Brad Ideas

Topic:  Politics Robocars Tags:  forbes Musk won big (though thanks to Twitter it may have been no gamble.) But now will urban, blue riders avoid his robotaxis? What happens when t...

https://ideas.4brad.com/musks-political-efforts-paid-what-about-tesla-robotaxis

Topic:  Media Politics The NYT "Needle" in 2016 The 2020 election showed that doing live reporting on election counts when the order of counting has a bias is misleading and emotionall...

https://ideas.4brad.com/we-need-better-needle-visualizations-election-night-results

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes Waymo also just announced they are doing 150,000 rides/week. This internal research projects shows off some interesting abilities of LLMs and a differe...

https://ideas.4brad.com/waymo-builds-vision-based-endtoend-driving-model-teslawayve

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes Waymo just closed a $5.6B funding round. Some of that will be used to grow the fleet, but is there a way to grow fleets with debt rather than equity fi...

https://ideas.4brad.com/custom-robotaxis-are-cool-boring-one-you-can-take-bank

Topic:  Going Green Robocars Tags:  forbes Robotaxis have different charging needs than regular cars. Will they want Tesla's new promised wireless charging, or is battery swap made...

https://ideas.4brad.com/tesla-wireless-charging-swap-and-robots-how-will-robotaxis-recharge

Topic:  Politics Ok, No, the Republicans certain take first blame for not standing up to Trump when he took over their party. They have been cowards. But because of that failure, it fell to...

https://ideas.4brad.com/trump-sort-democrats-fault

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes How do all the robotaxi contenders compare with Waymo the leader? See it all in one graphic Read more at Forbes.com in Waymo Timeline Also Ranks All ...

https://ideas.4brad.com/waymo-timeline-also-ranks-all-robotaxi-players-tesla-last

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes Tesla has said their Oct 10 "We Robot" day will be one for the history books. But they are very far from having a working robotaxi you can bet your life...

https://ideas.4brad.com/tesla-has-no-robotaxi-just-what-will-they-show-robotaxi-day

Topic:  Going Green Tags:  forbes The electric car revolution is well underway, but soon we ll also see the rise of the electric RV. There's a lot you can do to make trailers better ...

https://ideas.4brad.com/pebble-s-electric-travel-trailer-can-hitch-and-propel-itself

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes Waymo might seek a backup if their planned Zeekr receives 100% tariffs from the White House, but probably not the Ioniq 5 Read more at Forbes.com in ...

https://ideas.4brad.com/waymo-rumored-talks-hyundai-while-motional-ceo-leaves

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes Nuro was going to make a large fleet of custom delivery robots. Now it will licence its self-driving software stack to vehicles of all types, including...

https://ideas.4brad.com/nuro-switches-delivery-business-driver-provider

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes The lastest Waymo safety data throws down a gauntlet in front of other companies to publish similar data, and helps regulators measure risk. Read mor...

https://ideas.4brad.com/waymo-s-new-safety-data-impressive-and-teaches-lesson

Topic:  Politics I made this graphic because I find the information collected in it striking. How did Trump get control of the GOP when every single former VP or Presidential nominee living...

https://ideas.4brad.com/graphic-shows-strong-oldgop-opposition-trump

Topic:  Air Travel Photography The pixel's night mode was able to capture the Starliner coming over Mexico, with stars Last night I watched the Boeing Starliner re-enter from an (Airbu...

https://ideas.4brad.com/thanks-incredible-luck-and-timing-i-saw-starliner-reentry-jet-over-new-mexico

Topic:  Going Green Tags:  forbes The oldest rail line in the western U.S. has gone electric, but data released suggest the old one used more fuel than giving each rider a Hummer. Ho...

https://ideas.4brad.com/caltrain-s-great-new-electric-trains-replace-heavy-polluters

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes A short term partnership will help both companies learn. But the question of a long-term partnership is much more complex. Read more at Forbes.com in...

https://ideas.4brad.com/2025-you-may-call-gmcruise-robotaxi-uber-how-about-2030

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes Waymo says it's new 6th generation driver has significantly reduced cost. A robotaxi can end up cheaper than a regular car. Here's a list what it doesn...

https://ideas.4brad.com/waymo-s-6thgeneration-robotaxi-cheaper-how-cheap-can-they-go

Topic:  Politics To my various Republican and conservative friends, it's time to talk about Donald Trump. In particular it's time for hard thinking on whether, for the sake of the GOP and c...

https://ideas.4brad.com/save-conservatism-right-must-dump-trump-its-too-late

Topic:  Robocars Tags:  forbes Tesla doesn't have robotaxi software yet, and it's done almost nothing on robotaxi logistics. But it might be able to launch early with a cheaper, gree...

https://ideas.4brad.com/could-tesla-run-robotaxi-human-operators-inside

Topic:  Media In the young Olympic event of "speed climbing," Sam Watson (USA) set two new world records, breaking his own previous world record. For that, he got the Bronze medal. The reas...

https://ideas.4brad.com/world-record-bronze-and-ideal-design-olympic-sports