June 26, 2025 • 30 mins
The future of transportation isn't what you think. While autonomous vehicles grab headlines, a different revolution is already happening – remote driving technology that puts humans behind virtual wheels, controlling vehicles from anywhere on earth.
Speaking with Enn Lanoo, CEO of Estonia-based Elmo Remote Driving, we discovered a technology that's not just theoretical but actively deployed and road-legal since 2022. Unlike the still-developing autonomous systems, Elmo's technology creates a seamless connection between remote drivers and vehicles, with applications spanning car rentals, taxis, mining operations, and even defense sectors in conflict zones.
What makes this technology particularly fascinating is its practical approach to solving real transportation problems. Imagine renting a car that arrives at your doorstep, driven remotely by an operator who then relinquishes control to you. When you're finished, you simply end your session, and a teledriver takes over again. For taxi services, companies can tap into global workforce pools, potentially transforming the economics of an industry perpetually challenged by driver shortages.
The affordability is striking – retrofitting costs approximately 10% of a vehicle's value, working with both gasoline and electric vehicles. The only real limitation is manual transmissions, which would require robotic manipulation to operate remotely.
Beyond the transportation industry insights, our show featured Jeff's fascinating exploration of rare muscle car colors – from the eye-catching Pink Panther Duster to the screaming Orbit Orange GTO that collectors now pursue with passion. And as Texas temperatures climb, Mars shared perfect swimming destinations across the state where you can cool off, from Austin's historic Deep Eddy Pool to the pristine Blue Hole in Wimberley.
Want to learn more about how remote driving technology could transform your business or daily transportation? Visit elmoremote.com and discover how this Estonian innovation is changing the way we think about who's really behind the wheel.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast, a 30-minute
mini version of the In WheelTime Car Show that airs live
every Saturday morning 8 to 11am.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Welcome to the avoid-winning.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
In Wheel Time Car Talk Show We've got the founder
of a company that allows remoteoperation of vehicles.
Kind of a scary thing, but gotsomebody you want to jack with
and later Jeff will bring ussome of his car culture rare
colors of muscle cars, and MrMars has driving destinations.
(00:30):
Howdy Along with Mike out ofthis world, mars.
We always need more.
Jeff Zekin, I'm Don Armstrong.
Thanks so much for joining usfor our live broadcast today.
We've been dead at least oncein this program for a few
minutes with Nick Kappa and Iapologize for that, but you know
it never fails when we go onremote and we come back we've
(00:53):
missed a plug, we didn't plugsomething in right, or somebody
kicked something and got us offthe air, which isn't the first
time that's happened.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
We've got a new segment.
Guess what goes wrong.
Next, chime in.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Let us know we won't be able to hear it, because we
won't be on the air.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Meteorites, locusts, I don't know, maybe snakes
coming in a potato famine, whoknows?
So since Mr.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
He's having a little issue getting here, but we're
working on it.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Okay, so he's having a little issue getting here, but
we're working on it, okay, sohe's, he's working on trying.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Okay, he's in the area, all right.
Well, as long as they'reworking on it because I was
going to break out the sold carsroundup, I'm gonna get.
I'm gonna get this in, okaywe're gonna do that you want to
do that right now well, uh,let's give it a whirl try it.
Give what a whirl.
Give that a whirl.
Okay, let's give it a whirl.
So I got to find it.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Hold on it's.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Hemings Sold Cars Roundup.
And the Sold Cars Roundupinclude cars that have been sold
on Hemingscom, and I let theboys kind of guess at what the
car got sold for Bringing itright up, and so the first one
out of the box this morning is a1959 Pontiac Star Chief.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Oh man, look at that.
How gorgeous that is.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Big, wide whites, the whole nine yards.
I mean this is direct from 1959.
It looks completely stock andrestored.
I like it.
How much do you think somethinglike that monster would cost
you?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Well, if you bind it by the foot, yeah, yeah, because
I don't would that even fit intoday's garage?
Probably not, but I'm going togo $39,000.
I'm going for it $39,000.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
$39,000.
Mr Mars, what do you think?
Speaker 4 (02:40):
I'm thinking more like $28,000.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
$28,000.
Well, you're getting closer,okay, because that car sold for
$22,365,000.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Well, there you go, I would have overpaid?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
No, but what I'm saying is that that would have
been something right up youralley.
It is.
You'd have to do a lot ofrearranging the garage at your
house.
I'd have to take the door off.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
Or only let the door come downjust above the trunk, as it's
sticking out.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
And on the other side of the wall is, you know, a
family area.
So I have to get rid of that,just for the car.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Right, all right.
Well, we're going to get backto that.
Okay, we're going to get backto the Soul Cars Roundup,
because we— Okay we got a guest.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
I think that we do have a guest okay uh, mr mars,
you want to introduce the guest,or you want me to?
Uh, I'll let you, because I'mmaking a change right here.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Okay, he's making a change right here.
I'm trying to.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
I got to get him to unmute what I'm trying to do.
I see.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
So you need to unmute yourself.
And there he is all right, okay, now I can.
Uh, there we go, all right.
So our guest this hour is Mr NLansu, ceo and founder of Elmo
Remote Driving a scary, scarything for us here in Texas, and
(03:56):
we're going to try to understandwhat you have come up with,
because it's a thing called theElmo remote car sharing.
And when I said Elmo, I don'tknow what it actually stands for
, if anything.
But they all said, oh, we'regoing to talk to that blue
cookie monster looking thing orwhatever it is on Sesame Street
(04:17):
called Elmo, and there's nooffense intended here, but you
know, there we just have smallminds we have small minds that
we're going to find out from you, and thank you so much for
joining us.
Where are we speaking to youfrom today?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Hi guys En here and you have a live connection with
Estonia.
