Autonomous Driving Goes Into High Gear

Lauren Goode: Our guest this week is Chris Urmson. He was one of the early leaders of Google's self-driving-car project, and he's the current CEO of Aurora, a company that does automated trucking. Chris Urmson (audio clip): I think it's much less a desire about making things autonomous and much more about improving quality of life. Gideon Lichfield: So Lauren, is this your first time? Lauren Goode: Are you asking me if I've been around the block before?