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Self-Driving Vehicles Navigate Funding Speed Bumps

Self-Driving Vehicles Navigate Funding Speed Bumps

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Self-Driving Vehicles Navigate Funding Speed Bumps

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ratings:
Length:
32 minutes
Released:
May 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Autonomous vehicles might be the cars of the future, but following a flurry of venture capital and private equity funding a decade ago, investment in this space has since tapped the brakes. Last year saw VC/PE fundraising fail to reach $4 billion for the first time since 2017. While green shoots have come in the form of Tesla’s upcoming robotaxi launch, in such a capital-intensive industry, which levels of autonomy are the rest of the field still betting on?
On today’s show, Dana is joined by BloombergNEF’s Head of Intelligent Mobility, Andrew Grant. Together they discuss the recent drop in investment, advances in self-driving vehicle development, and Tesla’s continued resistance to following its peers in adopting laser-based sensor technology known as lidar.
Complementary BNEF research on the trends driving the transition to a lower-carbon economy can be found at BNEF on the Bloomberg Terminal or on bnef.com
Links to research notes from this episode:
Automated Vehicles: State of the Industry 2024 - https://www.bnef.com/insights/33597See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
May 22, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Conversations about global commodity markets and the disruptive technologies driving the transition to a low-carbon economy. Each week, Dana Perkins sits down with different BloombergNEF (BNEF) analysts to discuss their latest research and unique perspective on the future of energy, transport, agriculture, sustainability and more.