[XnoiVeX]

The author lost credibility due to his bio: I worked on Google's car team in its early years and am an advisor and/or investor for car OEMs and many of the top startups in robocars, sensors, delivery robots and even some flying cars. Plus AR/VR and software.

[sokoloff]

That means he has a possible conflict of interest, but a possible conflict of interest does not, by itself, destroy credibility. Credibility is lost when you say something that's wrong, not when you have a possible conflict.

[dev_tty01]

Oh no, he has actual experience in the field he is commenting on! This means he knows a lot more about this topic than most of us.