Brad Templeton
Software architect and futurist; founded ClariNet, chaired the EFF, and has written about robocars for two decades.
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Moving a robotaxi's safety driver from the steering wheel to the passenger seat is a bad idea dressed up as a milestone.
Several companies have tried to declare they met a major milestone by having "nobody behind the wheel" and moving supervision to the passenger seat. It's a bad idea
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Robotaxis should be judged and regulated on comparable fleet-wide incident data, not on individual incidents.
More data for better comparisons are good. Now everybody has to do it, and regulators and the public have to learn to look at only the data, and not individual incidents
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Moving a robotaxi's safety driver from the steering wheel to the passenger seat is a bad idea dressed up as a milestone.
Several companies have tried to declare they met a major milestone by having "nobody behind the wheel" and moving supervision to the passenger seat. It's a bad idea
Robotaxi Companies Need To Stop It With The Right Seat Safety Drivers Said 7 Jul 2026
Robotaxis should be judged and regulated on comparable fleet-wide incident data, not on individual incidents.
More data for better comparisons are good. Now everybody has to do it, and regulators and the public have to learn to look at only the data, and not individual incidents
Waymo Releases Apples-To-Apples Incident Data, It Speaks To Regulation Said 7 Jul 2026
Robotaxis reached London within days of a date predicted for them thirteen years earlier, while most other public forecasts of that date were badly wrong.
13 years ago, at the Wired 2013 event in London, I was asked when robotaxis would arrive there and as a joke, gave an answer of June 22, 2026 that turned out to be impossibly spot on.
On Making an impossibly accurate prediction on robocars, and why Elon Musk keeps failing with his predictions Said 26 May 2026
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An electric robotaxi is not simply one more car, and the people who dislike cars in cities are wrong to treat it as one.
Self-driving cars seem to be just more cars, and people who dislike cars don't love that. But the electric robotaxi offers much more potential
Urbanists Hate Cars. Should They Hate Electric Robotaxis? Said 14 Apr 2026
Tesla's robotaxi intervention rate is far better than its consumer self-driving software and far worse than a human driver or Waymo.
That's much better than current FSD, but much worse than humans or Waymo.
Musk: Robotaxis In Austin Need Intervention Every 10,000 Miles Said 22 Apr 2025
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Uses Sony RX100
Sometimes you want to be able to just walk around casually, with no camera on your neck, not looking like a tourist, so you buy the best camera that fits in your pocket. For I and many others, this has been the Sony RX100 line for the last few years.
ideas.4brad.com 9 Feb 2018
Mixed on Light L16
The plan is an excellent one. I purchased the L16 but must sadly report it is "not yet the camera of the future" though I feel the general idea points the way there.
ideas.4brad.com 9 Feb 2018
Recommends Skype
If you settle on one system -- I would recommend Skype at this time -- you can get the more tech-aware parties at the other end to use it.
ideas.4brad.com 2 Jan 2009
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- Waymo Partners With Toyota For New Robotaxi. It Could Have Been Tesla 30 Oct 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Toyota's a great partner, but in an alternate history, we might have seen the Waymo Cybercab
- Tesla's Cybercab Robotaxi Is Probably Not Unsupervised. Here is Why 28 Oct 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Every self-driving project watches remotely when they first take out the employee. Tesla has yet to say they have done so. Here's the many reasons to know it's still supervised
- A Night In A Pebble Electric Trailer Speaks To The Future Of RVs 26 Oct 2026 Topic: Going Green Tags: forbes The All Electric trailer has arrived. I go over its features and qualities. It's pricey now but this is the way travel trailers will be going
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- How Full-Serve Stations And Self Charging Cars Alter EV Charging Rules 21 Oct 2026 Topic: Going Green Robocars Tags: forbes Almost everything you know about EV charging is wrong once cars charge themselves, which happens soon. What can companies who hope to be in the charging business do?
- Waymo Expands To Toronto. Will They Use The Ojai? Robotaxis In Canada 19 Oct 2026 Topic: Going Green Robocars Tags: forbes Waymo might be able to import the Ojai cheaply from China into Canada, and other Canadian angles on the expansion of robotaxis to the North.
- Yes, You Can Mix Self-Driving Cars And Urbanism 14 Oct 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Self-driving cars are not "just more cars," but how will they mix with the urbanist dream of a more pleasant city?
- Here s How Electric Robotaxis Can Run Mostly On The Sun 29 Sept 2026 Topic: Going Green Robocars Tags: forbes Robotaxis have batteries and can drive to charging when the sun is up and the solar surplus electricity is cheap. That means they have the chance to be super-green
- How Can Robotaxis Handle Demand Surges? 18 Sept 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Handling heavy load can be a big challenge, but there are many solutions, including smart, detour-free pooling to save the day.
- Want To Buy A Tesla Cybercab? The Economics Should Scare You 15 Sept 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Tesla will control all aspects of operation and control all flow of money, so they have little motive to pay owners more than "barely enough" if even that. See the Math
- Robotaxis Accused Of Deadheading, Curb/Charger Hogging. Is That Fair? 10 Sept 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Streets are for people, not robots. But what about the people the robots are serving? How to balance the conflicts about curb, charger and street use.
