Margo Oge is the vice-chairman of the board of DeltaWing Technologies, which is currently creating a new, high-efficiency passenger car based on the DeltaWing race car. She is the retired director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality and has worked with the Environmental Protection Angey for the past 32 years. She talks to Jason about her new book, Driving the Future, and how the driver-less car will reduce carbon admissions in the future. 
 
Key Takeaways:
[2:40] People in the 70s saw that in the future no one will be driving cars. 
[3:50] By 2018, all car models will have some sort of autonomous features. 
[7:40] We should see cars get 54.5 miles per gallon in 2025.
[9:50] Margo believes the first driver-less car will be the Google car. 
[16:05] Two questions arise with the autonomous car. Who is responsible when there's an accident and what happens if the system gets hacked? 
[20:00] Both the government and the car industry have worked together to reduce carbon admissions. 
[23:50] Margo believes the Tesla is still a less polluting option than other car models. [26:10] Final thoughts? You can have a clean environment and still experience economic growth. 
 
Mentioned In This Episode:
http://www.getcruise.com/
 
Driving The Future by Margo Oge