San Francisco has formally asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to rehear its August hearing to expand cruise and Waymo robotaxi permits. The CPUC allowed both companies, Cruise and Waymo, to expand their commercial operations in the city around the clock. This was achieved amid protests from the city, which is still trying to… Continue reading San Francisco is fighting back against robot taxis
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – General Motors’ (GM.N) robotaxi unit Cruise on Thursday unveiled a self-driving vehicle that is accessible to people with disabilities even as it waits for a key regulatory approval to build and deploy vehicles without human controls. The wheelchair-accessible vehicle called Cruise WAV is based on its Origin driverless vehicle… Continue reading article with gallery
San Francisco requests redo on Cruise, Waymo robotaxi expansion hearing
San Francisco has formally requested state regulators redo an August hearing that expanded robotaxi permits for Cruise and Waymo, giving both companies permission to widen commercial operations throughout the city 24/7. The contentious decision was met with much opposition as city agencies and residents questioned the far-reaching impact of the expansions. The permits provide no… Continue reading San Francisco requests redo on Cruise, Waymo robotaxi expansion hearing
Swiss Re study: Waymo driver is safe
A study by Swiss Re shows Waymo autonomous cars are safer than human-driven vehicles. The study is based on databases of car crash claims and compares autonomous and human drivers. While Waymo’s 3.8 million miles of autonomous driving recorded no bodily injury claims, the figure for human-controlled vehicles was 1.11 damage per million miles. In… Continue reading Swiss Re study: Waymo driver is safe
General Motors will use a Google AI chatbot for its OnStar service
Google and General Motors – They are actually competitors, at least in parts, but they cooperate: on AI. The Startup of General Motors is Cruise, which regarding autonomous driving with the Google sister Waymo is in competition. Both are developing robotic taxis whose core component is AI. But the interior of the vehicle currently looks… Continue reading General Motors will use a Google AI chatbot for its OnStar service
Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are significantly safer than human-driven ones, says new research led by Swiss Re
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
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