Lane Change

At the center of the UK's public-private £200 million connected and self-driving car initiative, Zenzic offers a model for governments around the world to consider for accelerating the development of an AV ecosystem. Daniel Ruiz, CEO of Zenzic, joins us to discuss the role it plays, the resources it has developed, and some of the lessons it has learned in fulfilling its mandate to work with private industry and academia to make the self-driving car world a reality.

Rob Kovacev, one of Norton Rose Fulbright’s leading tax lawyers and a former DoJ tax litigator explains “Gray Rhinos” and “taxes” as they apply to robotics and automation, as well as their substantial implication for self-driving cars and our evolving society.

Stéphanie Priou, managing director at Ubiquity Consulting and a specialist in strategic advising for transport authorities, joins us from Spain to discuss AV regulations from a European perspective – what are the goals of regulations in this space, how do they both foster innovation as well as safety and public confidence, what regulations are needed now and in the near term, who are the world regulatory leaders and why? Stéphanie joins us to discuss all of these issues and more as she provides her front-row regulatory insights concerning this fast moving industry.

Peter McBurney, Head of Technology Consulting and Maya Medeiros, intellectual property lawyer and patent agent at Norton Rose Fulbright join us to discuss the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in autonomous vehicles. We discuss what AI is, how it is used and challenges it faces in the AV industry, ethical consideration in relation to self-driving cars, and more.

Jeewon Kim Serrato, Head of Data Protection, Privacy, and Cybersecurity, United States, joins us to discuss the different aspects of data protection in autonomous vehicles. We navigate some of the implications of the California Consumer Protection Act on the data collected not only by the vehicles themselves but the third party software that they use, and much more. Since the recording, the California legislature has passed five amendments that the governor has now signed into law, and the attorney general’s office has issued its draft regulations.

Truman Kain, senior security consultant with Tevora, joins us to discuss Scout, a security program he created to allow a car to detect people and things it encounters on its travels without anyone being aware. We go over what the program does, some of the issues it raises and why he decided to create it.

Betsy Plattenburg, executive director of Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners Georgia, discusses the 5G enabled autonomous vehicle and smart city living laboratory that was recently launched. We discussed how this innovative approach to creating a “living” incubator got off the ground and the various technologies that are involved as well as the legal and communal issues that were and are being addressed.

Jeroen Brouwer, Manager Mobility Solutions at Sweco Nederland B.V., joins us from the Netherlands to discuss the country’s No. 1 ranking by KPMG for its autonomous vehicles preparedness, the role he is playing in testing and developing smart traffic lights, the limits on the use of the data obtained, the perceived leaders in the space technically and politically, and more.

Simon Thompson of Oxford Technical Solutions, an industry leader, joins us to discuss AV technology, the industry today and projections for the future.

An introduction to Lane Change, Norton Rose Fulbright's new podcast dedicated to the latest trends and regulations in the autonomous vehicle industry, hosted by partner Paul Keller.