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Why Autonomous Cars Are Not The Answer with Peter Miller
Manage episode 225811012 series 2079001
Afeez welcomes Peter Miller to It’s Electric for part 1 of a 2 part conversation about autonomous cars, traffic, psychology and city design. Peter trained as a computer scientist and set up a business in process control and instrumentation. He’s done businesses in a few industries since, including one within the transportation industry. He rides an electric unicycle daily, and his family car is a Nissan Leaf.
In This Episode
- Why cars don’t have great geometry
- The psychological impact of cars
- Why autonomous cars are a bad idea
- Portable electric transportation is an exciting prospect to city planners
- Smart cities are an important part of an electric future
“It was a great idea to have a valve radio, when no one had invented the transistor radio”
“The carpark for a restaurant will be far larger than the restaurant”
“You don’t have enough capacity for everyone to drive”
“The electric motor scales down in a way that the internal combustion engine does not”
Tune into Part 2 next week!
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79 episodes
Manage episode 225811012 series 2079001
Afeez welcomes Peter Miller to It’s Electric for part 1 of a 2 part conversation about autonomous cars, traffic, psychology and city design. Peter trained as a computer scientist and set up a business in process control and instrumentation. He’s done businesses in a few industries since, including one within the transportation industry. He rides an electric unicycle daily, and his family car is a Nissan Leaf.
In This Episode
- Why cars don’t have great geometry
- The psychological impact of cars
- Why autonomous cars are a bad idea
- Portable electric transportation is an exciting prospect to city planners
- Smart cities are an important part of an electric future
“It was a great idea to have a valve radio, when no one had invented the transistor radio”
“The carpark for a restaurant will be far larger than the restaurant”
“You don’t have enough capacity for everyone to drive”
“The electric motor scales down in a way that the internal combustion engine does not”
Tune into Part 2 next week!
More Afeez!
Rent a Tesla!
79 episodes
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