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A
Here,
thank
you.
We
have
four
members
present.
I
will
endeavor
to
make
a
note
when
senator
brooks
joins
us
and
will
let
you
know
verbally
as
well.
I
am
here
chair,
mr
royal
vice
chair
brooks,
has
joined
us.
Please
mark
him
present.
A
All
right
guys,
just
our
general
reminders
plea,
be
cur,
please
be
courteous
and
respectful
with
others
during
the
meeting.
Even
if
you
disagree
with
another
person's
position
for
those
participating
on
zoom,
please
be
sure
to
mute.
Your
microphone
when
you
are
not
speaking
first
on
our
agenda
today
is
a
presentation
on
autonomous
vehicles
by
motional.
We
have
mr
sim
hauser
with
us.
Mr
wemp
is
the
east
side.
C
A
Lovely
welcome
to
the
committee.
Please
feel
free
to
start
your
presentation
when
you're
ready.
C
Thank
you,
chair
harris
vice
chair,
brooks
senator
spearman,
hammond
and
pickard.
Thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity.
I
am
sam
wimpee,
director
of
government
relations
and
public
policy
emotional.
As
you
just
heard,
I'm
joined
by
my
colleagues,
colleagues,
gretchen
efgen
vice
president
of
go
to
market
and
marketing
and
peter
sims
houser
general
counsel.
C
I'm
going
to
take
a
couple
minutes
to
talk
about
who
emotional
is
and
to
provide
an
overview
of
our
autonomous
vehicle
technology,
and
then
my
colleague
gretchen
will
be
presenting
on
our
achievements
in
nevada
and
what
comes
next
promotional,
as
well
as
the
industry
at
large
chair
harris.
May
I
share
my
screen.
C
C
C
Although
the
name
emotional
may
be
new,
some
of
you
may
recognize
the
active
name.
The
company
has
a
history
in
nevada
that
goes
back
to
2018,
and
I
expect
you
probably
recognize
hyundai
as
well.
C
Across
the
company
we
have
a
large
and
growing
group
of
more
than
600
engineers
supporting
our
cutting-edge
r
d
efforts.
This
global
team
has
been
recruited
from
around
the
world
from
academia
and
industries
like
tech,
automotive
and
aerospace.
Our
engineering
teams
are
widely
recognized
as
some
of
the
best
in
the
autonomous
vehicle
space,
if
not
the
best.
In
my
opinion,
the
team
is
busy
improving
these
technologies
and
planning
improvements
for
the
next
generation
of
av
technology
that
will
be
deployed
over
the
course
of
the
next
decade
they
are
delivering.
Are
they
being
our
team?
C
Is
delivering
success
virtually
every
day
towards
this
project?
At
the
end,
a
project
that
many
engineers
consider
a
moonshot
las
vegas
is
our
hub
for
operations
and
r
d
and
test
we're
testing
processes
there.
That
will
make
our
commercial
deployment
possible.
This
looks
like
you
know:
how
do
you
manage
fleets
of
50
or
100
vehicles?
What
sort
of
you
know
employees
do
you
need
to
be
servicing
these
vehicles
and-
and
even
you
know,
higher
up
the
the
management
chain?
Look
even
looking
at
the
command
center
as
the
the
fleet
as
a
whole.
C
It's
moving
around
on
its
streets
next
door
in
california,
we
also
in
santa
monica.
We
have
a
growing
team
of
more
than
30
engineers
who
focus
exclusively
on
machine
learning
and
artificial
intelligence.
These
specialists
are
recognized
as
industry
leaders
in
creating
software
that
performs
the
perception
task
in
autonomous
driving
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
how
that
fits
into
the
overall
mix
shortly.
C
Essentially,
though,
it
entails
instantaneously
processing.
All
of
the
information
that
is
captured
by
the
av
sensors
and
the
vehicle
surroundings.
Outside
of
the
testing
we
conduct
in
las
vegas.
We
also
are
testing
on
public
roads
in
boston,
pittsburgh
and
singapore
also
note
that
singapore
drives
on
the
other
side
of
the
road.
So
we
are
we're
very
proud
to
be
testing
on
both
the
left
and
right
side
of
the
road.
C
Before
I
explain
a
little
bit
more
about
our
technology,
I
want
to
emphasize
two
important
things:
we've
been
really
fortunate
to
have
had
great
relationships
with
our
government
partners
from
all
levels
in
las
vegas
and
the
city
of
henderson
clark,
county,
the
rtc
and
we're
truly
honored
by
the
opportunity
to
discuss
our
technology
with
the
committee.