Estonia very good.
Yes, if you have a small mind,then we are a small country, one
of the smallest ones in Europe.
And greetings for you at 7 pm.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
At 7 pm in Estonia.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Welcome to our studio .
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Yeah, welcome to our hot studio here.
It's going to be 95 degreeshere in Texas today.
It's going to be 95 degreeshere in Texas today, but anyway,
let's talk about the remotedriving setup.
Why?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
was this necessary to perfect this Good question and
I think you are starting fromthe right beginning.
Why remote driving?
Why not autonomous?
So this is one of the mostpopular questions, what we have
the last five years heard.
I think the answer is obvious.
(05:39):
If we want to find thecomparison with autonomous
technology, then first of all,with all respect, we are great
fans of autonomous technology,but the technology is not there
yet and if you take those or putthose aside, then we always
(06:19):
recommend to our partnersmeaning clients, investors to
think about where do you reallyneed or where the autonomous
technology makes sense in localtransport, like buses, but
during our lifetime.
It doesn't make sense in carrenting.
It doesn't make sense, forexample, in highway safety,
where one of our trucks isoperating in canada, or it
doesn't make sense in yourfuture in the defense sector and
(06:42):
many other sectors.
So it's much easier technology.
It comes with a lower price tagand there are many use cases
where remote driving is feasibleand more reasonable than other
technologies today.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
So we could sit in our home with a monitor and
drive this vehicle down thefreeway.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Exactly.
Wow, this is what, of course,you gave a very extreme example
freeway high speeds but yes,that we have done already the
last three years.
We have been our coretechnology is road legal.
We have been remote driving onpublic roads, in car renting
(07:29):
renting a car and in many othersectors.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Now I know that this is a very serious company and a
very serious business, but all Ican think of is that I could
get a car and say is that Icould get a car and say, mike,
I've got a car for you to drivethis week, without any knowledge
that he is going to be under mycommand and I can take the
controls from him, and I candrive that car as fast or as
(07:57):
slow as I want to on the freewayand get him 90 miles from where
we are today and he would go,he would be frightened to death,
knowing that I was driving himin a car.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
I don't know if it works that way, Don.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
It probably doesn't work that way, but that's where
my sick mind goes.
All right, so give me anexample of somebody that would
use a vehicle that was remotelydriven of somebody that would
use a vehicle that was remotelydriven.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I think the practical experience is.
Practical services where we areare the best examples Car
rental If you rent a car today,you have to go and pick the car
yourself, but with ourtechnology the car is remotely
controlled in into your doorstep.
You still sit behind thesteering wheel, you will make
(08:56):
your ride, you will go to thebeach, you will go to the forest
, you don't want to rent itanymore.
You will end the session andthen our technology, or our
service or our teletriver takescontrol over it and teletrives
that to our next client'sdoorstep, that's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
It's very cool what I envision.
This would be a perfecttechnology for the military, so
you wouldn't risk a life, but Icould get you know ammunition.
I could get bombs from point Ato point B without a human being
driving it, except he would becould be thousands of miles away
.
He could be on the other sideof the Earth.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
This is, by the way, also what we are doing or what
our technology is already doing.
Cannot share a lot about thatuse case, but I can say you that
we are also war-proven andactively used in some of the hot
zones.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I see another way that this could be done in an
industry of, say, like mining orforestry, where you've got a
mine and you have these bigtrucks that you know, hundreds
of thousands of capacity fordirt and things doing that,
doing it remotely, to go throughthe mines and down into the
structures, to not have thathuman interaction but be safer
(10:16):
that way.
That's what I see it.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Let me ask you this Speaking of human interaction,
are there actual live driversdriving it remotely?
Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
I want that job.
I think that's the coredifference with other
technologies.
There is always a driver,hazard situations and in mining
(10:57):
or we talked about in military,that is already used.
But I would like to also giveone of the examples.
We are right now also inoperations in taxi remote
controlled taxi.
So first, it doesn't make sensewhy.
(11:17):
But imagine, or probably youknow, that the weakest point in
taxi sector is you lackmotivated and reasonable drivers
drivers.
But if you can do driving froma very far distance, then you
(11:38):
basically have an unlimitednumber of potential drivers who
can be your workers, customers,drivers of the taxi.
And in addition to that you canplay with salary arbitrage.
You're right now in the States.
Probably the salary in one ofyour neighbor countries is a
(12:01):
little bit lower, so that's alsowhat we are doing right now.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Interesting.
I'm kind of fascinated by it.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Well, I am too my mind is going about a thousand
miles an hour.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
The applications you could use for it?
Speaker 4 (12:16):
yeah, yeah, yeah.
So there's a remote driver andin the case of the example, you
were talking about renting a car.
So the remote driver isinvolved to get the car to you.
He steps out of the way youdrive it until you're through
with it, right, and then yougive it back and he picks it up
again, takes over and to returnit.
So is that kind of so with theand I guess with the taxi, then
(12:37):
the driver's there all the timeexactly so you could actually
run that taxi 24 hours a daywhat about fueling uh?
Speaker 3 (12:46):
so the mike rents the car, he turns it in and the
remote uh driver picks up thatvehicle.
How do they know?
Is there technology built inNow my car?
I can look at an app and saywhen's the next oil change, the
oil levels, the gas, all thattire pressures.
Is that part of the technologythat the remote driver has.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Yes, we are even controlling rear window heating.
Oh wow, yes, we have all thesystem.
What the driver needs, he orshe can see that on the remote
driver's desk.
So, yes, that information isavailable, but I think it's more
.
What you just wanted to clarifyis if the tank or the it's
(13:32):
running out of gasoline, sowho's going to fill it up?
