Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
See full original article in the SF Chronicle by Ricardo Cano Autonomous ride-hailing in San Francisco surged dramatically last year after state regulators granted Cruise and Waymo’s unrestricted expansion in the city as more people tried riding in self-driving cars, most of them gravitating toward Waymo taxis. Waymo accounted for more than 80% of the…
A truly informative and fun video on the complexities and problems of personal autonomous vehicles, with an emphasis on Tesla FSD.
Article in Bloomberg on Tesla’s large recall in China due to problems with “AutoPilot”.
Article in Reuters by David Shepardson. Covers how Cruise is offering to settle for lying to the CPUC for $75k, when they are actually liable for $1.5m.
Article in SF Standard by Joshua Bote. Covers how robotaxis currently immune to traffic tickets, like red light running, but how state legislator Phil Ting is looking at fixing that loophole.
See full original article by Brad Templeton at Forbes. In the wake of the recent tumultuous period for General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi unit, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigeieg recently declared, “We’re going to do everything we can with the authorities we do have, which are not trivial,” to ensure self-driving vehicles…
