Alex Roy: Autonomy, Driving Fast, and the Future of Transportation - TST Podcast
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2022
- Matt met up with Alex Roy in Germany where they are attending a conference about autonomous vehicles, transportation, electrification, and a lot more. Alex Roy once held the transcontinental driving record but now spends his time working as a consultant for Argo, a company developing autonomous driving systems. When it comes to driving, he's a well of knowledge.
Recorded September 21, 2022
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Ok. Is this the most beautiful opening shot of the podcast? Fantastic framing
it's no WCCS but it's not bad
Photography major. He knows what he’s doing. And it is very visually interesting!
Matt, for the Demolition Man ticket printers, I would say send Adam Savage from Tested a message. He loves making props and might be willing to do a couple for you.
Yes! Please try to get Adam on prop reproduction..
That’d be amazing, and he may be all about it, but paying Adam any less than the $5,000 price for his time would be unfair.
0:00 preview
0:50 Sponsors
5:43 Show contents
6:09 The German Riviera
7:40 Auto conferences
9:30 Secret car event
14:40 Tech inevitability
16:58 There are no accidents
18:35 Autonomous vs human
20:00 Soylent guy phenomenon
22:50 Sci fi movies vs real life
30:10 What’s great about Demolition Man
33:00 Supercruise vs FSD vs Bluecruise
35:30 Autonowashing
36:15 Supercruise texting
37:20 What it really means to test
40:00 Waze vs FSD “Testing”
43:15 Police car recognition
44:30 Is tech good or bad?
45:58 Trim tab tombstone
47:10 Otis elevator price fixing
48:30 Impressive vs Perfect
49:20 Apples to Apples AV comparisons
51:00 Where to deploy autonomous vehicles
56:35 Will Americans share AV’s?
1:00:00 AV paratransit + other services
1:02:45 JF interruption
1:03:40 Human shortages
1:05:10 Patreon questions
1:05:25 Why Pittsburg is good for testing
1:06:20 Favorite restaurant in Pittsburg
1:06:35 Euro forbidden fruit cars
1:07:35 EV Cannonball Records
1:09:30 German tourist recommendations
1:11:00 Best autobahn car
1:12:12 Next show
I'm from southern germany, to the point "best autobahn car" I go for every RS, M, AMG Sedan. Or, if it's non german: Mustang GT, Corvette C7.
Alex Roy is so interesting to listen to. Great speaker AND listener in a conversation. Thanks Matt
Hell ya, another episode of The Smoking Elevator
Always good seeing Alex back. Nothing beats the Crx adventure from years ago.
Woahhhh late night content the way I like it!!! Thank you so much for providing the non pattern members sweet podcasts cool convos and great videos!
Yes amazing framing and amazing audio, keep this recipe for all future pop up podcasts 🙂
Matt, as a lover of driving and the tools to do that, I am very pleased that the best representative of that passion is part of the conversation for the drivers of this market! Keep up the great work by being you (duh). The Patreon is the best money I have spent! I look forward to every show.
prefect day and that view and two of the smartest car guys... thanks guys
Took me a while to register who Alex Roy is. I loved his M5 in the Gumball 3000 videos back in the day. Great conversation!
Dude what a wonderful shot.
When Alex said the word "elevator," I got chills and flashbacks @-@ lol
This was such a great and important topic!
Regardless of how you land or feel on the topic it certainly is an interesting time to be in and pay attention to with a critical, curious, pragmatic, and and a futurists attention.
always enjoy Mr Roy's musings. Glad he is advising in the AV space. Hope there are others in the same vein in this space, or us drivers are doomed.
Great podcast
The background looks soo good, I thought it was a green screen
Thanks for the content. Notifications Gang
Alex fucking rules. It’s a damn shame he got rid of his Citroën SM. I used to work for Jerry Hathaway at SM World in California, and we did a little bit of work on his SM once after it was sold off.
My buddy andy harris has a Citroen SM and he talks about Jerry very fondly
You should move to Germany and do all your podcasts with the Alps in the background. Great show!
I second Alex in recommending The Critical Drinker, his youtube chanel is fantastic.
Awesome chat, Rj in Oz
Damn this view is so nice.
Did this episode not appear on anyone else's patreon page? I wasn't even aware of this episode until I saw it just now
wow great background
No one thinks Alex Roy is more interesting than Alex Roy
How TF did i miss an Alex Roy on TST pod episode .
