Episodes

  • Smart Driving Cars (episode 388): Aurora, Waymo, NHTSA & more
    May 5 2025

    Commercial driverless trucks are on the road in Texas. A big accomplishment for Aurora! Plus.. a DOT research grant gets terminated, Waymo's safety study and partnership with Toyota and NHTSA amends ADAS reporting rules. Join Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for episode 388 of Smart Driving Cars.

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    24 mins
  • Smart Driving Cars episode 387
    Feb 25 2025

    Keeping cars out of cities? The parking meter is turning 90 this year. We learn more about that and more from The Dispatcher publisher Michael Sena. Plus ..self driving cars, AI, the Black Hawk tragedy and more. Join Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for episode 387 of Smart Driving Cars.

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    42 mins
  • Smart Driving Cars (episode 386): DeepSeek, HandyRides, Waymo, Tesla
    Feb 2 2025

    DeepSeek and AI, HandyRides Inc. arrives, women providing taxi rides on motorcycles in Kenya, Waymo expanding to more cities and Tesla bringing front bumper camera to Model Y. Welcome back to Smart Driving Cars! Join Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for all of that and more on episode 386. And remember to subscribe.

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    36 mins
  • Smart Driving Cars 385: GM Cancels Cruise and NHTSA's New Rules for Driverless
    Dec 22 2024

    With GM putting an end to the Cruise robotaxi venture, Waymo reaching 5 million rides and NHTSA proposing new rules for driverless vehicles, there's plenty of news to end the year. The Dispatcher publisher Michael Sena joins Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for a look at those stories and more on episode 385 of Smart Driving Cars! Tune in and subscribe.

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    42 mins
  • Smart Driving Cars: The Election, Musk, Tesla, Waymo & more with guest Michael Sena (ep. 384)
    Nov 9 2024

    On episode 384 of Smart Driving Cars, Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin are joined by The Dispatcher publisher Michael Sena. This time out- the election, Elon Musk, Tesla, Waymo, Aurora and a tribute to the late Paul Michel Lion III. Tune in and subscribe!

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Smart Driving Cars- Tesla profits & driverless mobility (episode 383)
    Oct 25 2024

    Tesla's quarterly earnings surprised many as the company now focuses on driverless mobility. Plus..NHTSA is looking at FSD crashes, GM Cruise quarterly loss, Chinese autonomous testing in U.S. and more. Join Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for episode 383 of Smart Driving Cars.

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    40 mins
  • Smart Driving Cars: SpaceX, Cybercab and John Hopfield. Episode 382
    Oct 14 2024

    Space X wows with catch, Tesla's Cybercab event and the potential impact on mobility, and Princeton's John Hopfield captures 2024 Nobel Physics Prize. Join Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for the takeaways from the latest headlines and more. Tune in and subscribe!

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    42 mins
  • Smart Driving Cars episode 381 with guest Michael Sena: data privacy, Northvolt, Tesla and more.
    Sep 27 2024

    The privacy of the data and communications in your car. That's topic one as The Dispatcher publisher Michael Sena join Princeton's Alain Kornhauser and co-host Fred Fishkin for episode 381 of Smart Driving Cars. Plus...what happened to Northvolt, what will happen at Tesla's robotaxi unveil and more. Tune in and subscribe!

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    1 hr and 2 mins