https://rossblankenship.com/insights/ Answer-first essays on parking, EV charging, robotaxis, AI agents and consumer protection. en-us Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://rossblankenship.com/insights/how-does-a-cybercab-charge-when-no-one-is-there/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/how-does-a-cybercab-charge-when-no-one-is-there/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Robotaxis & autonomy The site does the job a driver used to do. The general options are a robotic connector, a wireless pad or lane, or depot staff, and each needs power, a repeatable stall layout and a record of every charge. Owners can build that now without betting on one method. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/when-a-robotaxi-crashes-who-proves-what-happened/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/when-a-robotaxi-crashes-who-proves-what-happened/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Robotaxis & autonomy In a driverless car, much of the record goes to the fleet operator, and the rider, other driver and property owner may hold far less. The fix is an evidence record captured at the time, sealed so any later change is visible, and shared on clear terms with each party that has a claim. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/what-does-a-parking-ticket-cost/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/what-does-a-parking-ticket-cost/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Parking as software An expired-meter ticket runs from $15 in Jacksonville to $101 in San Francisco's Downtown Core, with a median published fine of $42. In 9 of the 50 biggest cities, a late penalty can equal or exceed the fine. Omaha adds $20 to a $16 ticket. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/where-are-americas-ev-charging-deserts/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/where-are-americas-ev-charging-deserts/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT EV & AV infrastructure Texas has the most, with 121 of 254 counties flagged. As of November 6, 2026, ChargingNear.me flags 1,307 of 3,144 U.S. counties, home to about 23.3 million people, as charging deserts. 1,228 of them have no public DC fast charger at all. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/second-cybertruck-owner-range-extender/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/second-cybertruck-owner-range-extender/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Consumer protection When a product depends on something not yet shipped, the buyer's protection is what the buyer kept in writing on the day they paid. Save the order, the product page, the terms and every written promise, with dates. Tesla dropped the $16,000 Cybertruck range extender in May 2025 and refunded deposits. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/why-cant-truck-drivers-find-parking/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/why-cant-truck-drivers-find-parking/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMT Parking as software Truck parking is short where drivers need to stop, and most of it is private. FHWA's Jason's Law survey, using 2014 data, counted 308,920 spaces, only 11.7% public. When a lot is full, a driver out of hours may have to choose between an unsafe spot and driving on. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/why-finding-a-working-ev-charger-is-hard/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/why-finding-a-working-ev-charger-is-hard/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT EV & AV infrastructure Because most maps show where chargers were installed, not whether they work today. Plug In America’s 2024 survey found that 68% of respondents encountered a broken or nonfunctional charger in the past year. Filter by speed, plug and how recently the station was verified. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/will-robotaxi-fleets-sell-power-to-the-grid/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/will-robotaxi-fleets-sell-power-to-the-grid/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Robotaxis & autonomy Some will, but only when it does not cost them a ride. A fleet car can export power only if it keeps the charge its next trip requires. That rule has to be enforced in software, per vehicle, before any power leaves the battery. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/what-should-lot-owners-build-before-robotaxis-arrive/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/what-should-lot-owners-build-before-robotaxis-arrive/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Parking as software Power, payments and permission. Bring enough electrical capacity for high-power charging, replace gates with software payments, and set up a way to grant autonomous vehicles access to specific spaces. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/first-patent-issued/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/first-patent-issued/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Invention U.S. Patent 12,741,586 issued on September 22, 2026, 32 months after I filed the application on January 28, 2024. It covers a vehicular backup safety system. It started with a problem I saw running parking lots: vehicles backing into people and property. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/where-will-robotaxis-charge/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/where-will-robotaxis-charge/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Robotaxis & autonomy Robotaxis will charge where they wait: depots near demand, airport-adjacent lots and parking sites with high-power service. The constraint is not chargers. It is land with power, near riders, run on software that schedules each car's charge around its next trip. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/how-parking-qr-code-scams-work/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/how-parking-qr-code-scams-work/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Payments & fraud A scammer prints a QR code, sticks it over the real one on a parking sign, and collects the driver's payment. The driver gets ticketed or towed anyway. The fix is to give every real code its own identity and check payments against proof a car is actually there. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/can-an-ai-agent-book-a-parking-space/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/can-an-ai-agent-book-a-parking-space/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Robotaxis & autonomy Yes. On Park Graph, an assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT can find a lot, see the price and hold a space in one request through a hosted MCP server. The hard part is not the booking. It is access, proof and liability at the gate. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/how-will-a-robotaxi-know-a-parking-sign-is-real/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/how-will-a-robotaxi-know-a-parking-sign-is-real/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Robotaxis & autonomy Today it cannot. A self-driving car reads signs the way a person does, so a fake or altered sign can steer it. Authenticated markers carry a signed code the car verifies before it parks, charges or pays. https://rossblankenship.com/insights/how-to-keep-drones-away-from-airliners/ https://rossblankenship.com/insights/how-to-keep-drones-away-from-airliners/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Drones & aviation Keep a moving protected corridor around each crewed aircraft on approach and departure, and send signed commands that tell cooperative drones to move or hold. 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