Waymo and Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, partnered in 2022 to advance risk assessment methodologies and approaches to evaluating safety of autonomous vehicles. Today, we’re sharing new research led by Swiss Re which shows Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are significantly safer than those driven by humans. In the over 3.8 million miles… Continue reading Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are significantly safer than human-driven ones, says new research led by Swiss Re
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Waymo is using insurance data about self-driving cars to bolster its safety case
/ The Alphabet-owned company says its driverless vehicles reduce the frequency of personal injury and property damage claims when compared to human drivers. 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 & State.… Continue reading Waymo is using insurance data about self-driving cars to bolster its safety case
Protestors rally at Cruise HQ in San Francisco
Protestors gathered Monday outside Cruise’s headquarters in San Francisco after reports of one of its robotaxis blocking an ambulance with a patient on board who later died. The incident, which the San Francisco Fire Department reported last week, happened on August 14, when a driver hit a pedestrian in the city around 11 p.m. The… Continue reading Protestors rally at Cruise HQ in San Francisco
Autonomous car blocked life-saving: one dead
A man died in a car accident in San Francisco. The ambulance was blocked by a Cruise robotic taxi. The accident happened in mid-August. On the night of that day, a pedestrian was struck by a human-driven vehicle san francisco approached. Authorities blamed self-driving vehicles in part for the pedestrian’s death. After the pedestrian was… Continue reading Autonomous car blocked life-saving: one dead
Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance and Patient Later Died, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says
Two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a critically injured patient who later died at a hospital, a San Francisco Fire Department report said, in another incident involving self-driving cars in the city. On Aug. 14, two Cruise autonomous vehicles were stopped in the right two lanes of a four-lane, one-way street in the… Continue reading Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance and Patient Later Died, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says
Cruise disputes claim that its autonomous vehicle delayed first responders
A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Heather Somerville | Reuters The company Cruise is pushing back against an accusation from the San Francisco Fire Department, which claims that one of the company’s autonomous vehicles delayed an ambulance after a deadly accident. … Continue reading Cruise disputes claim that its autonomous vehicle delayed first responders
Autonomous driving and the problems of age and skin color
New research shows driverless car software is significantly more accurate in adults and Caucasians than in children and Caucasians. Autonomous car systems have a bias problem, according to a new study from Kings College London. The study examined eight AI-powered pedestrian detection systems used for autonomous vehicle research. The researchers ran more than 8,000 images… Continue reading Autonomous driving and the problems of age and skin color
How an orange cone has become the symbol of opposition to the robotaxi in California
A select group of protestors in the San Francisco Bay area are demobilizing robotaxi EVs operated by companies like Waymo and Cruise by placing orange construction cones over their sensors. While opposition to this technology has been present in small doses for years, the resistance against autonomous vehicles has recently gotten more press following a… Continue reading How an orange cone has become the symbol of opposition to the robotaxi in California
The CBSA gives tips for a smoother trip this Labour Day long weekend
OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) reminds travellers that the Labour Day long weekend can be extra busy at the border as Canada welcomes many international students, returning residents and travellers enjoying the last official long weekend of summer. Across the country, CBSA front line employees are keeping… Continue reading The CBSA gives tips for a smoother trip this Labour Day long weekend
Cruise is bringing its robotaxis to Seattle and Washington, DC
Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, said Monday it has begun manual data collection in Seattle and Washington, DC, the first step toward launching commercial services in the cities. Data collection involves manually driving a robotaxi around to grab information on the local driving environment and climate. The next step will be mapping the… Continue reading Cruise is bringing its robotaxis to Seattle and Washington, DC