That, I think, is maybe theweakest point, but luckily in
some countries like the US, ifthe car is teledriven into the
gas station, then in many gasstations there's someone who's
going to do the job.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
The old full service?
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Either that, or if you had a fleet of these things,
you would probably have yourown fueling station.
For instance, if it were a rentcar at the airport let's say
the airport place that you'vekept these vehicles it would
have its own fueling station, sowhen it came back it would have
a place to get gas.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
So we're saying that these are we're talking like
gasoline motors.
Are these electric vehicles orgasoline motors?
Speaker 2 (14:25):
For us it doesn't matter.
We are vehicle agnostic.
We have retrofitted ourtechnology to both of the cars
gasoline, electric ones.
So for us, the only thing whatwe try to avoid is manual
gearbox, because then we need arobot hand.
But all other things to controlthe car we are capable of
(14:51):
retrofitting, but now we arejust focusing on the gasoline.
This is how to solve it.
It's not a technical question.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Yeah, I got a question.
Yeah, a question came in fromone of our Internet viewers.
So, for example, a senior notto look at Don much, but a
senior that's at home, theydon't have a car, but they need
to go to the doctor.
That's at home, they don't havea car, but they need to go to
the doctor.
Is that kind of like?
Can they get a remote?
Speaker 2 (15:22):
car to come to them and get them, take them to the
doctor and then bring them home.
Yes, of course.
Of course there is.
If we just focus on the service, then technology is just making
something with the service.
But yes, yes, if we need totake the senior to the hospital,
it's doable.
But I will a little bit alsoplay it around if there is a
(15:45):
human with their wheelchair,then they can also be teledriver
.
That's also another positiveside of our technology.
So, yes, transporting a seniorto the hospital, this is a
no-brainer.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
I understand.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
I'm sorry, I was going to say how much are these?
What does it cost to beinvolved in this, either for the
driver or to own one?
Speaker 2 (16:09):
I'm confident that you have a lot of our potential
clients, your listeners, soroughly, the thumb rule is that
it is in the range of 10% of thecar's value.
So if the car is, let's say,$40,000, then we are
retrofitting the car in therange of 4,000 euros, $4,000.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Yes, but so affordable?
I wanted to ask you one otherthing, and I noticed in this bio
here that it's already in useand road legal and operating in
your country of Estonia.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Exactly, we are road legal.
We are also.
Elmo is the first company inthe world whose road legal
technology is already inactivelyused.
It's used since 2022.
So we have three years ofexperience from car sharing.
We have experience from roadsafety sector.
(17:11):
We have experienced clientsfrom the safety sector, we have
experienced clients from defensesector and now also we are in
operations providing ourtechnology and service for one
taxi company.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Wow, absolutely, stunningly.
Yeah, it's brilliant.
And so for our listeners, ourviewers, listeners, our viewers.
Elmoremotecom.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
We can find out all about this Exactly.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
And for our female viewers.
They can write love letters toAnne.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Whereabouts in.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Estonia, are you Capital, tallinn?
Oh, so you're across the waterfrom Helsinki?
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Yes, oh, very good.
More the water from Helsinki?
Yes, exactly, modern.
Welcome to visit us.
We are a tech-savvy country.
A lot of robots have been yearsalready on public roads and I'm
proud to be from Estonia andconquering the world with our
technology.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Well, anne, it's a real honor and a pleasure, and
what an education for you tojoin us this morning.
We really do appreciate it.
Let's be back in touch againsoon and get an update on how
things are going with you.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Super Guys, thank you , thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Thank you, dan Lansun , from Estonia, talking to us.
Very interesting yeah, amazing.
Just ahead Jeff's car cultureand Mar's new feature driving
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And thank you for being with ustoday.
Time now for Jeff's Car CultureRare muscle car colors.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
You betcha.
And here we go.
First one out of the box.
Now, we've all seen thesecolors.
You don't know what codes theyare, but here we go.
1970, plymouth Duster.
We call this the Pink Panther,the 1970 Plymouth Duster and
factory Pink Panther.
Pink code FM3.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Hey everybody, look at my car.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Wondering what the code is Is one of the rarest,
most eye-catching combinationsto leave a Chrysler plant.
While the Duster was designatedas affordable, compact muscle
car, ordering it in Pink Pantherturned into a bold statement
piece.
The color was part of Mopar'shigh-impact paint lineup and
officially only offered it forthe short time in 1970.
(21:09):
The next one on the block is a70 Plymouth Cuda who figured In
violet code FC7.
Now in violet, also known aswhat Plum Crazy over a Dodge.
It was one of Chrysler'shigh-impact colors but
surprisingly, a few buyersordered it in 70 Cuda.
Most stuck with the Hemi Orangeor Limelight, which was the
(21:29):
green color, leaving the purplebruiser only to be the only one
that's bold.
I think that John Hovis got one.
I believe so he does.
When paired with a 426 Hemi oreven a high-compression 440 in
violet gave the Cuda anunmistakable presence.
That is a pretty car.
I'd drive it.
Next one 70, chevelle SS inTuxedo Black, which is paint
(21:51):
code 10.
Tuxedo Black sounds common butit's rarely chosen in 70,
especially on the SS Chevelle.
Gm's bright hues like CranberryRed and Phantom Blue dominated
the dealer lots, while fewerthan one percent of the ss
buyers opted for the deep formalblack.
When paired with an ls6 454 ina cowl induction hood, a black
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on black chevy ss became amenacing presence.
It didn't need stripes or flareto make it a paint.
There you go.
Next one 69 dodgeger in R4bright red with a white top.
Bright red code R4 wasn't rareon its own, but paired with a
white vinyl top and whiteinterior you got a surprisingly
(22:36):
uncommon setup for 69.
