The Road to Autonomy

Sergey Litvinenko , Co-Founder & CEO,  Koop Insurance  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how Koop is reimagining how you underwrite autonomous vehicle insurance.  The conversation begins with Sergey describing Koop. We are an insurance technology startup that is focused on everything automated. We focus on fully autonomous vehicles that...

Dean Foreman , Chief Economist,  American Petroleum Institute (API)  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss his 2023 Q1 outlook for the oil and gas markets. The conversation begins with Dean sharing his thoughts and insights into the current state of the oil and gas markets.  As the economy goes, that is what we are going to look for in oil...

David Welch , Detroit Bureau Chief, Bloomberg and Author of  Charging Ahead, General Motors, Mary Bara, and the Reinvention of an American Icon  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss his 2023 outlook on the autonomous vehicle market.  The conversation begins with David sharing his outlook for the autonomous vehicle market in 2023. Dav...

Matt Soule , Co-Founder & CEO,  Parallel Systems  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss Parallel’s electric, autonomous freight rail system.  The conversation begins with Matt discussing the founding of Parallel Systems. The energy efficiency of rail uniquely allows for reduction in energy and therefore reduction in CO2. – Matt Soule Parall...

John Tully , Vice President of Strategy and Business Development,  Pilot Flying J  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss how Pilot Flying J is developing the travel centers of the future. The conversation begins with John discussing how Pilot Flying J will continue to prosper as Bloomberg New Energy Finance is projecting that road fuel demand will p...

Mike Doucleff , Senior Vice President & Global Head of eMobility Division,  Schneider Electric  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss destination electric vehicle charging solutions.  The conversation begins with Mike sharing his opinion on the current state of the electric vehicle industry.  We are really starting to enter t...

Matt Horton , CEO,  Voltera  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss scaling electric vehicle fleet charging.  The conversation begins with Matt discussing a Bloomberg Intelligence report that states there needs to be at least $42 billion in EV charging infrastructure investments by the end of the decade to keep up with the projected electri...

Paul Newman , Founder,  Oxbotica  and  Andrew Pyne , President & CEO,  Wenco International Mining Systems  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss their partnership and open autonomy.  The conversation begins with Paul discussing the founding of Oxbotica in 2014 and his thoughts on applying autonomy to the mining sector. The ec...

Igino Cafiero , CEO & Co-Founder,  Bear Flag Robotics  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss autonomous tractors, the technology’s benefits to farmers and the acquisition of Bear Flag by John Deere.  The conversation begins with Igino discussing what it has been like since John Deere acquired Bear Flag Robotics in August 2021 and what the i...

Jason Fischer , Executive Chief Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles,  GM  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss the creation of the Cruise Origin and how GM is going to manufacturer and scale the Origin.  The conversation begins with Jason discussing how important the Cruise Origin is to GM’s autonomous vehicle plans.  The Cruise Origi...

Russ Mitchell  who covers the rapidly changing global auto industry, with special emphasis on California, including electric vehicles, driverless cars and vehicle safety at  The Los Angeles Times  once again joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss overcoming electric vehicle charging anxiety.  The conversation begins with Russ discussing how...

Rich Steiner , Head of Policy & Communications,  Gatik  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss how Gatik is ushering in the era of autonomous commerce through policy innovations and partnerships. The conversation begins with Rich discussing how Gatik approached the mid-term election from a policy perspective.  Gatik’s priorities at...

Matt Stover , Director of Charging & Energy Services, North America,  Ford Motor Company  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss Ford’s strategy for public electric vehicle charging.  The conversation begins with Matt discussing the current state of public electric vehicle charging.  When we look at public charging right now, the indust...

Henry Sanderson , Author,  Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss the geopolitics of the electric vehicle supply chain and his book. The conversation begins with Henry discussing why he wrote the book. I really wanted to capture the idea that the energy transition, the move to clean energy wa...

David Hanngren , Investment Director,  Volvo Group Venture Capital  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss how the Volvo Group is transforming from a hardware business to an as a service business, and the role that the venture capital group is playing in Volvo’s transformation.  The conversation begins with David discussing how all of the Volvo...

Mazen Danaf , Senior Economist,  Uber Freight  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss the current state of surface freight transportation market and Uber Freight’s approach to autonomous trucking starting with a hub-to-hub strategy.  The conversation begins with Mazen discussing how he sees the $1.06 trillion dollar surface freight transportatio...

Francesca Favarò , Safety Best Practices Lead,  Waymo  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss Waymo’s layered approach to safety.  The conversation begins with Francesca discussing how Waymo approaches safety for autonomous vehicles.  Waymo has an approach that we call a layer approach to safety. – Francesca Favarò Waymo’s layered...

Pat Dillon , Chief Financial Officer, Flock Freight joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss the current economic outlook and Flock’s carpooling for freight model that unlocks value for shippers and carriers.  The conversation begins with Pat sharing his insight on how as CFO, he is preparing Flock Freight for a potential recession in the United States whic...

Alan Ohnsman , Senior Editor,  Forbes  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss the complex supply chains for electric vehicles and the growing shortage of  raw materials  and refining capacity for those materials.  The conversation begins with Alan discussing the shortage of raw materials and the lack of refining capacity to enable an a...

Aaron Nathan , Founder, CEO and CTO,  Point One Navigation  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss safety and scaling autonomous vehicles with precise location services.  The conversation begins with Grayson and Aaron discussing how we can make cars safer today, due to a rising trend of speeding on roads that is leading to an increase in crashes...

Andrew Culhane , Chief Strategy Officer,  Torc Robotics  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road to Autonomy Podcast to discuss scaling autonomy profitability along with Torc’s strategic relationship with Daimler. The conversation begins with Andrew reflecting on the last 14 years of Torc, as he first joined the company in 2008 as a Sales Engineer. Up until Daimler acquired a major...

Scott Painter , Founder & CEO,  Autonomy  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss Autonomy’s approach to electric vehicle subscriptions.  The conversation begins with Scott discussing why he founded Autonomy. I think that great entrepreneurs, great companies have to solve a real problem. – Scott Painter One of the key hurdles to the adop...

Avery Ash , Head of Global Public Policy and Product Strategy,  INRIX  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss how data can help cities and DOTs (Department of Transportations) better understand congestion and how to properly plan for it.  The conversation begins with Avery discussing how INRIX gathers anonymous data from 500 million vehicles, mo...

Tara Andringa , Executive Director of  Partners for Automated Vehicle Education  (PAVE) joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss developing and maintaining public trust in autonomous vehicles and trucks. The conversation begins with Tara discussing how PAVE is working on developing public trust of autonomous vehicles.  I really like to think of it...

Hayk Martiros , VP of Autonomy,  Skydio  joined  Grayson Brulte  on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss developing a vision-based autonomous drone complete with obstacle avoidance and why this system enables pilots to trust the autonomy.  The conversation begins with Hayk discussing what makes Skydio different from other drone companies. The whole premise of Skydio is...