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Ajoneuvoinsinöörien maailmanjärjestö FISITA on julkaissut 27.2.2026 viidennen Beyond the Car -podcast-sarjan jakson. Se on kuunneltavissa oheisen kuvan linkkiä painamalla tai tuolta alhaalta painamalla aukeavalta nettisivulta.
Viidennen osan otsikko on ”Driving hands-free across America – feat. Alex Roy”.
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In this episode of FISITA’s Beyond the Car podcast, we talk about just that: long-distance, hands-free driving.
Motivated by decades of record-breaking road trip experience and enthusiasm, and inspired by the idea of driving from west coast to east coast with zero human intervention, our guest on this episode joins us to talk about his recent trip from Los Angeles to New York City in a Tesla in Full Self-Drive mode.
As you’ll hear, Alex Roy is a huge fan of human driving, and of automated vehicle technology. He’s also very competitive, curious, analytical, and methodical – all the things you need to be to sit in a car that drives itself 3,081 miles from Redondo Beach in LA to midtown Manhattan in NYC – that’s 4,958km, in a time of 58 hours and 22 minutes, all without human intervention.
We discuss the background to the challenge and the history of coast to coast driving, and Alex tells some great stories from the trip he completed in January 2026.
He also shares valuable insight into automated driving, having advised at a strategic level right at the top of an AV company, namely Argo AI, and from the perspective of a regular automated vehicle user.