The Road to Autonomy

Chuck Price , President, AI Kinetics joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss the shutdown of Waymo Via and what it means for the development of the universal driver.  The conversation begins with Chuck sharing his thoughts on the current state of the  autonomous trucking industry . We are going through change. What we’re seeing is the early phase of t...

Todd Lewis , Vice President, Prologis Ventures,  Prologis  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how Prologis is preparing for the future of logistics with autonomous trucks. The conversation begins with Todd discussing how Prologis is approaching the future of autonomy as  autonomous trucks  will be operating at their customers facilities...

Dean Foreman , Chief Economist,  Texas Oil & Gas Association  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss the global record demand for oil and the Texas economy. The conversation begins with Dean discussing the current state of the  oil markets .  In a nutshell they are deceptively tighter than relativity modest prices, of plus or minus $70...

Stefan Heck , Founder & CEO,  NAUTO  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how NAUTO’s predictive-AI software is helping to reduce distracted driving.  The conversation begins with Stefan discussing what he saw in the market when he founded the company in 2015 and what he learned from collision data.  There is nothing as dangerous as d...

Trevor Crain , Mobility Research and Education Program Manager,  Argonne National Laboratory  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss building America’s electric vehicle workforce.  The conversation begins with Trevor sharing his thoughts on developing the workforce of the future as society shifts to  electrified forms of mobility  and...

Lee White , Founder & President,  LM White Consulting  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss scaling autonomous trucking operations.  The conversation begins with Lee explaining why after a 38-year career at UPS he decided to joined the autonomous trucking industry. In 2018, Lee took his first ride in an SAE Level 4 autonomous truck and it...

Charles Eagan , Chief Technology Officer,  BlackBerry  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss cyber security for autonomous and electric vehicles. The conversation begins with Charles sharing the current state of the  cyber security market  as it relates to electric and autonomous vehicles. The more software, the more network connectivity,...

Dr. Matt Markel , President, Spartan Radar joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how software is enabling the next generation of radar.  The conversation begins with Matt discussing the current state of the radar. I think it’s a really interesting time for radar. – Dr. Matt Markel When deploying radar on commercial vehicles, the radar has to be opti...

Ed Walker , Vice President, Shared Economy & Mobility,  Hub International  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how technology and autonomous vehicles are reshaping the insurance industry. The conversation begins with Ed discussing the current state of insurance markets for the  gig economy .  The current environment is a really broad...

Thomas von der Ohe , Co-Founder & CEO,  Vay  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss why Vay is taking a tele-driving first approach to autonomy. The conversation begins with sharing the current state of autonomy in Europe. Could Europe be the market that first ushers in  personally owned autonomous vehicles ? With Porsche announcing a deal w...

Pete Bigelow , Senior Reporter,  Automotive News , joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss the changing landscape of mobility markets.  The conversation begins with Pete discussing how the automotive industry is preparing for a potential economic recession and the impact that Tesla’s price cuts are having on the market. The other major effect that Tes...

Matt McLelland , VP of Sustainability and Innovation,  Covenant  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss why Covenant always has a seat at the table as it relates to new technologies and how they are preparing for autonomous trucks. The conversation begins with Matt discussing how he is currently thinking about autonomous trucks as it relates to over-...

John Hayes , Founder & CEO,  Ghost Autonomy  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss why advanced technology is invisible and how Ghost plans to scale autonomous driving.  The conversation begins with John discussing the founding of Pure Storage and what he say in the market when he founded that company and how that compares to the founding o...

Jeff Farrah , Executive Director,  Autonomous Vehicle Industry Association , joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss the economic impact of autonomy and why autonomy is the future. The conversation begins with Jeff discussing how the autonomous vehicle industry will navigate the potential economic downturn that is on the horizon. There is an expression in...

Timothy Dooner , Host,  What The Truck , joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss all things trucking and the current state of the trucking industry. The conversation begins with Grayson and Dooner discussing the importance of securing DoD (Department of Defense) contracts when developing autonomous trucks as those contracts provide reliable revenue and sta...

Andy Chatham , Co-Founder,  DIMO  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss the DIMO open-connected vehicle platform and why there are no good apps for cars today.  The conversation begins with Andy discussing why he decided to build DIMO and what he saw in the  market  when he launched the company. Cars are becoming more intelligent, the...

Matteo Del Sorbo , Executive Vice President Magna New Mobility,  Magna International  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss why not all mobility solutions work in all markets and Magna’s mobility investments in India.  The conversation begins with Matteo discussing how Magna approaches autonomy.  Our approach at Magna here is to develop ro...

Dr. Peter Vaughan Schmidt , CEO, Torc Robotics joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how Torc is preparing to scale their autonomous trucking business.  The conversation begins with Peter discussing why he joined Torc Robotics. One of the defining factors as to why he decided to join was the company’s culture. The company’s culture is one that is both hu...

Jan Becker , CEO & Co-Founder,  Apex AI  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how the autonomous vehicle industry has evolved from the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge to the dawn of the era of commercialization in 2023.  The conversation begins with Jan discussing the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge and his role on Stanford's team. People called it...

Zander Cook, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Lease End joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss how consumers can capture equity at the end of their car lease.  The conversation begins with Zander sharing his insights into what he is currently seeing in the leasing market. Putting this into context, the average price of a new vehicle has risen mor...

Akshay Jaising , VP of Commercialization,  Motional  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss Motional’s commercialization strategy and how Motional is scaling robotaxi operations in multiple cities. The conversation begins with Akshay discussing Motional’s commercialization strategy.  We have taken a very partner centric approach. We want to focu...

Don Burnette , Founder & CEO,  Kodiak Robotics  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss building an autonomous trucking business and why Kodiak did not SPAC. The conversation begins with Don discussing the last 18 months in autonomous trucking and why Kodiak did not SPAC.  We had multiple SPAC offers, but at the end of the day we felt li...

Christian Spano , Director of Innovation,  International Council of Mining and Metals  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss decarbonizing mining and how the circular economy can be ushered in through building stocks of materials that can be reused forever. The conversation begins with Christian discussing what is being done to decarbonize mining tr...

Oliver Cameron , VP, Product,  Cruise  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss scaling Cruise, the passenger experience and the role AI plays in the Cruise product.  The conversation begins with Oliver reflecting on the last four years in autonomy. The biggest change for me that has happened over the last four years is that in 2019 everyone in th...

Jim Mullen , Founder & President, Mullen Consulting joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how traditional trucking and autonomous trucking compliment each other and their combined benefits to the U.S. freight network. The conversation begins with Jim discussing what is causing the decline rates in spot truckload rates, which are down 57.3% year-over-year....