Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Houston Chron reports on how a group of passengers were trapped when their Waymo had a nervous fit and stopped on a high speed road and wouldn't let them out. Finally, when they explained that they were streaming on Tik-tok the remote human supervisor let them out.
SF Standard reports that Mayor Lurie has opened up a can of worms with his proposal to allow Waymos on the transit only portion of Market Street.
SF Standard reports that San Francisco Mayor Lurie giving Waymo access to transit-only portion of Market Street is uniting many groups in opposition. It is especially galling that this is occurring at the same time Lurie is causing major cuts to public transit on Market Street.
SF Examiner reports that Waymo might look to expand onto additional streets of San Francisco that are currently for transit only.
electrek reports that contrary to Elon Musk's claims, the Tesla hardware is simply not capable of handling true autonomous driving.
TechCrunch reports that another autonomous trucking company, Kodiak Robotics, is taking the financially dubious track of obtaining funding via a SPAC. This means that the company will completely fall apart within 2 years.
