5 Web Sites We Love

At Driverless Car HQ we have always tried to link to websites we love, giving credit where it’s due in as many cases as possible.

Today I want to share with you five websites I really like that are related in some way to driverless cars.

1. Marginal Revolution.

Tyler Cowen operates a super awesome site which covers broad topics but mostly confined to public policy and technology. Most often he and his co-writers often just uncover awesome content, like this ridiculously fascinating post about Uruguay (which got me carried away reading other articles for 10 minutes), this one that shows women perceive inflation to be higher than men, and regular assorted links posts. In my opinion this is one of the best blogs on the internet (and this is not biased by the fact that Cowen linked to us twice).

2. Ideas 4 Brad. Brad Templeton is an experienced technology veteran who founded the world’s first online business. He pioneered online discussion about robocars well before anyone else was speaking about it. Now a consultant to Google’s self-driving car program, he blogs regularly including this recent post about driverless cars. He can come across as a bit cranky but once you get past this, you can enjoy some really high quality thinking, such as this post about Nate Silver’s election predictions.

3. Next Big Future. Amazing technology blog for anyone who wants to follow the forefront of new technology. They keep us updated on things like Google Fiber, which is everywhere, and less talked about stuff such as recent stem cell research about growing cells in sponges. Most of the stuff they report on will probably turn out to be vaporware but this site does more than any other to stay positive about the future.

4. Motorscore.com. A bit more relevant to cars, this site is like a Rotten Tomatoes for cars but what’s most cool is that they have compiled the different car reviews into mini guides for specific types of models. To be specific, check out this list of AWD cars or this one that looks at 7 passenger cars. It doesn’t work in all cases – this Small SUVs guide is slightly awkward – but overall the site is highly useful.

5. Bryant Walker Smith is a law lecturer at Stanford University. He’s probably the leading authority in the United States on the topic of autonomous vehicle law and blogs occasionally. He needs to blog a bit more, but here’s his most recent paper which concludes that autonomous vehicles are already legal in the United States. Nice.

Bonus Site: Autopia.

What do you think? What are your favourites?

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