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Cascadia Center
November 5, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute

ACES Northwest Network 2020 Annual Membership Meeting

Cascadia Center
November 5, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute

Navigating the landscape of 2020 requires optimism and agility.  In the midst of turmoil, our world is witnessing the emergence of a vibrant electric vehicle marketplace fueling new and innovative approaches to nimble shared-ride services.  The wide-scale deployment of 5G networks is poised to underpin self-driving successes in the biggest trucks and the smallest shuttles.  Working together, the members, partners, …

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Bruce Agnew and Jay W. Richards
September 4, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Cascadia

Bringing ACES Vehicle Technology to the Puget Sound Region

Bruce Agnew and Jay W. Richards
September 4, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Cascadia
Jay Richards interviews Bruce Agnew, Director of the ACES Northwest Network, about the collective’s work to bring Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared vehicle technologies to the Puget Sound region. Agnew says that 5G will be key in implementing autonomous vehicles as it will increase bandwidth and reduce latency, thus adding a degree of technical capacity and safety. Read More ›
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Tom Alberg
August 28, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Cascadia

The Benefits of Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Technology

Tom Alberg
August 28, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Cascadia
Jay Richards interviews Tom Alberg, Founder, Madrona Venture Group and Co-chair of the ACES Northwest Network, about ACES’ efforts to bring Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared vehicle technologies to the Puget Sound region. Alberg dismisses the idea that these new technologies will lead to job loss because innovation has always created more opportunity, not less. Read More ›
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Bruce Agnew and Scott Kuznicki
August 25, 2020
Cascadia

Electrify Sea-Tac

Bruce Agnew and Scott Kuznicki
August 25, 2020
Cascadia

The ACES Northwest Network, and initiative of Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center, is a unique collective working to bring Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared vehicle technologies to the Puget Sound region. As a center of mobility for air and ground transportation, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the surrounding communities are poised to become a clean energy hub, building on decades of environmental Read More ›

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Cascadia Center
August 7, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute

Electrify Sea-Tac

Cascadia Center
August 7, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute

As a center of mobility for air and ground transportation, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and the surrounding communities are poised to become a clean energy hub, building on decades of environmental stewardship.  Join the ACES Northwest Network and partners for this exciting look inside what’s happening in the world of electric aircraft, shared-ride transportation services, and community energy services.  Public-private partnerships …

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Discovery Institute
January 29, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute, Technology

Discovery Founding Chairman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From Seattle Business Magazine

Discovery Institute
January 29, 2020
Cascadia, Discovery Institute, Technology

Discovery Institute founding board chair Tom Alberg, who served on the board from 1991 to 2004, has been given a lifetime achievement award by Seattle Business Magazine for what they call his “uncanny knack for anticipating tech’s next blockbuster hit.” In addition to his tech senses, he also has a deep understanding of transportation and mobility challenges in the Puget Read More ›

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Gregory Scruggs
November 19, 2019
Cascadia

Why Experts Say the Pacific Northwest is a ‘Perfect Laboratory’ for Autonomous Technology

Gregory Scruggs
November 19, 2019
Cascadia
The hype cycle for autonomous vehicles may have slowed down after the March 2018 fatal accident involving a self-driving Uber car, but for AV booster Bruce Agnew, the Pacific Northwest offers a wide range of applications for the technology that go far beyond passengers traveling big-city streets. As director of ACES — a Madrona Venture Group and INRIX-backed network promoting autonomous, connected, electric, and shared vehicles — Agnew sees the diverse geography and economic opportunities of the region as ripe for those four trends to converge in transportation. While much of the attention on autonomous vehicles thus far has focused on their urban applications, as the everyday car driver imagines what it might be like to relinquish the wheel, that’s not where the technology is heading first, experts say. Read More ›