Tesla FSD 13, Autonomous Trucking’s Regulatory Roadblocks, Waymo’s Path to SFO
This week on Autonomy Markets, Grayson Brulte and Walter Piecyk discuss Tesla FSD 13, autonomous trucking’s regularity roadblocks and Waymo’s path to offering service at the San Francisco International (SFO) Airport.
Tesla’s FSD 13 is as a major technical leap forward. While we have been impressed with its more natural driving style and improved responsiveness to traffic flow, it’s not ready for deployment on the Cybercab.
Later the conversation shifts to recent government actions affecting the autonomous vehicle industry, including the Biden administration’s denial of warning triangle exemptions for autonomous trucks and the introduction of AV STEP, a new voluntary reporting framework from NHTSA.
The podcast concludes with an analysis of Waymo‘s potential expansion to San Francisco International Airport and broader implications for autonomous vehicle deployments.
Episode Chapters
- 0:00 Tesla FSD 13
- 15:21 Cybercab / FSD Driver-Out Predictions
- 19:09 FMCSA Warning Triangle Exemptions
- 26:33 AV STEP
- 33:20 DOGE
- 35:24 Scaling Autonomous Vehicles in China
- 38:35 Waymo is One Step Closer to SFO Deployment
- 41:24 Waymo on Highways and Future Airport Deployments
- 46:41 Light Mapping / No Mapping Approach to Autonomy
- 47:26 2025 Outlook
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