Most buyers went with black ortan contrast instead of the high
contrast combo.
Add a 440 Magnum or a Hemi intothe equation and you've got a
charger that's hard to miss.
Next one Michael is a 1970 AMX.
Big Bad Green is what theycalled this Paint code 00.
(22:58):
Amc's Big Bad color lineup wasin-your-face marketing moved on
and a Big Bad Green was by farthe boldest.
Available in special order onlythis radioactive shade was
rarely selected by AMX buyers,with fewer than 100 cars
believed to have actually leftthe factory in this color.
The AMX, with its two-seatlayout a 390 V8, already stood
(23:21):
apart from the pack Painted BigBad Green, it became a statement
car in every sense of the word.
That's nice.
Another favorite of mine is a 66Fairlane GT, ember Glow, code V
.
Ford's Ember Glow was one ofthose mid-60 colors that defines
sort of like a description partcopper, part bronze, part burnt
(23:44):
orange.
It was available on the 66Fairlane GT, rarely seen on
high-performance versions likethe GT 390.
With its 335 horsepower V8,bucket seats and optional GTA
automatic, the Fairlane GT hadsolid muscle car cred, but
painted in ember glow it lookedlike a concept car that slipped
through the production line.
And the last one is my favorite70 Pontiac GTO in what Orbit
(24:09):
Orange, code 5.
Looks yellow 05.
Orbit Orange is hard to missand that's exactly why so few
buyers chose it.
Available in 70, only thescreaming high-letter shade was
meant to grab attention, and itdid Just not in big numbers.
Combine the Orange Orbit withthe Judge package and the Ram
Air all that good stuff andyou've got one of the loudest,
(24:30):
fastest and rarest Pontiacs everbuilt.
It was too much for most buyers, but 1970, who cares?
Collectors are lining up forthem today.
How about that?
Very nice, yeah, good stuff,well done.
All right, thank you, sir.
Well done.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
All right, thank you, sir.
Mr Mars has drivingdestinations this week.
Cool places to cool off forthis summer.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Go for it, and on a day like today I would really
like to go to one of theseplaces.
So one of the things you canlook at, particularly up and
around the hill country, bartonSprings Pool.
Now, this is talking aboutplaces that you can actually go
swimming different pools aroundthe state of Texas.
So Barton Springs is located inZilker Park in Austin.
It's a three-acre natural pool.
(25:11):
It's fed by underground springs, stays 68 to 71 year-round,
which makes it great for summerand you can actually go in the
winter.
It actually will feel warm atcertain times.
So the setting is scenic andserene, but it fills up fast on
weekends, so you've got toarrive a little early if you're
going to go there.
The other one that you can findup there is the Deep Eddy Pool.
(25:32):
Now, this is Texas' oldestman-made swimming pool.
The Deep Eddy is alsospring-fed and it's known for
its clear, cool water and itsrelaxing ambience.
Now, this is near downtownAustin, so it's got swimming
lanes, it's got shallow in forkids, grassy areas for lounging.
It was built in 1915, and itcarries a nostalgic charm and
attracts a quieter crowd thanits neighbor over in Barton
(25:54):
Springs.
Oh boy, from there we go overto Wimberley, where we're going
to find the Blue Hole.
Now.
The Blue Hole is a pristineswimming pool nested amongst
towering cypress trees inWimberley.
It's got emerald-colored waters, iconic rope swings, the
Swimming Hole is spring-fed andmaintaining a cool 75-degree
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temperature.
Now it's surrounded by parks,hiking trails, picnic lanes and
it's got lots of courts.
Got to make some advancereservations for this, because
they limit it to 900 people aday is all that can get in there
.
Geez, wow.
Now you go over to.
From there you go over toHamilton Pool Preserve.
Now this is in Dripping Springs.
Now it's a geological wonderbecause it features a collapsed
(26:38):
grotto with a 50-foot waterfallthat goes into a jade-colored
pool.
This is in Travis County.
Sometimes, because of bacterialevels, swimmers aren't allowed
in, but it's still worth a visit.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Martha, I got this kind of odor to me and I don't
know exactly where it's comingfrom.
You've been in that pool again,yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
And then, if you're looking for something more
park-like, Schlitterbahn over inNew Braunfels, now this is the
water park experience.
It's consistently ranked amongthe best in the world.
Located in New Bronzevillealong the Comal River Comal it
spans over 70 acres.
It's got slides, it's got lazyrivers, kids areas.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Have you ever been there?
Speaker 4 (27:21):
Been there once, but I was not in the water at the
time?
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Did you ever go tubing down the Comal?
Speaker 4 (27:26):
Yes, I did.
Yep, I liked that, butSlitterbond, I was there on a
business trip, so I didn'tactually get to participate in
any of the activities that werethere.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Well, that's too bad yeah.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Yeah, that's kind of what I thought, but it didn't
happen.
They've got lodging.
It's got log cabins.
It's a really nice place.
They have another one down inGalveston.
If you're looking for somethingdown in there, then from there,
crouse Springs.
This is in Spicewood.
This is a family ownedoperation.
(27:57):
It's got 32 natural springsfeeding into man-made and
natural pools.
It's a retreat Again.
It's one of the spring waters.
It stays around 68 degreesFahrenheit year-round.
It's got tent and RV camping.
And then if you're looking forsomething that's a little
further west Texas, then BalmoraState Park.
(28:20):
Now, this is way out in westTexas and I think there's a map
going to come up here and it'sthe largest spring-fed swimming
pool in the state and it'slocated in the desert and it was
built by the CivilianConservation Corps in the 1930s.
The 1.75-acre pool is fed bysprings.
It holds 3.5 million gallons ofwater.
