Today’s show:

Jason and Alex are joined by Nuro’s Dave Ferguson to unpack the Lucid–Uber–Nuro deal aiming to launch fully driverless Gravity SUVs on Uber by 2026. They dig into why off-the-shelf sensors and Nvidia’s Thor chip drive costs down, how mapping 150 cities improves safety, and why lidar still matters for night and edge cases. Plus: lessons from Cruise’s collapse, how regulators think about safety multiples, and why autonomy could finally make rides cheaper than owning a car.

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(00:00) Show intro…

(06:23) Uber x Lucid x Nuro: why this 2026 robotaxi deal matters

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(11:13) What the self-driving “cost stack” really looks like in 2025

(14:08) Road-mapping at scale: Nuro’s 150-city data collection push

(15:38) Can AVs handle snow & rain? Weather rollout and Uber Black positioning

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(24:24) Probabilistic vs. deterministic driving models — and the DARPA roots

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(31:08) Show Continues…

(35:38) Post-Cruise reality check: transparency, regulators & trust

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