C
Today,
because
we
have
the
biggest
footprint
of
any
av
company
in
nevada
and
we're
on
the
leading
edge
of
the
development
of
this
technology,
we've
we're
on
the
cutting
edge
of
how
the
legislative
and
regulatory
regime
acts
when
it
comes
to
this
technology,
and
we
encounter
that
on
a
day-to-day
basis
and
we're
pleased
to
say
that
it
has
worked
extremely
well
and
we're
confident
that
we'll
be
able
to
address
collaboratively
any
instances
where
we
may
need
to
discuss
potential
misalignment
between
the
legal
standards
and
the
development
of
our
av
technology.
C
Okay,
a
little
bit
about
our
technology,
as
many
of
you
may
have
heard,
nitza
has
said
that
94
of
accidents
on
the
road
are
due
to
human
driver
error
and
bringing
that
number
down
as
low
as
possible
with
autonomous
vehicles
is
the
fundamental
reason
we're
doing
what
we're
doing.
But
you
know
it
bears
asking.
How
does
this
actually
work?
You
know
what
are
the
systems
in
place
that
actually
allow
the
vehicle
to
operate
safely,
so
there's
really
four
core
systems
that
allow
the
vehicle
to
do
this.
C
There's
the
sensing
system,
that's
how
the
vehicle
receives
information
about
its
environment,
that's
coming
in
from
different
sensors.
You
may
have
heard
of
lidar
or
radar
a
variety
of
other
sensors.
We
have
around
the
vehicle,
then
there's
the
perception.
That's
where
the
machine
learning
and
artificial
intelligence
come
in.
That's
how
the
vehicle
is
quickly
and
instantaneously,
able
to
understand
what
it
is.
It's
seeing
you
know
noticing
an
octagonal
octagonal
red
shape
at
the
stop
sign
and
differentiating
the
difference
between
someone
on
a
bicycle
or
someone
on
a
motorcycle.
C
Then
comes
the
planning
system
and
that's
how
the
vehicle
takes
some
of
those
inputs
and
understands
and
anticipates
where
that
cyclist
or
motorcyclist
may
be
going
and
is
able
to
safely
route
around
them
last
is
the
control
system.
That's
how
the
vehicle
acts
on
the
rest
of
these
inputs.
You
know
doing
things
such
as
steering
and
braking
and
anyone
who's
ever
been
in
a
vehicle
where
the
driver
was
a
little
bit
more
aggressive
or
or
too
slow.
C
C
We
go
through
thousands
of
scenarios,
both
really
common
ones,
that
we
can
expect
to
see
every
day,
as
well
as
very
rare
and
often
dangerous
scenarios,
and
the
point
of
this
is
to
make
sure
that
the
technology
and
the
software
is
operating
as
we
would
expect
it
to
operate
once
that
has
been
signed
off
to
our
and
we're
comfortable
with
that,
then
it
moves
on
to
test
tracks.
C
That's
where
we
put
the
vehicles
through
controlled
in
a
controlled
environment
and
bring
them
to
real
world
various
scenarios
that
we're
also
seeing,
for
example,
there's
a
little
photo
here
of
one
of
the
mannequins
that
we
use
to
test
a
pedestrian
going
across
a
crosswalk
and
only
once
we're
really
comfortable
with
how
the
vehicle
is
performing
out
of
the
test
track.
Do
we
move
on
to
public
road
testing,
including
fully
driverless
operation,
without
anyone
behind
the
drivers?
C
The
the
wheel
and
gretchen
is
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
more,
quite
a
bit
more
about
our
achievements
in
nevada,
but
I'd
like
to
end
my
segment
with
a
brief
overview
of
how
we
know
our
vehicle
is
safe
enough
to
be
operated
without
anyone
behind
the
wheel.
The
validation
process,
our
driverless
platform
has
gone
through,
has
involved
over
1.5
million
miles
of
public
road
driving
and
has
taken
our
team
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
hours
to
complete
the
validation
process.
C
C
We
opened
up
our
books
and
our
our
development
process
and
let
them
look
around
to
make
sure
we
are
really
doing
all
the
safety
things
that
we
said
we
are
doing,
and
you
know
looking
at
the
engineering
that
was
going
on
behind
that
when
two
finished
their
assessment,
they
gave
us
a
first
of
its
kind
endorsement
to
operate
a
vehicle
and
with
an
empty
driver's
seat,
we
take
safety
very
seriously
and
we
believe
we've
earned
the
right
to
operate
driverless.
D
D
So
emotional
has
been
very
fortunate
to
have
achieved
several
key
company
milestones
and
indeed
some
key
industry
achievements
here
in
nevada.
Las
vegas
is
home
to
our
partnership
with
lyft,
which
is
the
world's
longest
running
public
robo
taxi
service.