Now, keep in mind that's a lotof water that ranges in
(28:42):
temperatures from 72 to 76.
Keep in mind, that's a lot ofwater that ranges in
temperatures from 72 to 76.
But 15 million gallons of watergo through that place a day.
There's a lot of water goingthrough there in the water flow.
So there's some cool placesthat you can go and cool off
during the summer.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Thank you, sir.
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Speaker 2 (00:09):
Welcome to the avoid-winning.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
In Wheel Time Car Talk Show We've got the founder
of a company that allows remoteoperation of vehicles.
Kind of a scary thing, but gotsomebody you want to jack with
and later Jeff will bring ussome of his car culture rare
colors of muscle cars, and MrMars has driving destinations.
(00:30):
Howdy Along with Mike out ofthis world, mars.
We always need more.
Jeff Zekin, I'm Don Armstrong.
Thanks so much for joining usfor our live broadcast today.
We've been dead at least oncein this program for a few
minutes with Nick Kappa and Iapologize for that, but you know
it never fails when we go onremote and we come back we've
(00:53):
missed a plug, we didn't plugsomething in right, or somebody
kicked something and got us offthe air, which isn't the first
time that's happened.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
We've got a new segment.
Guess what goes wrong.
Next, chime in.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Let us know we won't be able to hear it, because we
won't be on the air.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Meteorites, locusts, I don't know, maybe snakes
coming in a potato famine, whoknows?
So since Mr.
Speaker 4 (01:21):
He's having a little issue getting here, but we're
working on it.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
Okay, so he's having a little issue getting here, but
we're working on it, okay, sohe's, he's working on trying.
Speaker 1 (01:28):
Okay, he's in the area, all right.
Well, as long as they'reworking on it because I was
going to break out the sold carsroundup, I'm gonna get.
I'm gonna get this in, okaywe're gonna do that you want to
do that right now well, uh,let's give it a whirl try it.
Give what a whirl.
Give that a whirl.
Okay, let's give it a whirl.
So I got to find it.
Speaker 3 (01:44):
Hold on it's.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Hemings Sold Cars Roundup.
And the Sold Cars Roundupinclude cars that have been sold
on Hemingscom, and I let theboys kind of guess at what the
car got sold for Bringing itright up, and so the first one
out of the box this morning is a1959 Pontiac Star Chief.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Oh man, look at that.
How gorgeous that is.
Speaker 1 (02:12):
Big, wide whites, the whole nine yards.
I mean this is direct from 1959.
It looks completely stock andrestored.
I like it.
How much do you think somethinglike that monster would cost
you?
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Well, if you bind it by the foot, yeah, yeah, because
I don't would that even fit intoday's garage?
Probably not, but I'm going togo $39,000.
I'm going for it $39,000.
Speaker 1 (02:37):
$39,000.
Mr Mars, what do you think?
Speaker 4 (02:40):
I'm thinking more like $28,000.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
$28,000.
Well, you're getting closer,okay, because that car sold for
$22,365,000.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Well, there you go, I would have overpaid?
Speaker 1 (02:50):
No, but what I'm saying is that that would have
been something right up youralley.
It is.
You'd have to do a lot ofrearranging the garage at your
house.
I'd have to take the door off.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
Or only let the door come downjust above the trunk, as it's
sticking out.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
And on the other side of the wall is, you know, a
family area.
So I have to get rid of that,just for the car.
Speaker 1 (03:14):
Right, all right.
Well, we're going to get backto that.
Okay, we're going to get backto the Soul Cars Roundup,
because we— Okay we got a guest.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
I think that we do have a guest okay uh, mr mars,
you want to introduce the guest,or you want me to?
Uh, I'll let you, because I'mmaking a change right here.
Speaker 1 (03:30):
Okay, he's making a change right here.
I'm trying to.
Speaker 4 (03:32):
I got to get him to unmute what I'm trying to do.
I see.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
So you need to unmute yourself.
And there he is all right, okay, now I can.
Uh, there we go, all right.
So our guest this hour is Mr NLansu, ceo and founder of Elmo
Remote Driving a scary, scarything for us here in Texas, and
(03:56):
we're going to try to understandwhat you have come up with,
because it's a thing called theElmo remote car sharing.
And when I said Elmo, I don'tknow what it actually stands for
, if anything.
But they all said, oh, we'regoing to talk to that blue
cookie monster looking thing orwhatever it is on Sesame Street
(04:17):
called Elmo, and there's nooffense intended here, but you
know, there we just have smallminds we have small minds that
we're going to find out from you, and thank you so much for
joining us.
Where are we speaking to youfrom today?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Hi guys En here and you have a live connection with
Estonia.
Estonia very good.
Yes, if you have a small mind,then we are a small country, one
of the smallest ones in Europe.
And greetings for you at 7 pm.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
At 7 pm in Estonia.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Welcome to our studio .
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Yeah, welcome to our hot studio here.
It's going to be 95 degreeshere in Texas today.
It's going to be 95 degreeshere in Texas today, but anyway,
let's talk about the remotedriving setup.
Why?
Speaker 2 (05:16):
was this necessary to perfect this Good question and
I think you are starting fromthe right beginning.
Why remote driving?
Why not autonomous?
So this is one of the mostpopular questions, what we have
the last five years heard.
I think the answer is obvious.
(05:39):
If we want to find thecomparison with autonomous
technology, then first of all,with all respect, we are great
fans of autonomous technology,but the technology is not there
yet and if you take those or putthose aside, then we always
(06:19):
recommend to our partnersmeaning clients, investors to
think about where do you reallyneed or where the autonomous
technology makes sense in localtransport, like buses, but
during our lifetime.
It doesn't make sense in carrenting.