Opel is now own by stellantis group
Love when Alex is on and love that He is a voice of reason in the AV industry. I will argue his prediction that an EV will take the cannonball record though. In a contest of speed, distance, and minimum stop time I don’t see how and EV would do better than a fast & efficient gas car. I bet a Chevy SS could win: fast, invisible, and LS engines are remarkably efficient
@34:30 GM sold their interest in Opel in 2017 to PSA Group.
Opel was then sold to Stellantis January 2021.
Opel used to be owned by GM, now it belongs to PSA.
Now they all are part of Stellantis
@@jz9345 You mean PSA & FiatChrysler? GM is a separate entity.
I think Alex has the most grounded point of view on AV's than any other currently accessible public figure. He got so many valid points about what works, what doesn't, and problems that still exist and are likely not to be solved. The podcasts with his are just fascinating.
You'd think he'd be heard about more in the mainstream
I started watching but then got distracted and went to watch demolition man instead
Jesse Singer is fucking great and if you can have her on I'd highly recommend it.
Great podcast. I don't always have the time to listen but always enjoy Alex Roy. I met him years ago and bought his book. My only experience with AV is a BMW 5 series. I likened it to a 15 year old driver. OK in normal situations but inexperienced and poor in any non standard conditions. Plus it reacted late when someone jumped into your lane. I only used it for the 10 seconds needed to blow my nose, reach for something, etc. AV won't be truly safe and universal until it can deal with construction zones (mix lane markings), heavy rain, fog and snow, tight blind curves, etc. I also wonder about liability when inevitable accidents occur. One question, will they be passive or aggressive drivers?? Passive meaning to slow down and always maintain gaps, or aggressive meaning to jump into those gaps just before an exit. Especially in the east there are too many locations where merging traffic and exiting traffic all have to trade places in a few hundred feet.
Also: what a beautiful backdrop. Seriously jealous
Just the alps. I see that stuff since 34 years as a german
No oatmilk?
HOW DO THEY PROPERLY FROTH OATMILK IN BAVARIA MATT 😂😂
Jägermeister hahahaha
We got Soy milk in Bavaria and cow milk
Let's take a guess: EV's will beat the cannonball run record. If not a Tesla Plaid S, probably a Lucid. I don't see a German car here in the Benchmark and I'm German
6:07 is where it starts
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I swear I'm not trying to be that one asshole comment but sometimes you kinda talk over the guest a lot depending on how well you know them in your personal life. It's cool in normal life but it doesn't really podcast well imo.
Man, AV are all tested in "no weather" Pittsburgh as some. But nothing compared to canada. I'm in Quebec from November to April you never know when the road will become the same color as the rest of everything. And all the sensors will be behind snow and slush. It will never happen.
Our buses, work and school day rarely closes do to a storm even if goes on for days or its 6 feet of snow we do not care and are well equipped. (2008 quebec city snow banks in front of houses had the height and angles of the roofs... UA-cam it )
Lived in Pittsburgh 30 years. I sure the hell shoveled snow every single winter. Also the topography is one of the most unique in the world. A mass of hills, bridges, and tunnels. It's the perfect place to test.
@@afhyoutube 500inches of snow ? You get a xouple nice storms (im in Philly weekly) but it melts, our snow can stay on the road for weeks. If they did it in Colorado all year round. (Never been) maybe then.
Also Pittsburgh is a great place for GPS and all that because of the bridges. Holy crap it can be confusing when you don't know where you are going. The 3Dness of it 🥵.
So many crashes in LA because the average LA driver doesn’t give a fuck about anyone but themselves
Driving in the US is imo so much better than in Germany. People in Germany drive aggressive and/or always keep not enough distance. Hate this so much.
I’m a pro driver on Patreon and I never got notified of when this show went up and here I am getting this show with ads? What’s going on
They didn’t have connection to host a live recording, so they recorded it then posted it. Pretty sure he explained on the last Pro show. Don’t be a Karen, not a good look.
@@joeracer302 communication is important. He probably should have made a post explaining it.
@@joeracer302 I’m not being a Karen. I simply asked a question.
AV ares silly and not worth the trouble, except maybe in trucking. Otherwise the real answer is robust public transportation.
Matt doesn't watch "The Critical Drinker"... I am shocked to my core.
Matts going to "check it out" and then wonder where 4 hours went.
This guest is such a bore zzzzzzz
I don't think so. But i find Elon musk annoying and his fanboys are in the billions.