Pete Bigelow
@PeterCBigelow
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Director of Tech & Innovation Coverage at Automotive News, writing about the future of transportation. Shift podcast host. One-time pilot.
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined March 2009
Which works better, the air conditioning or the autonomy?.
Hello Austin, Hello @Robotaxi. @gbrulte and @WaltLightShed went on a road trip to Austin to record a special edition of Autonomy Markets inside multiple Robotaxis. Tune in this Saturday. $TSLA
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RT @AlexRoy144: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. This blind arrogance is why 87% of Americans HATE car dealerships. Also why Tesla owners overwhelmingly love the sho….
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New from me: I'm excited to share that I'm writing about the future of transportation over on @SubstackInc. AVs, EVs, eVTOLs, etc, the whole gamut. I hope you'll join me on this ride: .
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RT @dunne_insights: The New York Times published my opinion piece today: . "This is BYD, the Chinese Car That's Taking Over the World" . I….
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RT @InsideEVs: Ford CEO Jim Farley said Chinese cars have "far superior" technology, lower costs and great quality.
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RT @TarunVaish_: Investors treating Tesla and Uber like they just invented the wheel this week. Tesla: "We have robotaxis" (+4.5% in last….
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Big h/t to @AlexRoy144 for joining me on the Shift podcast to discuss Tesla's pending launch in Austin and everything else in the robotaxi realm.
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Love that my @Automotive_News colleague Richard Truett pulled together this story, which looks at what Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys did for California car culture. RIP, Brian.
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"This is going to be the decade of AV, robotics and autonomous machines," @nvidia's Jensen Huang says today, continuing bullish theme he has echoed since CES.
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RT @RoadToAutonomy: When @Tesla launches robotaxi, how will the market react? @gbrulte and @PeterCBigelow share their thoughts. $TSLA http….
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"We respected their request and are moving the observer, who had been riding in the back of some of our trips, from the back seat to the front seat,” says Chris Urmson.
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New: @aurora_inno is putting human backups back behind the wheel, the company said. This comes after truckmaker Paccar objected to its vehicles being used in driverless service. Story coming shortly.
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About 12 hours left in April, @aurora_inno. Anything notable happening out there on Texas interstates?.
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New: After three years of 40,000+ traffic deaths a year, @NHTSA early estimates of 2024 indicate a total of 39,345, a decrease of 3.8 percent year of year.
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Great to join you, as always, Grayson. We talked Waymo's big airport expansion, Aurora's pending launch, and yes, the tariff reverberations throughout Detroit.
Whiplash in Detroit: From Electric Dreams to Autonomy Uncertainty. 🚗⚡ From EV hype to autonomy uncertainty, Detroit is swerving hard. Tariffs, tech pivots, and policy chaos what’s next for America’s auto capital? @PeterCBigelow joined @gbrulte on the latest episode of The Road
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The non-Apple CarPlay experience in @GM EVs is dreadful, so this is a disappointing development.
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I feel the worst for the @GM Super Cruise team, which has already developed and deployed a terrific driver-assistance system. Level 3 is minefield, and I hope they don't mess up the good thing they already have.
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