In each episode of End of the Line, manufacturing veteran Jim Anderton expresses his compelling and unique opinions about the state of the manufacturing sector. He shares his thoughts and insights to help engineering and manufacturing professionals navigate through the challenges of world events, the blending old with new technologies, evolving processes, gaps in skilled labour, in an effort to help maximize productivity of their daily operations.
In this episode, Jim discusses the self-driving car, a staple of sci-fi books and movies and predicted by automakers as far back as the 1930's, as was shown in a 1935 Chevy promotional film. With Cruise Automation’s application with the California DMV for a permit to operate autonomous vehicles in the city of San Francisco with no safety driver board, the future is about to enter the present.