It doesn't make sense, forexample, in highway safety,
where one of our trucks isoperating in canada, or it
doesn't make sense in yourfuture in the defense sector and
(06:42):
many other sectors.
So it's much easier technology.
It comes with a lower price tagand there are many use cases
where remote driving is feasibleand more reasonable than other
technologies today.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
So we could sit in our home with a monitor and
drive this vehicle down thefreeway.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Exactly.
Wow, this is what, of course,you gave a very extreme example
freeway high speeds but yes,that we have done already the
last three years.
We have been our coretechnology is road legal.
We have been remote driving onpublic roads, in car renting
(07:29):
renting a car and in many othersectors.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Now I know that this is a very serious company and a
very serious business, but all Ican think of is that I could
get a car and say is that Icould get a car and say, mike,
I've got a car for you to drivethis week, without any knowledge
that he is going to be under mycommand and I can take the
controls from him, and I candrive that car as fast or as
(07:57):
slow as I want to on the freewayand get him 90 miles from where
we are today and he would go,he would be frightened to death,
knowing that I was driving himin a car.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
I don't know if it works that way, Don.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
It probably doesn't work that way, but that's where
my sick mind goes.
All right, so give me anexample of somebody that would
use a vehicle that was remotelydriven of somebody that would
use a vehicle that was remotelydriven.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
I think the practical experience is.
Practical services where we areare the best examples Car
rental If you rent a car today,you have to go and pick the car
yourself, but with ourtechnology the car is remotely
controlled in into your doorstep.
You still sit behind thesteering wheel, you will make
(08:56):
your ride, you will go to thebeach, you will go to the forest
, you don't want to rent itanymore.
You will end the session andthen our technology, or our
service or our teletriver takescontrol over it and teletrives
that to our next client'sdoorstep, that's pretty cool.
Speaker 1 (09:15):
It's very cool what I envision.
This would be a perfecttechnology for the military, so
you wouldn't risk a life, but Icould get you know ammunition.
I could get bombs from point Ato point B without a human being
driving it, except he would becould be thousands of miles away
.
He could be on the other sideof the Earth.
Speaker 2 (09:37):
This is, by the way, also what we are doing or what
our technology is already doing.
Cannot share a lot about thatuse case, but I can say you that
we are also war-proven andactively used in some of the hot
zones.
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I see another way that this could be done in an
industry of, say, like mining orforestry, where you've got a
mine and you have these bigtrucks that you know, hundreds
of thousands of capacity fordirt and things doing that,
doing it remotely, to go throughthe mines and down into the
structures, to not have thathuman interaction but be safer
(10:16):
that way.
That's what I see it.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Let me ask you this Speaking of human interaction,
are there actual live driversdriving it remotely?
Yes, yes.
Speaker 2 (10:27):
I want that job.
I think that's the coredifference with other
technologies.
There is always a driver,hazard situations and in mining
(10:57):
or we talked about in military,that is already used.
But I would like to also giveone of the examples.
We are right now also inoperations in taxi remote
controlled taxi.
So first, it doesn't make sensewhy.
(11:17):
But imagine, or probably youknow, that the weakest point in
taxi sector is you lackmotivated and reasonable drivers
drivers.
But if you can do driving froma very far distance, then you
(11:38):
basically have an unlimitednumber of potential drivers who
can be your workers, customers,drivers of the taxi.
And in addition to that you canplay with salary arbitrage.
You're right now in the States.
Probably the salary in one ofyour neighbor countries is a
(12:01):
little bit lower, so that's alsowhat we are doing right now.
Speaker 4 (12:07):
Interesting.
I'm kind of fascinated by it.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
Well, I am too my mind is going about a thousand
miles an hour.
Speaker 3 (12:14):
The applications you could use for it?
Speaker 4 (12:16):
yeah, yeah, yeah.
So there's a remote driver andin the case of the example, you
were talking about renting a car.
So the remote driver isinvolved to get the car to you.
He steps out of the way youdrive it until you're through
with it, right, and then yougive it back and he picks it up
again, takes over and to returnit.
So is that kind of so with theand I guess with the taxi, then
(12:37):
the driver's there all the timeexactly so you could actually
run that taxi 24 hours a daywhat about fueling uh?
Speaker 3 (12:46):
so the mike rents the car, he turns it in and the
remote uh driver picks up thatvehicle.
How do they know?
Is there technology built inNow my car?
I can look at an app and saywhen's the next oil change, the
oil levels, the gas, all thattire pressures.
Is that part of the technologythat the remote driver has.
Speaker 2 (13:07):
Yes, we are even controlling rear window heating.
Oh wow, yes, we have all thesystem.
What the driver needs, he orshe can see that on the remote
driver's desk.
So, yes, that information isavailable, but I think it's more
.
What you just wanted to clarifyis if the tank or the it's
(13:32):
running out of gasoline, sowho's going to fill it up?
That, I think, is maybe theweakest point, but luckily in
some countries like the US, ifthe car is teledriven into the
gas station, then in many gasstations there's someone who's
going to do the job.
Speaker 4 (13:55):
The old full service?
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (13:58):
Either that, or if you had a fleet of these things,
you would probably have yourown fueling station.
For instance, if it were a rentcar at the airport let's say
the airport place that you'vekept these vehicles it would
have its own fueling station, sowhen it came back it would have
a place to get gas.
Speaker 4 (14:18):
So we're saying that these are we're talking like
gasoline motors.
Are these electric vehicles orgasoline motors?
Speaker 2 (14:25):
For us it doesn't matter.
We are vehicle agnostic.
We have retrofitted ourtechnology to both of the cars
gasoline, electric ones.
So for us, the only thing whatwe try to avoid is manual
gearbox, because then we need arobot hand.