These
vehicles
operate
with
our
safety
drivers
monitoring
the
system.
Currently
over
the
years
we've
served
in
excess
of
a
hundred
thousand
rides
and
several
hundred
thousand
passengers.
D
This
provides
us
with
key
insights
into
the
consumer
experience
and
allows
us
to
build
operational
knowledge
across
vehicles,
infrastructure,
utilization
requirements.
This
learning
has
played
a
critical
role
in
preparing
us
to
deploy
fully
driverless
vehicles
in
the
years
to
come.
Late.
Last
year
we
received
our
driverless
testing
permit
from
the
nevada
dmv
and
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
as
sam
mentioned,
we
announced
that
we
achieved
with
the
endorsement
of
our
external
assessor,
fully
driverless
capabilities
on
public
roads.
D
D
We
will
deploy
fleets
with
mobility
services
providers,
starting
in
2023.
We
expect
initial
driverless
deployments
in
select
cities
within
geofenced
areas
of
those
cities.
As
the
technology
matures
and
consumer
adoption
starts
to
starts
to
increase,
we
will
see
an
expansion
both
within
the
initial
cities
and
we'll
start
to
open
additional
markets
as
well.
D
Motionals,
offering
is
comprised
of
the
quarry
visa
core
av
software,
the
user
experience
and
for
user
experience.
This
is
what
allows
the
passenger
to
interact
with
the
vehicle
and
any
remote
support
systems
that
are
required
to
help
support
that
journey.
We
also
build
fleet
services
for
robo
taxi
as
a
service,
so
we
can
ensure
that
the
vehicles
are
operating
efficiently.
D
Think
of
this
as
a
command
center,
where
we
can
see
in
real
time
what
our
vehicles
are
doing,
the
health,
the
health
status
of
that
vehicle
and
understand,
does
it
need
to
be
charged.
Does
it
need
to
be
deployed
to
a
resting
spot
to
rebalance
before
accepting
another
ride,
etc.
So,
full
suite
of
fleet
services
to
monitor
the
robo
taxi
as
a
service
portion
of
our
offering
our
commercial
deployment
product
will
be
integrated
with
a
hyundai
electric
vehicle.
D
Motions
robo
taxi
product
will
be
integrated
onto
partner
networks.
We
announced
an
industry
first
late
last
year
with
a
multi-market,
fully
driverless
commercial
agreement
with
lyft.
We
also
announced
a
partnership
with
via
which
is
focused
on
the
shared
use
case
for
deployment.
We
will
take
deliberate
and
metric
driven
steps
for
full
driverless
deployment.
This
will
encompass
the
full
end-to-end
experience
for
the
passenger,
ensuring
that
we
are
building
testing
and
refining
across
all
areas
of
our
operation
from
remote
support
functions
to
ensuring
a
smooth,
pickup
and
drop
off
experience.
D
As
with
our
current
driver
monitored
program
in
las
vegas,
which
is
currently
on
pause
due
to
the
pandemic,
we
will
start
with
internal
testing
before
we
start
to
test
with
the
public
and
we
will
start
with
safety
operators
once
our
system
has
been
validated
for
fully
driverless
deployment.
On
that
hyundai
electric
vehicle
platform,
we
will
expect
to
then
begin
a
soft
launch
phase
with
passengers
so
that
we
can
continue
our
learnings
and
refine
fully
driverless
operations
before
we
open
that
up
to
the
public.
More
broadly.
D
Ensuring
that
motional
is
operating
in
an
optimal
environment
for
the
commercialization
of
our
driverless
technologies.
We've
looked
across
our
global
experience
from
singapore
to
boston
pittsburgh
to
las
vegas,
and
we've
identified
four
key
criteria
for
ensuring
a
successful
regulatory
and
operating
environment,
facilitating
technology,
progress
and
consumer
adoption.
D
This
is
certainly
something
we've
experienced
in
las
vegas
to
date.
The
milestones
like
100
000
rides
completed
here
points
to
unprecedented
success.
On
that
front,
the
next
is
digitizing
road
rules.
This
has
become
increasingly
important.
We
need
to
ensure
that
city
partners
can
provide
adjustable
road
rules
in
a
digital
format.
That's
our
ideal
outcome.
We're
also
working
with
our
research
scientists,
as
well
as
external
experts,
to
mathematically
define
good
driving,
behavior
avs,
follow
road
rules
and
defining
what
good
driving
behavior
looks
like
within
those
road
rolls
is
part
of
the
promise
of
av
technology.
D
It
reduces
accidents
next,
enabling
dynamic,
curb
use.
