Strategy. Partnership. Perspective.
Bringing a Wealth of Experience to the Intelligent Connected Vehicle Industry Worldwide
Recently Released
Automated Driving Industry Trends Automated Trucks
Volume 2, Issue 3
On-road or off-road, moving fast or slow, the driverless trucking era is quickly getting into gear, and 2024 is shaping up to be a pivotal turning point. This Automated Driving Industry Trends Report presents a high-level understanding of the state-of-deployment of driverless vehicles transporting freight, i.e., automated trucks and other wheeled work-machines. The report provides a reference point for the current status of development and deployment of these services on a global basis, supporting system developers, industry analysts, and government agencies
43 pages | PDF format
Automated Driving Industry Trends Robotaxis & Roboshuttles
Volume 2, Issue 2
Whether robotaxis, shuttles, or buses, the deployment of driverless road travel is steadily growing, such that a rapidly increasing cohort of people are accessing transportation services driven by autonomy.
This Automated Driving Industry Trends report provides a high-level understanding of the state-of-deployment of driverless vehicles transporting people, i.e. robotaxis, shuttles, and buses. This report aims to provide a reference point regarding the current status of development and deployment of these services globally, to support system developers, industry analysts, and government agencies. The ADIT Report concludes with a series of questions and issues to “keep an eye on.”
26 pages | PDF format
Automated Driving Industry Trends Passenger Cars
Volume 2, Issue 1
This report provides a high-level understanding of the state-of-commercialization and product introduction for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Automated Driving Systems (ADS) across the passenger car space.
The aim of this report is to provide a reference point regarding the current status of development and deployment of ADAS/ADS, to support system developers, industry analysts, and government agencies.
54 pages | PDF format
Selected Clients
Nodar
Supporting strategy and partnership development for ADAS and automated vehicle perception technology. (2020–present)
Transurban
Strategic Innovation Advisor focusing on connected and automated vehicle strategy. (2018– present)
Forterra
Advising on connected and automated vehicle strategy and partnerships. (2020–present)
Gatik
Advising on automated trucking strategy, partnerships, and policy in the local logistics space. (2022–present)
Wingdriver
Early-stage investor and advisor to the only company implementing Driver Alert functions using computer vision and AI on smartphones. (2022–present)
Plus
Advising on automated trucking strategy, partnerships, and policy in the logistics space. (2020–present)
Selected Articles
Forget Tesla, Here’s What’s Real In Moving People Driverlessly
November 4, 2024
Elon Musk’s We, Robot event focused on robotaxi services, showed problematic hardware accompanied by a business plan that was all hand-waving.
Forbes.com
Autonomous Trucks: TRATON Announces Global Release Of Plus SuperDrive
October 30, 2024
After months of public road testing in both continents, Plus’s Level 4 AI-based SuperDrive is now operational in TRATON autonomous trucks in Europe and the U.S.
Forbes.com
Outrider Raises $62M To Power Scaling Of Logistics Yard Autonomy
October 24, 2024
Outrider's fundraise will drive commercial scaling of their autonomous yard-operations-as-a-service. This will occur in 2025 with Fortune 500 customers.
Forbes.com
Selected Publications
The Future of Autonomous Vehicles: Final Report (Future Agenda)
This report details the issues that are the source of major debate around the world and highlights where the autonomous vehicle field is heading by 2030.
Implications of Connected and Automated Driving Systems, Vol. 5: Developing the Autonomous Vehicle Action Plan.
Provides technical background on developing Volumes 1 through 4 of NCHRP Web-Only Document 253.
Handbook of Human Factors for Automated, Connected, and Intelligent Vehicles.
A compendium of experts that addresses four major transportation challenges in the context of automated, connected, and intelligent vehicles.
Recent Media
Presentation
September 16-20, 2024
2024 ITS World Congress
Automated Trucking Across the Logistics Space — Review and Perspective
Wherever wheeled vehicles are operating, there are use cases suitable for autonomy! This presentation, delivered at the 2024 ITS World Congress in Dubai, provided a broad overview of activities globally in automated trucking, encompassing long haul, short haul, logistics centers, and industrial operations. The presentation concludes with my viewpoints as to key issues going forward.
Presentation
August 1, 2024
Presenting at the Transportation Research Board’s Automated Road Transportation Symposium (ARTS) in July 2024, I provided a comprehensive overview of developments in driverless trucking, focusing on the four use cases of long haul, short haul B2B, yard operations, and industrial operations. The talk concluded with pointers as to what to keep an eye on going forward.
Podcast
March 14, 2024
I was pleased to join Stephan Tarnutzer, President of AVL North America, for an episode of their Reimagine Mobility Podcast Series. AVL is a leading mobility technology company for development, simulation and testing in the automotive industry, with offices globally. The discussion addressed the myriad factors in bringing autonomy to our roads, roaming across passenger cars, robotaxi’s, and driverless trucks. Somehow, Stephan got me talking about the early days, “OG style.”
