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Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT 84112 1820 Sidewinder Drive, Ste. 115, Park City, UT 84060 Lack of passengers would change infrastructure JOHN LACONTE Vail Daily VAIL, Colo. — Earlier this month, Morgan Stanley analysis told its clients that it had grossly underestimated its previous valuation of Google’s driverless car division, Waymo. “Our previous work has shown how Waymo’s autonomous robotaxi taxi business could be worth (approximately) $75 billion,” a team of analysts led by Brian Nowak noted to investors. “But that is likely just the beginning, as there are two other business models — logistics/delivery and licensing — now coming into view … which we see leading to a total (approximately) $175 billion potential Waymo valuation.” The $175 billion valuation puts Waymo ahead of GM, Ford and Tesla combined. In Vail, the Town Council wants to make a priority of thoughtful and thorough discussion of emerging technologies. As reports were coming out about Morgan Stanley’s valuation on Tuesday, Aug. 7, the council listened to a presentation from Rutt Bridges, author of “Our Driverless Future: Heaven or Hell?” Bridges made some predictions that will affect the United States as a whole, but also localized his presentation to Vail a bit, with insights as to how driverless cars might help affordable housing, cost of living and traffic on Interstate 70. The Vail Valley will not be among the first to see the driverless car revolution take place. Areas such as Phoenix, San Fransisco and Atlanta have both the predictable weather and high concentrations of people to help reduce the variables Recognized for outstanding wealth management (And pretty decent selfies) The Mogul Financial Group and UBS are proud to congratulate Glen Mintz for being recognized by Barron’s. For the fifth consecutive year, Glen was chosen as one of Barron’s Top 1,200 Advisors in the U.S. (2013 – 2018). This significant achievement is a testament to Glen’s passion for helping clients pursue what matters most to them. Glen Mintz Managing Director– Wealth Management Senior Portfolio Manager Greg Golding, CIMA®, CWS®, CFS® Senior Vice President– Wealth Management Senior Managed Accounts Consultant Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, August 25-28, 2018 Noah Levine Senior Vice President– Wealth Management in this new experiment. But while cold and slippery conditions will complicate the driverless scene, it will also offer a chance for companies to employ the car-to-car communication technology that could make these cars so revolutionary, Bridges told the council. Recounting a conversation he had with a vice president from Volvo, Bridges told the Vail Town Council that a cloud-based “ice map” might make things safer in areas such as ours. “Whenever their tires slip a little, they’re mapping the areas that are icy, and they’re creating a map in the cloud, so you know where those icy patches are,” Bridges said. “These cars will automatically slow down as they get near them. If that data is shared with everyone, as cars get smarter and smarter, other cars will be able to do that, too.” Another car-to-car communication breakthrough that could reduce headaches in our area is the idea of vehicles doing something Bridges calls “platooning,” where lines of cars headed in the same direction tailgate one another with very little space between. “They travel like a school of fish,” Bridges said. “Because these vehicles are all connected electronically by radio waves, when the front vehicle slows down or speeds up, every other one does within a thousandth of a second … you can get the equivalent use of five conventional lanes, if you platoon.” Bridges sees I-70 as a highway where platooning could reduce traffic immensely. “I believe this is coming, but there’s a lot more research that needs to be done before it’s really delivered,” he said. Reduced cost of living Based on projections going out to the year 2027, buying miles from mobility services and ride-share programs currently costs between one fourth and one eighth of what it costs to own a sedan. “The lower your income is, the bigger a difference that makes in your life,” Bridges told the Vail Town Council. In areas where more housing is being constructed, if parking isn’t taking up a large amount of real estate that could be used for additional units, it’s being done in a way that’s extremely expensive through the use of multi-level parking structures. “The average parking ratios for a two-bedroom apartment is about 1 1/2 parking spaces,” Bridges said. “A little over half the space that you actually use for the apartment.” With mobility on demand, cars won’t use conventional parking spaces. “You park them nose to nose, one behind the other like a Pez dispenser,” Bridges said. “When one is needed, the one in the front pulls off and everybody else moves up.” Bridges estimates the cost of rent dropping by as much as $375 per month over the course of the next decade if the need for parking is dramatically reduced through the advent of mobility-on-demand and rideshare services. “The average American car spends 95 percent of its life in park,” he said. Smoke chokes out Western U.S. Air quality and tourism suffers amid haze SALLY HO GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press SEATTLE — Smoke from wildfires clogged the sky across the U.S. West, blotting out mountains and city skylines from Oregon to Colorado, delaying flights and forcing authorities to tell even healthy adults in the Seattle area to stay indoors. As large cities dealt with unhealthy air for a second summer in a row, experts warned that it could become more common as the American West faces larger and more destructive wildfires because of heat and drought blamed on climate change. Officials also must prioritize resources during the longer firefighting season, so some blazes may be allowed to burn in unpopulated areas. Seattle’s Space Needle was swathed in haze, and it was impossible to see nearby moun- tains. Portland, Oregon, residents who were up early saw a bloodred sun shrouded in smoke and huffed their way through another day of polluted air. Portland Public Schools suspended all outdoor sports practices. Thick smoke in Denver blocked the view of some of Colorado’s famous mountains and prompted an air quality health advisory for the northeastern quarter of the state. The smoky pollution, even in Idaho and Colorado, came from wildfires in British Columbia and the Northwest’s Cascade Mountains, clouding a season that many spend outdoors. Portland resident Zach Simon supervised a group of children in a summer biking camp who paused at a huge water fountain by the Willamette River, where gray, smoky haze obscured a view of Mount Hood. Simon said he won’t let the kids ride as far or take part in as many running games like tag while the air quality is bad. “I went biking yesterday, and I really felt it in my lungs, and I was really headachy and like, Please see Smoke, A-19 The Mogul Financial Group UBS Financial Services Inc. 255 Heber Avenue, 1st Floor Park City, UT 84060 435-615-7169 888-219-4914 mogul@ubs.com The Mogul Financial Group has 60 years of combined experience. ubs.com/team/mogul Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors for 2018 is based on assets under management, revenue and quality of practices. Investment performance isn’t an explicit component because not all advisors have audited results. Neither UBS Financial Services Inc. or its employees pay a fee in exchange for these rankings. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Barron’s is a registered trademark of Dow Jones & Co. 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