TGIF. 20 min recent Automotive News podcast featuring Mr. James Kuffner. While he was working self driving cars at Google they used Toyota Hybrid cars in part due to their reliability. He's a roboticist, professor, self-driving car guru and Toyota's newest board member. Chief Digital Officer James Kuffner is aiming to merge 'excellent' hardware and software to help the company safely move people, goods and information in an autonomous future. DAILY DRIVE PODCAST: July 28, 2020 | How Toyota is transforming into a new mobility company
Makes perfect sense. Didn't Tesla just say they are willing to license all their Tech? Coincidence? I think not https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2020/07/29/tesla-battery-license-elon-musk-tweet.html .