Robotaxi pushback grows in Los Angeles as Cruise loses permits

Less than a month after Waymo’s Los Angeles County expansion, labor organizers and an LA lawmaker are calling for new autonomous-vehicle regulations. On Tuesday, the office of LA Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez said he will introduce a motion “urging officials in the state to address public safety concerns around autonomous vehicles and reign in the expansion … Read more

California DMV suspends Cruise’s self-driving car permits

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 California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday suspended Cruise’s deployment and testing permits for its autonomous vehicles, effective immediately. The news follows a barrage of safety concerns and incidents since … Read more

SpaceX is testing a “flame deflector” for Starship with out permits

BOCA CHICA, TX – SEPTEMBER 28: A gated entrance by a prototype of SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft is seen on the firm’s Texas launch facility on September 28, 2019 in Boca Chica close to Brownsville, Texas. The Starship spacecraft is a large automobile meant to take folks to the Moon, Mars, and past. (Photograph by Loren … Read more