This
is
a
hot
topic
globally,
with
transportation
planners
city
officials,
mobility
providers,
all
of
whom
seem
to
be
experimenting
quite
rapidly,
with
modernizing
curb
management
in
a
post-pandemic
new
normal.
We
have
the
opportunity
to
reshape
the
use
of
curbs
to
facilitate
the
movement
of
people
and
goods
and
emotional.
We
would
love
to
see
support
for
defining
pickup
and
drop-off
zones.
D
D
So
what
we
are
are
striving
for
is
to
find
regulatory
environments
that
recognize
the
need
for
flexibility,
as
so
many
parts
of
the
mobility
transportation
ecosystem
comes
together
to
figure
out
how
to
safely
deploy
avs
into
our
multimodal
city,
transportation
networks,
and
so
with
that
that
it
concludes
our
prepared
remarks.
Thank
you
again,
chair
harrison
committee
members
for
having
us
here
today
and
we
look
forward
to
your
questions.
A
Thank
you
all
so
much.
I
think
the
technical
term
for
describing
what
you
guys
are
doing
is
cool
and
we
appreciate
you
making
nevada
a
part
of
developing
this
new
technology.
Are
there
any
members
who'd
like
to
ask
any
questions.
A
E
Thank
you
chair,
just
curious.
Where
is
your
your
headquarters
in
las
vegas
and
where
is
your
test
facility
down
in
southern
nevada?
If
that's
not
information.
C
Sure,
sam
wimpy,
for
the
record.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Vice
chair
books,
the
our
our
las
vegas
technical
center
senator
center
is
very
close
to
mccarran
airport
and
the
test
track
that
we
frequently
use
in
nevada
is
the
las
vegas
speedway.
C
We
also
have
test
tracks
that
we
use
at
some
of
our
other
sites
as
well,
but
that's
the
one
we
frequently
use
in
nevada.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
so
I
have
a
a
question
about
fuel.
What
kind
of
fuel
does
the
vehicle
use
now
and
are
there
any
plans
to
change
the
mix
soon?
I
know,
and
I
think
it
was
2010
2011.
I
think
it
was
hyundai
experimented
with
hydrogen
fuel
cells
and
one
of
their
models.
So
I'm
curious
to
know
if
that's
something
that
they
will
continue.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question
senator
spearman,
so
the
current
vehicles
that
we're
using
there's
two
primary
platforms
that
we
have
in
in
nevada,
the
main
one
the
one
we've
showed
most.
The
photos
from
that
that
is
that
we're
using
for
driverless
operation
is
a
plug-in
electric
hybrid.
So
it
does
have
a
combustion
engine
as
well
as
an
electric
component.
C
We
also
use
some
bmw
5
series.
Those
are
traditional
combustion
engine
vehicles,
but
to
your
question
around
the
the
plans
for
the
future,
the
the
hyundai
platform
we
will
be
moving
to
is
an
all-electric
vehicle.
So
that's
that's.
Our
most
immediate
plan
is
to
be
moving
to
an
all-electric
platform.
You
know
we
have
had
some
conversation
with
hyundai
about
the
the
hydrogen
platform,
but
that
you
know
when,
and
if
that
does
happen,
it
would
be
quite
a
bit
into
the
future.
C
G
Sen,
senator
smith,
yes,
apologies,
I'm
peter
sims
houser,
I'm
the
general
counsel
for
the
for
promotional,
and
I
would
just
just
adding
to
what
to
your
question
and
sam's
answer.
There
is
a
lot
of
excitement
within
the
company
and
also
at
hyundai
around
a
autonomous
vehicle
on
a
fuel
cell
electric
vehicle
platform,
and
even
as
recently
as
the
past
couple
weeks,
we've
been
having
a
lot
of
discussions
with
them,
as
sam
indicated
that
technology
is
a
little
bit
further
in
the
future
than
building
out
charging
stages
for
battery
powered
electric
vehicles.
G
F
Follow
I'm
sure
so
you
say
infrastructure
are
you
talking
about?
I
heard
you
say,
mr
semphauser,
that
the
infrastructure's,
not
there,
mr
wimpy-
I
think
you
alluded
to
that
too.
So,
are
we
talking
about
charging
stations?
Are
we
talking
about
places
that
can
repair?
What
are
we
talking
about
in
terms
of
infrastructure
that
we
need
to
be
there
to
move
to
that,
because
one
of
the
one
of
the
automobiles
that
you
use
bmw
has
moved
to
hydrogen
fuel
cells
and
electric
as
a
as
a
hybrid.
G
Yes,
senator
this
is
peter
sims
hauser
again
and
on
the
on
the
hydrogen
cell
vehicles.