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Ludwig: Commercial driverless trucks are at most a few years away
“To be honest, it's not long. We're talking a few years and I think on the long end,”
Peter Ludwig Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 49:22 Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | The a16z Show
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Ludwig: No autonomous vehicle company is close to Level 5 autonomy
“And then the very last level is level five, which is more of an idea than a reality. It's the notion that there could be a vehicle that is, is able to drive autonomously in, in all conditions where a human would be able to operate that vehicle. And the truth i…”
Peter Ludwig Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 14:01 a16z Podcast | Capitalizing on an Autonomous Vehicle Future
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Ludwig: GTA VI will be the last game using legacy graphics tooling
“This is speculation, but I think Grand Theft Auto VI will be perhaps the last major real-world video game that's still really developed, let's say, in that legacy era of traditional computer graphics tooling.”
Peter Ludwig Jul 21, 2026 ▶ 1:06:20 Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | The a16z Show
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Ludwig: Campus delivery robots qualify as Level 4 autonomous systems
“That's absolutely a level four system. Because for those there's no human operator typically. And so it is a level four system within the ODD of the robot.”
Peter Ludwig Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 13:23 a16z Podcast | Capitalizing on an Autonomous Vehicle Future
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Ludwig: Electric drivetrains impact every vehicle component, not just propulsion
“And so electric drive train, for example, that doesn't just impact the propulsion system, but it actually impacts every other component on the vehicle.”
Peter Ludwig Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 20:24 a16z Podcast | Capitalizing on an Autonomous Vehicle Future
Assertion Supported
Ludwig: John Deere has run semi-autonomous harvesters for over a decade
“John Deere has had a production semi-autonomous tractor trailer system for harvesting crops for more than a decade.”
Peter Ludwig Feb 26, 2019 ▶ 9:17 a16z Podcast | Capitalizing on an Autonomous Vehicle Future
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