In this episode, Robert and Zaira take a virtual trip around the globe exploring self-driving car current events from various cities. Some of the current events discussed include the following:

New York: GM announced plans to begin testing its driverless Chevy Bolt in this busy city. 

The yellow cab drivers won't know what hit them.

Detroit: Waymo, a spin-off from Google, announced that it will test self-driving cars in Detroit in order to evaluate how those cars perform in the snow.

Ann Arbor: Also in Michigan, Dominoes pizza continues to test its pizza delivery service and is evaluating how customers react to getting their pizza delivered in a self-driven car. Although it may be fun during the summer time, I suspect that most people would prefer a driver that brings the pizza to your doorstep on cold days, rather the customer needing to venture out into the cold to get the pizza from the car.

Beijing: Baidu, the big tech company from China, announced that it will invest $1.5 billion (with a B) into self-driving cars this year. In comparison, Google invested $1.1 billion from 2009 to 2015 before spinning Waymo off into its own company.

Germany: Boring buses.

Singapore: Delphi announced that it would buy Boston based nuTonomy and continue testing self-driving cars in this Lion City.

Toronto: The Google subsidiary, Sidewalk Labs, announced that it will team with the city of Toronto to design a waterfront community. This initial investment of $50 million will initiate the design, but the estimated cost for the total project is approximately $1 billion. Concept sketches from Sidewalk Labs show driverless cars in mixed-use spaces and tunnels below the city where driverless delivery trucks and trash collectors shuttle supplies and waste.