Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Article from SFGATE by Joshua Bote. Important because it confirms that former Mayor Willie Brown spoke out in favor of cruise because he has been a paid lobbyist for Cruise, since 2020!
Article from the SF Standard by Kevin Truong. An interview with SafeStreetRebel to learn about the practice of “coning” robotaxis. Covers how it started, and why.
ABC 7 reporter goes on a wild ride in a Waymo. It stops at a green light on a busy road. Then gets lost and tries to drop off passenger 5 minutes away from their destination. The subsequent try was no better. The journalist wishes that there was a driver to talk to in order to actually get to where they wanted to go.
Useful history on Waymo vehicles
dazeen reports on how autonomous vehicles require a large amount of energy just for all the computer processing required
Ford shut down Argo, their autonomous vehicle division. They took a $2.7B impairment on their Argo stake, resulting in a quarterly loss.
