https://www.google.com/search?q=oliver+kuttner
The VLC was Oliver Kuttner's baby. The news has him being a real estate developer in Charlottesville, VA. The latest story is 20 hours old at this writing.
But, on-topically, here's an interview from 20150321:
Can Edison2 Refine the Driverless Platform and Change the Auto Industry > ENGINEERING.com
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Think about it, if you don’t have to drive your car, doesn’t that mean that your vehicle can transform into a room that barrels down the highway?
Maybe that room looks like a boardroom. Or maybe its looks like a spa.
While the idea of luxurious, carefree travel is a bonus of the driverless auto age, the “coupe de grace” that Oliver envisions for today’s auto industry is born from a bit of analytics and the autonomous car’s innate abilities.
If you own a car today it’s likely that it spends anywhere between 95 and 98% of its lifetime just sitting around. In fact, in some places you have to pay for the privilege to let your car sit idle...
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In Oliver’s opinion, these types of on-demand transportation services, when combined with driverless cars, could bring a wind of change across the automotive landscape.
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The autonomous fleet can be 1/10th the size of the driven fleet. Have your meetings in a room that picks up the participants. It's the 70s 'rolling rooms' all over again.
But the Rolls Royce gets more attention than
Local Motors Olli.
Here's his Ted talk from a year ago. It turns out the shuttle buses that haul commuters will deliver groceries in mid-day: