New, by me: Tesla's newly-uncovered range deception is just the tip of the iceberg in a decade-long ruse to exploit our car-brained desire for a fleet decarb solution that requires no actual change.

"The big lie at the heart of Tesla’s big-battery approach is that EVs can directly replace gas cars without any real behavioral change on the part of consumers."

New blog post: last Friday Rafaela Vasquez pled guilty to endangerment, making her the first human to be held criminally responsible for a death caused by an autonomous vehicle. Needless to say, this is a troubling development. niedermeyer.io/2023/08/01/r...

Thank you. I'd like to highlight my fav part: "Like Large Language Models, driving automation is a technology that draws us into a fantasy, thinking a vehicle “can drive itself” after a few minutes of plausible performance." ⚡️⚡️⚡️

"...by humans doing predictably human things with predictably human results." "Uber was setting up Vasquez for failure..." "...psychologists have understood for more than a century that humans are unable to maintain attention for long if a task is too repetitive and boring."

Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick made countless billions off self-driving hype, but when their technology failed they stuck the blame on their employees and customers. Watch out, or you could be the next human to do time for a robot. niedermeyer.io/2023/08/01/rut…

New episode now live: Kirsten Korosec and E.W. Niedermeyer sat down with Dr Matt Markel of @spartanradar to discuss the evolution of the radar space, the use cases that are driving the sector, and much more. autonocast.com/blog/2023/8/3/…

I spoke with Lizzie O'Leary of Slate about my long, strange trip covering Tesla, from stumbling onto the battery swap story in 2015 to the latest range-faking scandal, and what I've learned along the way. slate.com/podcasts/what-…

New episode now live: with Alex Roy and Kirsten Korosec sweltering in the Arizona heat (and E.W. Niedermeyer staying smugly cool in Oregon), the gang discusses a wide variety of hot mobility tech topics, from EV preconditioning to charging policy. autonocast.com/blog/2023/8/10…

Based on studies "the people that report being the most against Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) also self report that they know the least about how they work" - E.W. Niedermeyer youtube.com/watch?v=_HTfjK…

New interview with E.W. Niedermeyer about SF’s landmark ruling to allow Waymo and cruise to operate 24/7—or why urbanists should learn to stop worrying and love robotaxis. youtube.com/watch?v=_HTfjK…

I'll be moderating a panel of cyclists (some of whom happen to work for Waymo) about sharing the road with AVs in San Francisco at this conference next week. Come down, say hi, and check out the latest eBikes and scooters. Hope to see you there!

New pod dropped! Alex Roy Kirsten Korosec and E.W. Niedermeyer chat about mounting AV skepticism and the UAW's resurgence. autonocast.com/blog/2023/10/2…

Since there's a lot of confusion on this website: if you don't feel safe putting your 96 year old grandma in the backseat with nobody behind the wheel, it's not "Full Self-Driving." Hope this helps! And huge thanks to @waymo for an incredible day of safe driverless rides in SF!