Disruption Drive

While Goldman Sachs projects autonomous vehicles and robotaxis to grow at 90% CAGR, fleet experts generally agree the state of the art robot will be soon defeated by a metal kiosk on the curbside. The taxi cannot feed a...

While we chase the technological vision of Full Self Driving cars, millions of legacy driven vehicles already ply on our roads. Mapless AI isn’t waiting for a driverless future; they’re retrofitting today’s cars to be...

For ten thousand years, the 'cutting edge' of civilization was tiny seeds with the promise of food sunk into the Earth. Farming is our oldest technology; it is the engine that created our calendars, our cultures, and...

In the autonomous vehicle industry, credibility has long anchored in safety. But while safety is non-negotiable, it’s also an intangible baseline to drive adoption. On the flip side, we see headlines dominated by miles...

On this podcast entirely focused on the massive Disruptions in Mobility, I always make it a point to ask: What does the "Human in the Loop" look like? My guest today is building the answer to that question. While the...

The traditional history of innovation follows a predictable script. New, transformative technology almost always starts as a luxury—a high-priced toy for early adopters. Eventually getting adopted as aspirational...

While everyone’s looking at robotaxis on sunny boulevards, Forterra is busy where the asphalt ends. 🌲🪖 Forget predictable lane lines. We’re talking about "GPS-denied," high-consequence environments where "edge cases"...

The frontier to Mobility is currently blocked by a massive financial and technical bottleneck. Training an autonomous vehicle or any autonomous system on the infinite list of edge cases is prohibitively expensive and...

For decades, the auto industry was obsessed with the moment of sale . You built it, sold it, and moved on. But the "one-and-done" era is dying. Today, the first purchase is just the opening act My next guest is truly an...

My next guest is truly moving the needle beyond the “experiment” phase of self-driving cars, focusing instead on providing a luxury-grade user experience that treats the passenger as an esteemed guest rather than a...

Most people see a bus, a bike lane, or a bridge and think about getting from A to B. But my guest Peter Schenkman sees it as the circulatory system of the global economy. Peter is a titan in the world of urban planning...

Michigan put the "world on wheels." It's now taking it's legacy to the skies. 🚁 I recently sat down with Charlie Tyson, Technology Activation Director at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), to discuss...

Historically, cars talked about torque, horsepower, and fuel efficiency. But in an era of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs) and EVs, hardware is rapidly becoming a commodity. I sat down with Jennifer Gallagher, Founder...

We are starting off the New Year with a massive goal: reducing traffic congestion and, more importantly, saving lives. I sat down with Robert Putt, the CEO and Founder of Argus AI, to discuss how they are redefining...

Everyone dreams of a shiny, driverless future, but Colleen McCracken (Necture, ex-Lyft, ex-Adobe) is asking, "Who changes the tires?" Colleen is that unicorn who speaks both fluent "Software" and fluent "Fleet." While...