski, argo, argo AI, auto industry, automotive industry, automotive sector, autonomous cars, autonomous vehicles, AV's, AVs, big tech, connected vehicles, Cruise, cruise automation, DARPA, driven, driven the race to create an autonomous car, driven the race to create an autonomous car alex davies, Ford, Ford Corktown, ford motor company, general motors, GM, infrastructure, mobility, mountain view, nevada, new mobility, palo alto, tech, tech bros, the race to create an autonomous car, transportation, william mitchell

Weekend Read. This book, Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car, is worth reading for anyone who is interested

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