E.W. Niedermeyer

E.W. Niedermeyer has been writing and commenting on the auto industry and mobility technology since 2008. His coverage of the auto bailout led to a series of Op-Eds in the New York Times starting in 2009, and his work has subsequently been featured in Bloomberg Opinion, the Wall Street Journal, Automotive News, Slate, and elsewhere. He is the cohost of the podcast The Autonocast, and the author of Ludicrous: The Unvarnished Story of Tesla Motors. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Send him an email: edward [dot] niedermeyer [at] gmail [dot] com

Joined: 03/06/2024
Articles: 1

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Ruthless Endangerment

E.W. Niedermeyer
08/1/23
Rev 03/6/24

Post by E.W. Niedermeyer, the author of Ludicrous. Makes the key statement: "Like Large Language Models, driving automation is a technology that draws us into a fantasy, thinking a vehicle “can drive itself” after a few minutes of plausible performance. "