The Autonocast

#340: On The Ground In Austin — Autonocast Austin Texas was already one of the hot spots of AV activity, even before Tesla's robotaxi deployment ratched up the hype. With Ed back from a week on the ground, and Alex and Kirsten watching events ...

New episode now live: with @niedermeyer.online just back from 10 days on the ground in Austin checking out Tesla's "robotaxi" deployment, @alexroy144.bsky.social and @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social gather to discuss what's happening and why

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/7/16/340-on-the-ground-in-austin

#339: Flamin' Hot Waymos and other Hot Summer Takes — Autonocast The summer heat is getting to the gang, as they discuss Tesla's attempt to go driverless in Austin and engage in the burning Waymo discourse that has been roiling the internet.

New episode now live: @niedermeyer.online, @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social, and @alexroy144.bsky.social discuss the latest in Tesla's Austin deployment, before diving into the spicy flaming Waymo discourse.

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/6/19/339-flamin-hot-waymos-and-other-hot-summer-takes

#335: John Harris of Harbinger — Autonocast Before co-founding the medium duty electric truck startup Harbinger, John Harris lived through some of the wildest highs and lows of the post-Tesla EV startup bubble. On this week's episode, he explai...

On the latest episode of The Autonocast, John Harris of Harbinger shares lessons learned during the excesses of the EV bubble, how they are informing his new medium-duty electric truck startup, the new challenges of the trade war era, and much more.

Listen now!

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/5/...

#333 Reilly Brennan Returns — Autonocast Reilly Brennan, the godfather of the Autonocast and Trucks VC general partner, returns to the pod for a wide-ranging discussion on the business of robotaxis, how AVs have evolved in the past decade, h...

The latest @autonocast.bsky.social pod dropped! Trucks VC co-founder Reilly Brennan returns! www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/4/16/333-reilly-brennan-returns

#330: Raquel Urtasun of Waabi — Autonocast Raquel Urtasun came to the AV sector from academia, first leading research for Uber's Advanced Technology Group, and for the last four years with her own startup Waabi. She joins the show to cast ligh...

New episode now live: Raquel Urtasun of Waabi joins @alexroy144.bsky.social, @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social and @niedermeyer.online to discuss the different "AV 2.0" approaches, the exciting year playing out in autonomous trucking, and more

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/3/14/330-raquel-urtasun-of-waabi

#329: Ed and Alex Touch The Third Rail — Autonocast With Kirsten traveling for work, Ed and Alex get back to the topic that they've been tussling over since this podcast began: Tesla and Elon Musk. Of course, that topic has evolved considerably lately,...

New episode now live: with @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social traveling for work, @niedermeyer.online and @alexroy144.bsky.social go back to their arguing-about-Tesla roots... only now things are... political?

You've been warned!

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/2/27/329-ed-and-alex-touch-the-third-rail

#328: Citroen S&M, Garage Check, God's Eye and more — Autonocast Alex shares the struggle of fixing a vintage Citroen SM and what it means for software defined vehicles, the whole gang discusses the unique vehicles in their garages, and sneak in a little discussion...

New episode now live: What can an old French car tell us about Software Defined Vehicles? What cars do Alex, Kirsten and Ed drive anyway? Will the gang discuss any actual news in this episode? All will be answered!

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/2/18/328-citroen-sampm-garage-check-gods-eye-and-more

#326: Tesla Earnings, Yellow AV Journalism, and The Social Contract — Autonocast Ed and Kirsten kick off the latest episode with a discussion of Tesla's latest earnings report, and are joined by Alex as the conversation turns to a pair of stories out of San Francisco, and Uber CEO...

New episode now live: @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social and @niedermeyer.online stare into the abyss of Tesla earnings, @alexroy144.bsky.social rants about local AV coverage in San Francisco, and much more

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/2/3/326-tesla-earnings-yellow-av-journalism-and-the-social-contract

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All art in our shop is proudly made by humans, because driving can be automated but art can't!

www.autonocast.com/store

#325: CES 2025 Roundup — Autonocast With another CES in the books, the gang gathers to discuss the highs and lows of the show, the annual Autonocast CES party, and the long-overdue debut of the Autonocast merch shop. Surf over to autono...

New episode now live: with another CES in the books, @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social, @alexroy144.bsky.social and @niedermeyer.online gather to discuss the highs and lows of the show, the annual party, and the new (long overdue) merch shop.

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/1/23/325-ces-2025-roundup

#324: Riding with Zoox on the Vegas Strip, featuring Jesse Levinson — Autonocast After years of intense effort and turmoil, Zoox is nearing the finish line in its pioneering ground-up robotaxi, possibly the most ambitiously novel vehicle of our time. Ed and Kirsten join Zoox CTO J...

New episode now live: @niedermeyer.io and @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social ride in the world's first ground-up robotaxi along the Las Vegas strip with Zoox CTO Jesse Levinson.

www.autonocast.com/blog/2025/1/10/324-riding-with-zoox-on-the-vegas-strip-featuring-jesse-levinson

#322: Fall Of The House of Cruise — Autonocast General Motors has pulled the plug on Cruise, one of the Level 4 AV developers who defined the space... for better and worse. The gang gathers to discuss GM's decision, Cruise's history, and broader l...

Listen to @niedermeyer.io, @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social and @alexroy144.bsky.social discuss the rise and fall of Cruise, one of the AV developers that defined the highs and lows of the technology's "bubble era."

www.autonocast.com/blog/2024/12...

Are AI companies just defense tech now? AI is everywhere. And increasingly it’s being described as defense tech. This week, the Equity pod gang — which included newcomer Max Zeff, Margaux MacColl, and Kirsten Korosec — noticed an emerging t...

Normally I am shilling for @autonocast.bsky.social and our pod episodes, but today .. I will pivot to @techcrunch.com & a new Equity pod in which we talk defense tech and AI. And other stuff like AI and defense tech. Also foreign investment concerns.

techcrunch.com/podcast/are-...

#321: Thanksgiving Discussion — Autonocast The gang gathers around the metaphorical festive table to discuss such hot-button issues as the complicated future of EVs and AVs under a new Trump administration and the Jaguar rebrand.

New episode now live: @niedermeyer.io, @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social and @alexroy144.bsky.social gather around the metaphorical festive table to discuss such hot button issues as potential Trump EV/AV policy and the Jaguar rebrand.

www.autonocast.com/blog/2024/11/28/321-thanksgiving-discussion

New episode now live: @niedermeyer.io and @alexroy144.bsky.social sit down with Dr Rachel Plotnick, author of "Power Button" to discuss the history of buttons in cars and what it can teach about the future of UI.

www.autonocast.com/blog/2024/11/21/320-pushing-buttons-with-dr-rachel-plotnick

#319: Xiaodi Hou is getting scrappy — Autonocast Xiaodi Hou was one of the earlier guests on the Autonocast, when he joined to discuss the autonomous trucking company TuSimple that he founded and helped run. He returns to the show to reflect on the ...

New episode now live: @kirstenkorosec.bsky.social, @niedermeyer.io, and @alexroy144.bsky.social sit down with Xiaodi Hou to discuss the fall of his first autonomous truck startup TuSimple, and his scrappy return to the space.

www.autonocast.com/blog/2024/11/14/319-xiaodi-hou-is-getting-scrappy