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Autonomous Vehicles Business with Fexingo: Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Mobility Companies

Autonomous Vehicles Business with Fexingo: Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Mobility Companies

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Every trading day, Lucas and Luna sit down with the latest market data, earnings reports, and macro indicators to dissect the business of autonomous vehicles — not the demo reels, but the balance sheets. They track how Waymo, Tesla, Cruise, and Aurora are burning cash, who’s winning the LIDAR cost war, and what the Fed’s rate decisions mean for SPACs that went public with $2 billion valuations and $0 revenue. The show lives in the tension between the technology’s promise and the industry’s capital-intensive reality. When a new Robotaxi approval drops in San Francisco or a trucking pilot launches in Texas, Lucas brings the numbers (unit economics, regulatory timelines, insurance liabilities) and Luna pushes back on the narratives — is this a real inflection point or just another press release? They break down the supply chain for compute chips, the labor economics of trucking, and the liability frameworks forming around autonomy. For listeners who already follow the sector and need to separate signal from noise — not for enthusiasts who just want to hear about lidar specs. The question they always return to: which of these companies will still be independent in five years? #AutonomousVehicles #SelfDrivingCars #Robotaxi #Waymo #Tesla #Cruise #AuroraInnovation #LIDAR #AutonomousTrucking #SPACs #ElectricVehicles #MobilityTech #SupplyChain #Regulatory #Technology #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. Economics
Episodes
  • Why Autonomous Trucks Are Stalling at Scale

    Why Autonomous Trucks Are Stalling at Scale
    Jun 29 2026
    Episode 80 of Autonomous Vehicles Business examines the gap between pilot programs and commercial deployment in autonomous trucking. Lucas and Luna discuss why Wall Street and freight operators are losing patience with AV trucking timelines, using recent data points: the iShares Self-Driving EV and Tech ETF (IDRV) down 7.3 percent over the past five days, and Stellantis dropping 11 percent. They explore the technology's challenges—mapping highway exits, handling weigh stations, and the high cost of safety drivers—and ask whether the industry's promise of a driverless fleet by 2028 is realistic. The episode also touches on Ford's recent rehiring of veteran engineers after AI fell short, and what that means for autonomous truck development. A focused, data-driven conversation about the roadblocks facing autonomous freight. #AutonomousTrucks #AVScaling #Trucking #FreightTech #SelfDriving #LucasAndLuna #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #AutonomousVehicles #AutonomousVehiclesBusiness #TruckingIndustry #Ford #Stellantis #Waymo #Aurora #TuSimple #Business #Technology Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
  • When AVs Get Stuck in Snow the Old School Way

    When AVs Get Stuck in Snow the Old School Way
    Jun 28 2026
    Episode 79 of Autonomous Vehicles Business with Fexingo looks at a surprising problem for self-driving cars: snow-covered lane markings. Lucas and Luna discuss why LIDAR and cameras struggle when the road surface disappears, and how companies like Waymo and Ford are turning to old-school infrastructure solutions like magnetic tape and raised pavement markers. The conversation touches on the recent disappointing performance of AV-focused ETFs (DRIV and IDRV down 8% and 7.3% in five days) and Ford's move to rehire veteran engineers after AI fell short. They also explore the trade-off between high-tech sensors and low-tech fixes, and what it means for the timeline of true Level 4 autonomy in northern climates. #AutonomousVehicles #SelfDrivingCars #AVsInSnow #LaneMarkings #Waymo #Ford #LIDAR #CameraVsLIDAR #Level4Autonomy #SnowDriving #Infrastructure #MagneticTape #RaisedPavementMarkers #DRIV #IDRV #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
  • How Autonomous Vehicles Handle Funeral Processions

    How Autonomous Vehicles Handle Funeral Processions
    Jun 28 2026
    Episode 78 explores one of the most delicate edge cases in autonomous driving: the funeral procession. Lucas and Luna break down why these slow-moving, emotionally charged convoys are uniquely challenging for self-driving software—from ambiguous turn signals to complex right-of-way rules. They dive into how companies like Waymo and Aurora are training neural nets on funeral-specific scenarios, using vehicle-to-vehicle communication to stay in formation, and handling police escorts and light-running violations. The hosts also discuss how this edge case exposes deeper limitations in current sensor fusion and prediction models, and why solving it is essential for public trust. Packed with concrete examples and grounded in the latest market data, this episode shows how AVs are learning to navigate human rituals, not just roads. #AutonomousVehicles #SelfDrivingCars #FuneralProcession #EdgeCases #Waymo #AuroraInnovation #AVSafety #LIDAR #SensorFusion #V2VCommunication #BusinessAndTechnology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #TechDeepDive #AutonomousTrucks #MobilityTech #LucasAndLuna #DrivingCulture Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    10 mins
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