Rethinking Driverless Technology: Autonomous Vehicles Are Not As Smart as PromisedOver the past few years Viewpoint Vancouver has been gently reminding that autonomous vehicles with their self-driving features are not…
Letting Vehicles Drive Themselves & The Safety Case for Googly EyesOne Viewpoint Vancouver commenter made a telling remark on the shift to autonomous driving trucks on highways to keep shipping…
The Future of Trucking: Hint-There’s No Drivers!Trucking logistics are a big problem in North America, with lots of goods to be moved and not that many…
Shortage of Long-Haul Truck Drivers Solved by Driverless Technology?Do you know where the first autonomous driving truck was driven and what it carried? In 2016 two thousand cases…
Self-Driving Vehicles: A Reality Yet?Self-driving vehicles were to make commuting effortless, and to lower carbon emissions. It’s been a dream for decades, and most…
Todd Litman: Five Predictions on New MobilityVictoria-based transportation Todd Litman (VTPI) is out with his latest book – New Mobilities – which he explains and discusses…
Dodge CEO Spins Electrification of Vehicles As “Tearing Up Streets, Not Planet”The vehicle manufacturing companies themselves are being legislatively squeezed into providing electric vehicles, but the greenwash of still being able…
Welcome to SPABs : Self Propelled Autonomous BikesFormer editor, photographer and great bike guy Ken Ohrn sends this missive in. In the “if you can build it,…
Moving to Electric Vehicles Will Not Save Our Cities Jon Burke, the London Councillor for Hackney responded to Britain’s plan to ban all gas and diesel vehicle sales…
Autonomous Vehicles Still Need a Hand at Driving In the last three years there has been a lot of chest thumping at how autonomous vehicles would infiltrate…
Sleeping While Driving a Tesla~The Alberta EditionIn the “you just can’t make this stuff up” file, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP ) saw a Tesla…
Why Automobile Manufacturers Protect Vehicle Occupants, Not Vulnerable Road UsersDavid Zipper from CityLab asks the question we’ve all thought about~if there are safety features that would make vehicles not…
Remember Autonomous Vehicles? They’ve been Pandemic Impacted TooWell it happened. The pandemic meant that there was a use for remote controlled vehicles that could deliver groceries. But…
Car2Go Gone: I’ll miss my SmartCarSad news: Car2Go (ShareNow) is shutting down its North American operations (and pulling out of a few European cities like…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner