/ The company’s autonomous vehicles are using visual cues, recorded audio messages, and, most recently, LED displays on its roof dome to communicate intent to other road users. By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily… Continue reading How will driverless cars ‘talk’ to pedestrians? Waymo has a few ideas
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Waymo and Cruise: Same city, different conditions
from David Fluhr · October 10, 2023 Cruise autonomous car Source: Cruise Despite protests against robotaxis, Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is expanding its service area in San Francisco. Meanwhile, competitor Cruise is struggling with accidents and other incidents. San Francisco’s passengers Waymo vehicles now have access to the robotaxi service, although the company had… Continue reading Waymo and Cruise: Same city, different conditions
Waymo’s robotaxi service is now available to tens of thousands of people in San Francisco
/ The company needs more paying customers as it seeks to increase revenue so it can afford to expand to new cities like Los Angeles. By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City… Continue reading Waymo’s robotaxi service is now available to tens of thousands of people in San Francisco
Waymo expands in San Francisco while Cruise feels the heat
Alphabet subsidiary Waymo is expanding its service area in San Francisco despite protests against robotaxis, while rival Cruise grapples with crashes and other incidents. Waymo riders can now access the service across the vast majority of SF, Waymo announced on Monday on social media site X. The company had limited rides in many of the… Continue reading Waymo expands in San Francisco while Cruise feels the heat
Zeekr’s Waymo robotaxi will soon be tested in the USA
The collaboration between Waymo and Geely to develop robotaxis for the US market is showing concrete progress after almost two years. [embedded content] As US media found out, searches Zeekr, made by the Chinese automobile giant Geely founded electric car project, a logistics manager in the USA. The company confirmed that the selected candidate would… Continue reading Zeekr’s Waymo robotaxi will soon be tested in the USA
Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi poised for US testing by end of 2023
Nearly two years after Waymo and Geely struck a deal to develop robotaxis for the U.S. market, we are seeing concrete progress in the collaboration. According to a job post posted on LinkedIn, Zeekr, the young electric car brand started by Chinese auto giant Geely, is hiring a logistics manager in the U.S. A spokesperson for… Continue reading Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi poised for US testing by end of 2023
We tested Waymo’s driverless taxi in the perfect chaos of Venice Beach weekend
Waymo’s completely driverless taxi is coming to Los Angeles, and will be open to the public starting this week. We got an advance ride in these self-driving electric cars and got a sense of what this level 4 system can do in one of the more chaotic driving situations in a city full of chaotic… Continue reading We tested Waymo’s driverless taxi in the perfect chaos of Venice Beach weekend
Robot car ran over accident victims?
The San Francisco Police Department is investigating an Oct. 2 incident in which a woman became stuck under a cruise robotaxi after being struck by a human-driven vehicle. One of Cruise Recorded video shows a robotaxi braking and then driving over a pedestrian. The woman was lying on the road after a collision with a… Continue reading Robot car ran over accident victims?
North American Class 4-8 Autonomous Retrofitment Aftermarket Report 2023-2025 & 2032: Opportunities Emerging in Installations and After-Sales Services, Subscriptions, and Insurance
DUBLIN, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The “2023 Category Management – Class 4-8 North American Autonomous Retrofitment Aftermarket” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This research on the class 4-8 autonomous retrofitment aftermarket in North America forecasts market size from 2025 to 2032. Forecasts are derived from usage patterns, regulations, replacement rate, new truck sales,… Continue reading North American Class 4-8 Autonomous Retrofitment Aftermarket Report 2023-2025 & 2032: Opportunities Emerging in Installations and After-Sales Services, Subscriptions, and Insurance
San Francisco woman trapped under autonomous Cruise vehicle after being struck in hit and run
A woman crossing a normally busy stretch of downtown San Francisco suffered serious injuries Monday night after a hit-and-run driver struck her, throwing her into the path of an oncoming driverless Cruise car, which then ran her over, according to video recorded by the autonomous vehicle that Cruise showed to the NBC Bay Area Investigative… Continue reading San Francisco woman trapped under autonomous Cruise vehicle after being struck in hit and run