Year end summary: Top Robocar stories of 2022

by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

10 January 2023

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Here’s my annual summary of the top stories of the prior year. This time the news was a strong mix of bad and good.

Read the text story on Forbes.com at Robocars 2022 year in review.

And see the video version here:

tags: c-Automotive

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com is an EFF board member, Singularity U faculty, a self-driving car consultant, and entrepreneur.

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