But all other things to controlthe car we are capable of
(14:51):
retrofitting, but now we arejust focusing on the gasoline.
This is how to solve it.
It's not a technical question.
Speaker 4 (14:57):
Yeah, I got a question.
Yeah, a question came in fromone of our Internet viewers.
So, for example, a senior notto look at Don much, but a
senior that's at home, theydon't have a car, but they need
to go to the doctor.
That's at home, they don't havea car, but they need to go to
the doctor.
Is that kind of like?
Can they get a remote?
Speaker 2 (15:22):
car to come to them and get them, take them to the
doctor and then bring them home.
Yes, of course.
Of course there is.
If we just focus on the service, then technology is just making
something with the service.
But yes, yes, if we need totake the senior to the hospital,
it's doable.
But I will a little bit alsoplay it around if there is a
(15:45):
human with their wheelchair,then they can also be teledriver
.
That's also another positiveside of our technology.
So, yes, transporting a seniorto the hospital, this is a
no-brainer.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
I understand.
Speaker 3 (16:01):
I'm sorry, I was going to say how much are these?
What does it cost to beinvolved in this, either for the
driver or to own one?
Speaker 2 (16:09):
I'm confident that you have a lot of our potential
clients, your listeners, soroughly, the thumb rule is that
it is in the range of 10% of thecar's value.
So if the car is, let's say,$40,000, then we are
retrofitting the car in therange of 4,000 euros, $4,000.
Speaker 1 (16:33):
Yes, but so affordable?
I wanted to ask you one otherthing, and I noticed in this bio
here that it's already in useand road legal and operating in
your country of Estonia.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Exactly, we are road legal.
We are also.
Elmo is the first company inthe world whose road legal
technology is already inactivelyused.
It's used since 2022.
So we have three years ofexperience from car sharing.
We have experience from roadsafety sector.
(17:11):
We have experienced clientsfrom the safety sector, we have
experienced clients from defensesector and now also we are in
operations providing ourtechnology and service for one
taxi company.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
Wow, absolutely, stunningly.
Yeah, it's brilliant.
And so for our listeners, ourviewers, listeners, our viewers.
Elmoremotecom.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
We can find out all about this Exactly.
Speaker 3 (17:43):
And for our female viewers.
They can write love letters toAnne.
Speaker 2 (17:47):
Whereabouts in.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
Estonia, are you Capital, tallinn?
Oh, so you're across the waterfrom Helsinki?
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Yes, oh, very good.
More the water from Helsinki?
Yes, exactly, modern.
Welcome to visit us.
We are a tech-savvy country.
A lot of robots have been yearsalready on public roads and I'm
proud to be from Estonia andconquering the world with our
technology.
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Well, anne, it's a real honor and a pleasure, and
what an education for you tojoin us this morning.
We really do appreciate it.
Let's be back in touch againsoon and get an update on how
things are going with you.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
Super Guys, thank you , thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Thank you, dan Lansun , from Estonia, talking to us.
Very interesting yeah, amazing.
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Time now for Jeff's Car CultureRare muscle car colors.
Speaker 3 (20:26):
You betcha.
And here we go.
First one out of the box.
Now, we've all seen thesecolors.
You don't know what codes theyare, but here we go.
1970, plymouth Duster.
We call this the Pink Panther,the 1970 Plymouth Duster and
factory Pink Panther.
Pink code FM3.
Speaker 1 (20:46):
Hey everybody, look at my car.
Speaker 3 (20:48):
Wondering what the code is Is one of the rarest,
most eye-catching combinationsto leave a Chrysler plant.
While the Duster was designatedas affordable, compact muscle
car, ordering it in Pink Pantherturned into a bold statement
piece.
The color was part of Mopar'shigh-impact paint lineup and
officially only offered it forthe short time in 1970.
(21:09):
The next one on the block is a70 Plymouth Cuda who figured In
violet code FC7.
Now in violet, also known aswhat Plum Crazy over a Dodge.
It was one of Chrysler'shigh-impact colors but
surprisingly, a few buyersordered it in 70 Cuda.
Most stuck with the Hemi Orangeor Limelight, which was the
(21:29):
green color, leaving the purplebruiser only to be the only one
that's bold.
I think that John Hovis got one.
I believe so he does.
When paired with a 426 Hemi oreven a high-compression 440 in
violet gave the Cuda anunmistakable presence.
That is a pretty car.
I'd drive it.
Next one 70, chevelle SS inTuxedo Black, which is paint
(21:51):
code 10.
Tuxedo Black sounds common butit's rarely chosen in 70,
especially on the SS Chevelle.
Gm's bright hues like CranberryRed and Phantom Blue dominated
the dealer lots, while fewerthan one percent of the ss
buyers opted for the deep formalblack.
When paired with an ls6 454 ina cowl induction hood, a black
(22:14):
on black chevy ss became amenacing presence.
It didn't need stripes or flareto make it a paint.
There you go.
Next one 69 dodgeger in R4bright red with a white top.
Bright red code R4 wasn't rareon its own, but paired with a
white vinyl top and whiteinterior you got a surprisingly
(22:36):
uncommon setup for 69.
Most buyers went with black ortan contrast instead of the high
contrast combo.
Add a 440 Magnum or a Hemi intothe equation and you've got a
charger that's hard to miss.
Next one Michael is a 1970 AMX.
Big Bad Green is what theycalled this Paint code 00.
(22:58):
Amc's Big Bad color lineup wasin-your-face marketing moved on
and a Big Bad Green was by farthe boldest.
Available in special order onlythis radioactive shade was
rarely selected by AMX buyers,with fewer than 100 cars
believed to have actually leftthe factory in this color.
