On June 19, 2020, Ariel Wolf was quoted in Bloomberg Government on the value of U.S. companies test-driving autonomous vehicles (AVs) during the pandemic.
According to the article, there is concern that the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 will cut investments in the AV industry. However, the pandemic has nudged some U.S. companies into taking autonomous vehicles for a test drive in new ways, including a national retail pharmacy that is delivering prescriptions to customers in Texas using driverless automobiles, and soon, road-ready and licensed robots.
“If you can demonstrate the driverless delivery-use case, you have the opportunity to show the value of AVs,” said Wolf.