Ford Moving to MaaS? Congress at Consensus?

A collection of interesting news as I try to work my way through work crunch time. Stuff is too exciting to ignore, though I will let others cover the neat US developments this week in both the House and the Senate. It's quite jarring, actually, to see bipartisan consensus on any issue. Watch out - Samantha Bee's brain might explode. Consensus is here, though details are not set on legislation and job-loss ramifications of driverless transportation have yet to hit the inner sanctum of Donald Administration.

Subaru gets driverless permit in California. Unknown when exactly the company plans to put self-driving vehicles on the road.

Following up on Super Bowl mobility ad

Ford is spending $1 BILLION for Argo to proceed with driverless AI. Investing in same musical chairs game, same kind of AI partner as GM/Cruise deal. This rounds out Ford's perfect choice to go for MaaS - Mobility as a Service - with investment in Chariot, a micro-transit service that started in San Fransisco. That was a mere $65 million acquisition. Chump change apparently. More here on Ford/Argo deal.

Drive.AI video from Mountain View: Driving in the rain at night - no problem. Don't they believe in pedestrians? Walking? Warning: Very annoying music. Credit to TechCrunch for a good article and the video.