The AMX, with its two-seatlayout a 390 V8, already stood
(23:21):
apart from the pack Painted BigBad Green, it became a statement
car in every sense of the word.
That's nice.
Another favorite of mine is a 66Fairlane GT, ember Glow, code V
.
Ford's Ember Glow was one ofthose mid-60 colors that defines
sort of like a description partcopper, part bronze, part burnt
(23:44):
orange.
It was available on the 66Fairlane GT, rarely seen on
high-performance versions likethe GT 390.
With its 335 horsepower V8,bucket seats and optional GTA
automatic, the Fairlane GT hadsolid muscle car cred, but
painted in ember glow it lookedlike a concept car that slipped
through the production line.
And the last one is my favorite70 Pontiac GTO in what Orbit
(24:09):
Orange, code 5.
Looks yellow 05.
Orbit Orange is hard to missand that's exactly why so few
buyers chose it.
Available in 70, only thescreaming high-letter shade was
meant to grab attention, and itdid Just not in big numbers.
Combine the Orange Orbit withthe Judge package and the Ram
Air all that good stuff andyou've got one of the loudest,
(24:30):
fastest and rarest Pontiacs everbuilt.
It was too much for most buyers, but 1970, who cares?
Collectors are lining up forthem today.
How about that?
Very nice, yeah, good stuff,well done.
All right, thank you, sir.
Well done.
Speaker 1 (24:42):
All right, thank you, sir.
Mr Mars has drivingdestinations this week.
Cool places to cool off forthis summer.
Speaker 4 (24:50):
Go for it, and on a day like today I would really
like to go to one of theseplaces.
So one of the things you canlook at, particularly up and
around the hill country, bartonSprings Pool.
Now, this is talking aboutplaces that you can actually go
swimming different pools aroundthe state of Texas.
So Barton Springs is located inZilker Park in Austin.
It's a three-acre natural pool.
(25:11):
It's fed by underground springs, stays 68 to 71 year-round,
which makes it great for summerand you can actually go in the
winter.
It actually will feel warm atcertain times.
So the setting is scenic andserene, but it fills up fast on
weekends, so you've got toarrive a little early if you're
going to go there.
The other one that you can findup there is the Deep Eddy Pool.
(25:32):
Now, this is Texas' oldestman-made swimming pool.
The Deep Eddy is alsospring-fed and it's known for
its clear, cool water and itsrelaxing ambience.
Now, this is near downtownAustin, so it's got swimming
lanes, it's got shallow in forkids, grassy areas for lounging.
It was built in 1915, and itcarries a nostalgic charm and
attracts a quieter crowd thanits neighbor over in Barton
(25:54):
Springs.
Oh boy, from there we go overto Wimberley, where we're going
to find the Blue Hole.
Now.
The Blue Hole is a pristineswimming pool nested amongst
towering cypress trees inWimberley.
It's got emerald-colored waters, iconic rope swings, the
Swimming Hole is spring-fed andmaintaining a cool 75-degree
(26:15):
temperature.
Now it's surrounded by parks,hiking trails, picnic lanes and
it's got lots of courts.
Got to make some advancereservations for this, because
they limit it to 900 people aday is all that can get in there
.
Geez, wow.
Now you go over to.
From there you go over toHamilton Pool Preserve.
Now this is in Dripping Springs.
Now it's a geological wonderbecause it features a collapsed
(26:38):
grotto with a 50-foot waterfallthat goes into a jade-colored
pool.
This is in Travis County.
Sometimes, because of bacterialevels, swimmers aren't allowed
in, but it's still worth a visit.
Speaker 1 (26:54):
Martha, I got this kind of odor to me and I don't
know exactly where it's comingfrom.
You've been in that pool again,yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4 (27:01):
And then, if you're looking for something more
park-like, Schlitterbahn over inNew Braunfels, now this is the
water park experience.
It's consistently ranked amongthe best in the world.
Located in New Bronzevillealong the Comal River Comal it
spans over 70 acres.
It's got slides, it's got lazyrivers, kids areas.
Speaker 1 (27:20):
Have you ever been there?
Speaker 4 (27:21):
Been there once, but I was not in the water at the
time?
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Did you ever go tubing down the Comal?
Speaker 4 (27:26):
Yes, I did.
Yep, I liked that, butSlitterbond, I was there on a
business trip, so I didn'tactually get to participate in
any of the activities that werethere.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
Well, that's too bad yeah.
Speaker 4 (27:36):
Yeah, that's kind of what I thought, but it didn't
happen.
They've got lodging.
It's got log cabins.
It's a really nice place.
They have another one down inGalveston.
If you're looking for somethingdown in there, then from there,
crouse Springs.
This is in Spicewood.
This is a family ownedoperation.
(27:57):
It's got 32 natural springsfeeding into man-made and
natural pools.
It's a retreat Again.
It's one of the spring waters.
It stays around 68 degreesFahrenheit year-round.
It's got tent and RV camping.
And then if you're looking forsomething that's a little
further west Texas, then BalmoraState Park.
(28:20):
Now, this is way out in westTexas and I think there's a map
going to come up here and it'sthe largest spring-fed swimming
pool in the state and it'slocated in the desert and it was
built by the CivilianConservation Corps in the 1930s.
The 1.75-acre pool is fed bysprings.
It holds 3.5 million gallons ofwater.
Now, keep in mind that's a lotof water that ranges in
(28:42):
temperatures from 72 to 76.
Keep in mind, that's a lot ofwater that ranges in
temperatures from 72 to 76.
But 15 million gallons of watergo through that place a day.
There's a lot of water goingthrough there in the water flow.
So there's some cool placesthat you can go and cool off
during the summer.
Speaker 1 (28:57):
Thank you, sir.
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