The co-founder of Cruise, Kyle Vogt, resigned from his duties as CEO, CTO, and President on Sunday night, following a month of turbulence for General Motors’ self-driving car subsidiary. Vogt exits the startup he launched in his garage 10 years ago, just weeks after Cruise recalled 950 robotaxis after one of them dragged a pedestrian … Read more
Things just keep getting worse for Cruise, the troubled robotaxi company that once dreamed of being a leader in the autonomous driving industry. Only a month after a violent collision forced the company to ground all of its fleets nationwide, multiple news outlets have reported that the company’s “self driving” cars are…well…not actually driving themselves, … Read more
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A hit-and-run in San Francisco last night “launched” a pedestrian in front of a Cruise robotaxi, the company said Tuesday. The robotaxi “braked aggressively to minimize impact,” while the driver of the other vehicle fled the scene. The condition of the struck pedestrian is unknown at this time. The crash was the latest in San … Read more
California right now cleared all-day paid robotaxi service in San Francisco—with limitless fleets of self-driving vehicles. Quickly, anybody within the metropolis would possibly be capable of hail a driverless automobile with a couple of faucets of a telephone. And San Francisco cab and ride-hail drivers could have new, automated competitors. The three-1 vote by the … Read more
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Waymo and Cruise have been authorized to function their robotaxi companies 24/7 in San Francisco after a contentious six-hour public listening to during which residents voiced their help and opposition to the autos. It’s an enormous win for autonomous car operators, who’ve spent tens of billions on the expertise with little or no return. The … Read more
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Amazon subsidiary Zoox has begun testing its purpose-built, electrical, autonomous robotaxis on public streets in Las Vegas, the corporate introduced Tuesday. Zoox says this marks the primary time that an autonomous automobile constructed with out pedals or a steering wheel has operated on public roads in Nevada. Zoox is beginning small with a one-mile loop … Read more
Welcome again to The Station, your central hub for all previous, current and future technique of shifting folks and packages from Level A to Level B. I’m turning the wheel over to Rebecca Bellan subsequent week, and she or he’s largely steering issues this week (I had so as to add a couple of of … Read more