The Information’s 2020 Autonomous Vehicles Summit - Day 1

June 25, 2020 - This is the recording of Day 1 of our Autonomous Vehicles Summit, a one-of-a-kind virtual conference for autonomous vehicle industry leaders. In previous years, the summit has drawn participants from top companies including Waymo, Uber, GM/Cruise, Apple, Amazon, Tesla, Volkswagen, Daimler, Toyota, and SoftBank. It was a must-attend event for operators, investors, suppliers, and policymakers in the field. The Autonomous Vehicles Summit featured a mix of fireside chats and topical panels hosted by The Information's Amir Efrati. This year, we ventured into more discussions around efficient capital allocation as companies recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. This year’s event topics included: - How the Covid-19 pandemic will change priorities, strategy, capital, and the trajectory of technical progress - How to run a lean R&D operation and reduce cash burn What metrics the industry should share publicly in order to demonstrate safety & software quality - How developers are changing the way they use machine learning - Urban centers, suburbs, or freeways? A debate on where to develop automated vehicles first - Where automated truck and delivery robot prototypes are heading and what stands in their way - What venture capitalists want to fund in and around the industry, both software and hardware/sensors - Scaling automated driving software from one city to the next