Author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors. Co-host @TheAutonocast. Not sure how much more mobility innovation I can take. YMMV.
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20 May 2022
In 2015 I decided on a whim to check out Tesla's battery swap station that was earning the company 9 figures in California ZEV credits, and found it wasn't real. Instead Tesla was using diesel generators to charge cars. Here's how this changed my life 🧵
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19 Nov 2024
This is my last post ever on this platform. I'm sad about what happened here, but the choice to deactivate was easy. I am close to matching my follower count here on Bluesky, and it's superior in every way. Life is just better without Elon Musk! Find me at niedermeyer dot io 🫡
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30 Oct 2024
The reality of driverless mobility is here, and it's time to reboot the conversation.
I'm thrilled to announce the Ride AI Summit, this April 2 at Neuehouse Hollywood. Hosted by myself and @binarybits, and sponsored by @Waymo.
See you there!
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15 Oct 2024
I'm writing a book that will finally expose the decade-long deadly deception that props up of one of the world's largest fortunes. I expect the owner of this website won't be a fan. Follow me elsewhere for more updates.
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23 Oct 2023
Since there's a lot of confusion on this website: if you don't feel safe putting your 96 year old grandma in the backseat with nobody behind the wheel, it's not "Full Self-Driving."
Hope this helps! And huge thanks to @waymo for an incredible day of safe driverless rides in SF!
ALT Yours truly and my amazing 96 year old grandma, in front of a Waymo robotaxi in San Francisco
ALT Grandma in the backseat of a moving Waymo robotaxi, with nobody in the driver's seat. Fully driverless!
ALT Grandma grinning after just getting out of the robotaxi. She wasn't sure if she wanted to ride when I first asked her, but she decided to go for it and had an absolute blast, as you can tell from her face here.
ALT The Waymo robotaxi, based on a Jaguar iPace. After riding all over SF in one of these, it is unambiguously one of the wonders of the technological world.
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23 Oct 2023
New pod dropped! @AlexRoy144 @kirstenkorosec and @Tweetermeyer chat about mounting AV skepticism and the UAW's resurgence.
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11 Oct 2023
I'll be moderating a panel of cyclists (some of whom happen to work for @Waymo) about sharing the road with AVs in San Francisco at this conference next week. Come down, say hi, and check out the latest eBikes and scooters. Hope to see you there!
11 Oct 2023
Micromobility America is happening next week (Oct 19-20) in the SF Bay Area. We’re looking for a few volunteers to help make sure the event runs smoothly in exchange for a free ticket. Get in touch if you want to go behind the scenes with us.
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17 Aug 2023
New interview with @Tweetermeyer about SF’s landmark ruling to allow @Waymo and @Cruise to operate 24/7—or why urbanists should learn to stop worrying and love robotaxis.
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17 Aug 2023
Based on studies "the people that report being the most against Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) also self report that they know the least about how they work" - @Tweetermeyer
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16 Aug 2023
Just popping in here to remind you that this platform is garbage, and nobody should use it. From banning critics and throttling links to critical media, to the horrific tolerance of racism and CSAM, being here makes you complicit in all of it.
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16 Aug 2023
In the meantime I have some invites to share with like-minded mutuals who want to kickstart auto/mobility discussion at bsky. Enquire within. I'm also blogging (though not in the last week, been busy) at niedermeyer.io.
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16 Aug 2023
I hope this is all just a terrible phase, that Twitter's lenders realize that Musk has lowered the value of this platform to below the ~$12b in debt they're holding, and that they need to step in. If so, I'll see you back here. If not, let's rebuild. The internet is too important
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10 Aug 2023
New episode now live: with @AlexRoy144 and @kirstenkorosec sweltering in the Arizona heat (and @Tweetermeyer staying smugly cool in Oregon), the gang discusses a wide variety of hot mobility tech topics, from EV preconditioning to charging policy.
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4 Aug 2023
I spoke with @lizzieohreally of @Slate about my long, strange trip covering Tesla, from stumbling onto the battery swap story in 2015 to the latest range-faking scandal, and what I've learned along the way.
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3 Aug 2023
New episode now live: @kirstenkorosec and @Tweetermeyer sat down with Dr Matt Markel of @spartanradar to discuss the evolution of the radar space, the use cases that are driving the sector, and much more.
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2 Aug 2023
Elon Musk and Travis Kalanick made countless billions off self-driving hype, but when their technology failed they stuck the blame on their employees and customers. Watch out, or you could be the next human to do time for a robot.
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1 Aug 2023
New blog post: last Friday Rafaela Vasquez pled guilty to endangerment, making her the first human to be held criminally responsible for a death caused by an autonomous vehicle. Needless to say, this is a troubling development.
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2 Aug 2023
"...by humans doing predictably human things with predictably human results."
"Uber was setting up Vasquez for failure..."
"...psychologists have understood for more than a century that humans are unable to maintain attention for long if a task is too repetitive and boring."
1 Aug 2023
New blog post: last Friday Rafaela Vasquez pled guilty to endangerment, making her the first human to be held criminally responsible for a death caused by an autonomous vehicle. Needless to say, this is a troubling development.
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1 Aug 2023
Thank you.
I'd like to highlight my fav part:
"Like Large Language Models, driving automation is a technology that draws us into a fantasy, thinking a vehicle “can drive itself” after a few minutes of plausible performance."
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1 Aug 2023
New blog post: last Friday Rafaela Vasquez pled guilty to endangerment, making her the first human to be held criminally responsible for a death caused by an autonomous vehicle. Needless to say, this is a troubling development.
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