Roger C Lanctot
@rogermud
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Looking for SECURE life-saving, money-making opportunities in automotive telematics, smartphone apps, location tech, Strategy Analytics dude.
Washington, DC metro
Joined February 2009
Check out my latest article: Cruise Will Save C-V2X via @LinkedIn.
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Every industry has its special acronyms, jargon, products, and solutions. If you are not deeply embedded in the community, you can be easily baffled and “othered” as not being “in the know.
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Check out my latest article: Irony on the Road to Autonomy via @LinkedIn.
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Ford Motor Company executives were kind enough to make a BlueCruise-equipped Mustang Mach E GT available to me this week while I was in the Detroit area for the Covesa All Member Meeting in Troy. It...
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Check out my latest article: Is Musk Right about Robotaxis? via @LinkedIn.
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“This will be a historically mega-revolutionary product,” (Musk) said. “It will transform everything.
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Check out my latest article: Geneva Motor Show: Back to the Future. in Qatar via @LinkedIn.
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The Geneva Motor Show was always home to supercars and motorheads - much more than any other auto show in the world. This may have been the result of its geographic proximity to Italy and southern...
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Check out my latest article: Software is Hard via @LinkedIn.
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For several years, TechInsights has been surveying automotive industry executives regarding the nature of technology deployment in vehicles. The results of these surveys have shed light on the...
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Check out my latest article: NHTSA Underwater via @LinkedIn.
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They say that one death is a tragedy and one million deaths a statistic. What about 500? That question arises in the context of the (approximately) 500 people who die annually in the U.
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Check out my latest article: IAA - AI-AI-Yi! via @LinkedIn.
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I saw and listened to a lot of impressive technology last week at IAA Mobility in Munich. The much-evolved auto show, now fortified with a wide range of suppliers on the show floor, is defending its...
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Check out my latest article: The First Responder Blindspot via @LinkedIn.
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Youtube is atwitter with videos and commentaries from Teslafans expounding on the merits of Tesla’s “full self-driving” tech. The social media posts have been propelled by the introduction of Tesla’s...
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Check out my latest article: EV Success against All Odds via @LinkedIn.
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It seems like a simple proposition. The government allocates billions of dollars for EV infrastructure and supply chain enhancements, offers tax credits for EV vehicle purchases, and convinces auto...
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Check out my latest article: Robotaxis: CPUC Impact via @LinkedIn.
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When the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted 3-1 last week to allow Waymo and Cruise to offer commercial robotaxi service in San Francisco the decision marked a critical turning point...
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Check out my latest article: Japan Missing the Connectivity-Defined Car via @LinkedIn.
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Toyota's struggles to come to terms with the emerging electrification of motor vehicles globally contributed to the company's appointment of a new CEO earlier this year. The move highlighted a...
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Check out my latest article: Paris, NYC, Tel Aviv in Micromobility Muddle via @LinkedIn.
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Cities around the world are being overwhelmed by the arrival of new personal mobility devices. The mobility wave began with e-scooters and e-bikes, but it is cresting with the onset of skateboards,...
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Check out my latest article: Tampa Tesla Tango Tops SF Tussle via @LinkedIn.
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While San Francisco was wrangling with wayward Cruise robotaxis last week - after greenlighting the introduction of commercial robotaxi services, Tampa announced a modest mobility initiative emphas...
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Check out my latest article: Wireless Carriers in the Headlights via @LinkedIn.
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We hear a lot about the limitations of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure, but another form of infrastructure is beginning to make headlines: Wireless Infrastructure. There was the KDDI...
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Check out my latest article: CPUC: Incompetence Rewarded via @LinkedIn.
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Euphoria gripped the autonomous vehicle development community last week in the wake of the California Public Utilities Commission’s approval of commercial service initiation and driverless taxi...
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Check out my latest article: Cruise, Waymo: Move It on Over via @LinkedIn.
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With the Writer's Guild of America on strike my Youtube "feed" has devolved into a few automotive 'tubers, some political flotsam and jetsam, video news from Ukraine, and police chases. Yes police...
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Check out my latest article: Rebirth of the Minivan via @LinkedIn.
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Search online regarding minivan sales data and the headlines come fast and furious: Minivans in Decline; The Return of Minivans; Minivans Trending; The Death of the Minivan. It takes a little digging...
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Check out my latest article: SF Hearing Highlights Hopeless Case via @LinkedIn.
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Cities around the world are facing crises on a daily basis. Global warming, immigration, crime, drugs, sanitation, and, these days, mobility.
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