Autonomy in Paris with Benoît Jacob from Byton and Yael Rivkind from Otonomo

I have been enjoyed, so thank you for delivering.

I believe that Dyson has realized the complexity of actually mass producing BEV's. Concepts are easy to produce, mass producing them exceptionally difficult !

Recorded in Roberts garage?

I'm going to sleep to this so I'll have to listen to it again later :-)

Anyone got a link for Autonomo? Google not liking that keyword: thinks it means a self employed person in Spain.

Tax on tyres could be a reasonable proxy for energy usage without the need to monitor anything at all. Ie more tyre replacement implies more mileage which implies more energy usage

It's interesting hearing about what other countries are planning to do to get back the tax lost from petrol and diesel. Here in NZ the government already has a road user charge for diesel vehicles based on per km, and is extending that to EVs in 2021. I personally think it is a mistake to bring it in too early, but the EV community and government get a lot of flack from diesel drivers who are mainly truckies and tradespeople, saying that EVs are using the roads for free.

Autonomo is a privacy nightmare. Sounds like a future where you get free cars if you let them track you 24/7. We'll need ad blockers for cars soon.

When governments start taxing road usage by distance. Does that mean all of the new vehicle s on the road will get accurate odometers? If not the driver will be paying more to use the roads than they actually do. For example. My current car, at 30 miles per hour indicated speed. My car is actually doing 28 miles per hour.

18:14 - Oh yes they certainly can tax electricity, and they have done so for decades. VAT on electricity is a very low 5%, which can be increased. And there is nothing stopping more taxes from being added to public charging points and home charging connectors. Why else would home chargers be smart metered?  Public chargers are taxed in multiple ways already, by both direct and indirect means: The aforementioned 5% VAT on the electricity, plus income taxes, business taxes etc, which are levied from the suppliers, as well as the ongoing taxes which are levied from the landowners, power distribution companies and equipment manufacturers. Apart from electricity taxes, there are some obvious additional taxes which are, or can be extracted from drivers. Some countries have 100% tax on car sales and imports, plus the other taxes, including VAT. Vehicle Excise duties can be increased. Luxury taxes are applied to cars. Insurance is taxed in various ways. To date, Britain only has one motorway toll road. Their number can be increased, as they have been in other countries. Governments have their financial arms so far down our throats that we often have no idea how much we are being taxed for goods and services. When you work it out, the total tax burden on a person's gross income is well over 50%, when all purchases and duties are considered: Income tax, NI contributions, 'Stamp' duties, VAT, land taxes, Poll Taxes, Sales taxes on various goods, import and export duties..... the list goes on.

Haha. That’s funny. Johnny drives electric cars, records from Paris and distributes a podcast across the world via satellites in space but doesn’t like dyson vacuums because they’re overcomplicated. Well I like mine. It’s gateway tech for evs haha.

Well - all I can say is, there must have been A LOT of Gallic Shrugs after this ...........!?!?!?

I suspect Dyson have discovered that the cost of battery production effectively makes EV production pointless and until an alternative is actually found then they will not be for anyone unless they earn a substantial wage.

Please leave politics out of your videos :-)

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Not one of your best. Sorry but i think the French have no concept of E.Vs. And we are leaving the E.U. After all.

Hand dryer water splashing solution... plants bellow the dryer. Just saying.

Camera Man... Dead...Sound Man...Dead.... Fully Charged...Dead