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The news media has expended considerable effort researching and publishing information about the robotaxi business. This channel highlights some of the important articles.

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48 Hills – The environmental case against robotaxis

Sue Vaughan
08/6/23
Rev 01/13/24

See original article by Sue Vaughan on 48 Hills. They will further damage public transit—and they’re no help to people with disabilities. On August 7 and August 10, the five members of the California Public Utilities Commission will take up the proposal to permit an unlimited number of autonomous Cruise…

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SF Standard – We Spoke to One of the Activists ‘Coning’ Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis in San Francisco

News Republisher
07/7/23
Rev 12/31/23

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.

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ABC 7 News – Journalist documents wild ride inside Waymo self-driving car in SF

News Republisher
06/29/23
Rev 10/2/24

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.

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TechCrunch – Waymo retires its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan

News Republisher
03/30/23
Rev 02/24/24

Useful history on Waymo vehicles

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dazeen – MIT study finds huge carbon cost to self-driving cars

News Republisher
01/31/23
Rev 11/24/24

dazeen reports on how autonomous vehicles require a large amount of energy just for all the computer processing required

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Advocates And Opposition Agree That Full Self-Driving Will At Some Point Randomly Try To Kill You

Dawn Project
11/28/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com Oh, and Tesla just released it to everyone in North America. With no fanfare, in the middle of the night before Thanksgiving day, when he knew journalists would be on holiday for the next four days, Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla’s Full…

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Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Software Will Repeatedly Hit A Child Mannequin In A Stroller

Dawn Project
11/26/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will hit a child mannequin in a stroller. The safety tests were conducted in a public parking lot by The Dawn Project in Santa Barbara, California in October 2022, using the…

News, Safety, Tesla

Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Software Will Drive Around Stopped School Buses With Their Stop Sign Arm Extended And Lights Flashing

Dawn Project
11/19/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will repeatedly drive around stopped school buses with their stop sign arm extended and lights flashing, and fails to obey school zone speed limits. The safety tests were conducted on public…

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New Dawn Project Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Fails To Obey ‘Road Closed’ And ‘Do Not Enter’ Signs

Dawn Project
11/11/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving does not obey ‘Road Closed’ and ‘Do Not Enter’ signs, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly ignores these important road safety signs. The safety tests were…

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New Dawn Project Safety Tests Reveal Tesla FSD Still Runs Down Child-Sized Mannequins

Dawn Project
11/5/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal the dangers Tesla Full Self-Driving poses to child pedestrians, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly runs down child-sized mannequins in its path. The safety tests were conducted in Goleta, California…

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TechCrunch – Ford takes $2.7B hit on Argo shutdown, shifts its bet to driver assist tech

News Republisher
10/26/22
Rev 02/28/24

Ford shut down Argo, their autonomous vehicle division. They took a $2.7B impairment on their Argo stake, resulting in a quarterly loss.

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Bloomberg – Tesla Autopilot Stirs U.S. Alarm as ‘Disaster Waiting to Happen’

News Republisher
04/18/22
Rev 03/26/24

Bloomberg reports on the dangers of Tesla Auto Pilot. Includes information on crashes where there were fatalities, and the resulting federal investigations.

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SF Standard – Willie Brown, Former SF Mayor, Cruises Around Town in a Driverless Car

News Republisher
03/8/22
Rev 01/2/24

Article from SF Standard by Michaela Necille. Announces the commercial for Cruise that former Mayor Willie Brown, the consummate political insider, was paid for.

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Autonomous Vehicle Myths: The Dirty Dozen

News Republisher
10/22/21
Rev 01/11/24

Philip Koopman, associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University, is an important leader in the safety of autonomous vehicles. His extensive writings at Safe Autonomy are a must read. This article is on the many myths that AV companies have been using to promote their vehicles.

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General Motors, 1956 – Key to the Future

Michael Smith
01/2/56
Rev 01/2/24

A great film from the 1956 GM Motorama Exhibit that shows how we will have driverless cars, and lots of other Futurama, in 1976! And with some great music that you can sing along to.