- Tesla Cybercab Has Much To Like As A Robotaxi For 2031 8 Sept 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes The 2 seat efficient design and other features give the Cybercab an edge, but its low cost won't be important until the next decade, so why is Tesla going cheap first?
- Zoox Robotaxi Goes To Airport In Las Vegas; Here's How It Should Work 8 Sept 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes The Airport will be a major Zoox destination for visitors, but today robotaxis need to improve how they do Airports. What's the ideal approach?
- Waymo's Ojai Is Now Open To Public. My Experience Spoke To The Future 21 Aug 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Waymo's Chinese-made Ojai is now available to the public and it's a comfy ride. Will it outcompete the others, and what will it be like when the prices drop?
- Rides In Waymo's Ojai Help Reveal Robotaxi Future 19 Aug 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes In 2017, I forecast that robotaxis would be the path for Chinese cars into the USA. It's happened. What do the economics of Chinese robotaxis look like?
- Waymo Fatality Likely Not-At-Fault: Here Are New Details And What-Ifs 10 Aug 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes A Waymo was involved in a pedestrian fatality in Dallas. New details suggest they were not at fault, and could not have prevented events. But could superhuman robocars do more?
- "Full Serve" EV Charging Is Coming From Self-Driving. We re Not Ready. 6 Aug 2026 Topic: Going Green Robocars Tags: forbes Soon, most EVs will be able to drive themselves slowly to nearby chargers. This will lead to the rise of "full serve" charging where a human or robot plugs the car in
- Studying Fault In Robotaxi Crashes; Teslas Not Getting Hit Enough 5 Aug 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes To study robocar crashes, it becomes necessary to try to estimate who was at fault. Tesla's few crashes suggest they just aren't driving much. Waymo and Zoox fault counts are bet…
- San Jose Plans $13B BART Subway Extension. How About <$1B? 30 Jul 2026 Topic: Transportation Tags: forbes BART is failing, but the plan to expand it involves extravagant cost to duplicate its almost 70 year old design. New technology might serve riders for far less
- Can Self Driving Improve New Transit Even More Than It Does Cars? 23 Jul 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Self-driving cars are often depicted as "just more cars" and thus bad news for cities and transit. But what if self-driving could be the salvation of transit?
- Waymo And Uber Support Bad, Incumbent-Protecting Laws In DC And NJ 21 Jul 2026 Topic: Robocars Tags: forbes Requiring human drivers, 3 sensors, fat permit fees and per-mile taxes are the wrong sorts of regulations, and the companies should avoid endorsing them
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- Waymo Partners With Toyota For New Robotaxi. It Could Have Been Tesla 30 Oct 2026
- Tesla’s Cybercab Robotaxi Is Probably Not “Unsupervised.” Here’s Why 28 Oct 2026
- A Night In A Pebble Electric Trailer Speaks To The Future Of RVs 26 Oct 2026
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- How Full-Serve Stations And Self Charging Cars Alter EV Charging Rules 21 Oct 2026
- Waymo Expands To Toronto. Will They Use The Ojai? Robotaxis In Canada 19 Oct 2026
- Yes, You Can Mix Self-Driving Cars And Urbanism 14 Oct 2026
- Here’s How Electric Robotaxis Can Run Mostly On The Sun 29 Sept 2026
- How Can Robotaxis Handle Demand Surges? 18 Sept 2026
- Want To Buy A Tesla Cybercab? The Economics Should Scare You 15 Sept 2026
- Robotaxis Accused Of Deadheading, Curb/Charger Hogging. Is That Fair? 10 Sept 2026
- Tesla Cybercab Has Much To Like As A Robotaxi For 2031 8 Sept 2026
- Zoox Starts Robotaxi Service In Las Vegas; Here’s How It Should Work 4 Sept 2026
- Waymo’s Ojai Is Now Open To Public. My Experience Spoke To The Future 20 Aug 2026
- Rides In Waymo’s Ojai Help Reveal Robotaxi Future 19 Aug 2026
- Waymo Fatality Likely Not-At-Fault: Here Are New Details And What-Ifs 10 Aug 2026
- Soon, most EVs will be able to drive themselves to the charging station. We'll want "full serve" chargers where humans or robots plug the car in, then everything changes about charging. You don't need chargers at buildings. Cars are just always full, by magic. Speed is less important. Cars seek out cheap surplus solar and balance the grid. But the charging we're installing today may not survive. 6 Aug 2026 forbes.com
- “Full Serve” EV Charging Is Coming From Self-Driving. We’re Not Ready. 6 Aug 2026
- Studying “Fault” In Robotaxi Crashes; Tesla’s Not Getting Hit Enough 5 Aug 2026
- San Jose Plans $13B BART Subway Extension. How About <$1B? 30 Jul 2026
- I've made this new video to help people understand how self-driving can create superior 21st century transit rather than being the enemy of transit. 23 Jul 2026 youtube.com
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