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VC Reilly Brennan thinks SPAC sponsors have been looking to Tesla for ideas.
After a wave of EV-related companies went public in 2020, automated-driving companies are next.
Brennan thinks firms making autonomous semi trucks will be first in line.
Special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) exploded in 2020, allowing more than a dozen young companies working on electric vehicles or related technologies to take advantage of investors interest in the likes of Tesla and Nio. Venture capitalist Reilly Brennan believes that trend will spread to the autonomous-vehicle industry this year. Having a lot of conversations with the SPAC sponsors and knowing where their interest is going, I think that we will see more in the AV-related stuff, Brennan, a general partner at Trucks, told Insider.
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February 25, 2021 Caption: Kylie Ying (left) works on path planning and controls for MIT Driverless, while Jorge Castillo serves as team captain. Credits: Photo: David Sella
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In October, a modified Dallara-15 Indy Lights race car programmed by MIT Driverless will hit the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway at speeds of up to 120 miles per hour. The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC) is the world’s first head-to-head, high-speed autonomous race. It offers MIT Driverless a chance to grab a piece of the $1.5 million purse while outmaneuvering fellow university innovators on what is arguably the most iconic racecourse.
But the IAC has implications beyond the track. Stakeholders for the event include Sebastian Thrun, a former winner of the DARPA Grand Challenge for autonomous vehicles, and Reilly Brennan, a lecturer at Stanford University’s Center for Automotive Research an
For such a secretive company, Apple's car efforts have been in plain sight for years.The headlines have been steady: prominent auto industry poaches, one