Episode #29 – Big Sedans, Servicing Autonomous Vehicles, Racing Old Cars




Wheel Bearings show

Summary: <div id="attachment_351" style="width: 1290px;" class="wp-caption aligncenter"> <img class="size-full wp-image-351" src="https://i2.wp.com/wheelbearings.media/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/wb-29.jpg?resize=1170%2C686" alt=""><p class="wp-caption-text">Wheel Bearings 29</p> </div> <p>This week Sam drives a couple of big American sedans, the Buick LaCrosse and Lincoln Continental and Dan samples the Mazda CX-9. This devolves into a chat about Chris Lattner and working with/for Elon Musk and using rental car companies to service fleets of autonomous vehicles. Then Sam goes all analog with a visit to the Great Race stop in Ypsilanti, Mich.</p> <p>Links</p> <p><a href="http://www.greatrace.com/">The Great Race</a></p> <p><a href="http://wheelbearings.media/2017/06/30/the-great-race-2017-visits-ypsilanti/">The Great Race comes to Ypsilanti</a></p> <p><a href="http://atp.fm/205-chris-lattner-interview-transcript/">Chris Lattner</a> bails on <a href="http://jalopnik.com/former-apple-exec-leaves-tesla-after-just-six-months-1796295801">Tesla’s AutoPilot program after less than 6 months of working for Elon Musk</a></p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/waymo/well-oiled-and-squeaky-clean-partnering-with-avis-to-maintain-our-self-driving-fleet-2060a1620764">Avis to Service Waymo’s Autonomous Vehicle Fleet</a></p> <p> </p>