Transcript: Driverless Daily broadcast, September 21, 2026

Opening

Lane: Have you ever wondered if you can truly trust the software behind the wheel?

Lane: I'm Lane.

Otto: And I'm Otto. Good evening.

Lane: Leading off tonight, a Congressman is pressing the DOT on Tesla FSD after forty-three sleeping-driver videos have surfaced, Moomoo reports. InsideEVs is also covering this story.

Otto: That is a lot of videos for a lawmaker to be looking at.

Otto: Our next story: An Austin family is mourning Tommy, a cat described as a badass cat, after he was struck by a Waymo robotaxi, according to the Austin American-Statesman.

Lane: It is a heartbreaking way to view the impact of these vehicles on local life.

Lane: Up next, the NHTSA has signed a cooperative agreement with SAE International to launch A2SCEND. This is a three-year, 5 million dollar consortium, the SelfDrivingCars subreddit reports, with data intended to inform the first federal performance standard for automated driving systems.

Otto: The regulators certainly will be watching that data closely.

Otto: Now, to Aurora Innovation, which aims to deploy 20 driverless trucks per week as the delivery as a service model takes shape, Yahoo Finance reports.

Lane: The logistics industry is going to feel that shift.

Lane: This just in: A former Waymo CFO has jumped to the self-driving startup Wayve, according to TechCrunch.

Otto: I wonder if the talent pool in this industry is about to get much more crowded.

Otto: Our next story: A driverless Waymo was seen cruising through a Denver farmers market, the Denver Post reports.

Lane: It is certainly an interesting sight for shoppers.

Lane: Finally, Lucid stock is surging as the company unveils a new European robotaxi partnership, Barchart reports.

Otto: Investors are clearly taking note of that expansion.

Sign-off

Lane: That's all for us tonight.

Otto: See you tomorrow.