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$$$, Cruise, News, Waymo

NPR – Driverless car startup Cruise’s no good, terrible year

Article from NPR.org by Dara Kerr on what a horrible, and self inflicted year, 2023 was for Cruise. Also covers how the problems of Cruise might also effect Waymo.

News Republisher
12/30/23
Rev 12/31/23

News, Safety

NBC News – Driverless cars immune from traffic tickets in California under current laws

Article from NBC News by Bigad Shaban and Michael Bott. Covers how robotaxis do indeed sometimes violate traffic laws, but how in California they cannot be ticketed. Also covers safety in general.

News Republisher
12/30/23
Rev 01/2/24

$$$, News

TechCrunch – Facing roadblocks, China’s robotaxi darlings apply the brakes

Article from TechCrunch by Rita Liao. Losses push China's self-driving upstarts to seek new revenue streams.

News Republisher
12/29/23
Rev 12/31/23

$$$, Cruise, News

SF Standard – Cruise Imploded in 2023. Can the Robotaxi Industry Recover in the New Year?

Article from the SF Standard by Joshua Bote. Reviews the high and low points of what happened to Cruise in 2023, and speculates on what might happen to them in the future.

News Republisher
12/29/23
Rev 12/31/23

$$$, Cruise

GM $120M Lawsuit against San Francisco

In a clear sign that GM and Cruise have given up on trying to succeed in San Francisco, they have filed a lawsuit to attempt to law back taxes paid to the city back to 2016.

Michael Smith
12/28/23
Rev 12/29/23

$$$, Cruise, News

Forbes – Robocar 2023 In Review: The Fall Of Cruise

Article from Forbes by Brad Templeton. A very in depth review of what happened in 2023 with respect to robotaxis, with a concentration on the problems of Cruise. Includes ideas on what might happen in the future.

News Republisher
12/28/23
Rev 12/31/23

Disability, Waymo

Waymo providing truly accessible service, for now

Waymo appears to be trying to provide appropriate service for those with disabilities. They provide a genuine human driver and a true accessible vehicle. Service animals of course welcomed.

Michael Smith
12/26/23
Rev 02/28/24

$$$, Cruise, News, Waymo

SF Examiner – Why 2023 was a such bumpy ride for self-driving cars in The City

Article from SF Examiner by Greg Wong on what a crazy and busy year it was for Cruise and Waymo. A very useful and complete timeline of what happened during 2023, and when.

News Republisher
12/24/23
Rev 12/31/23

Cruise, Safety

Cruise “Safety” Video

Cruise has long maintained that their vehicles are much safer than human drivers. But this video from SafeStreetRebel shows them doing many illegal and quite dangerous maneuvers.

SafeStreetRebel
12/22/23
Rev 12/30/23

Cones, Cruise, Waymo

“Cone” reaches meme orbit

The lowly cone has become a cultural phenomenon, and we have the pics…

SafeStreetRebel
12/21/23
Rev 03/26/24

Lobbying, News

In Which We Find More Evidence the CPUC Is Thoroughly Captured

See original article by Sue Vaughan at Burning Planet, which contains more useful articles about climate change and transportation. The California Public Utilities Commission is now reneging on a possible evaluation of the environmental impacts of Waymos and Cruises – and other commercial autonomous vehicles that may be authorized to…

Sue Vaughan
12/21/23
Rev 01/13/24

News, Safety, Tesla

Euro NCAP Safety Tests Paint A Clear Picture Of Tesla’s Self-Driving Systems – But Not The One That Tesla Likes To Portray

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com Tesla supporters frequently point to Euro New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP)’s tests of Tesla vehicles to claim that Tesla vehicles are far safer than other manufacturers, and that Tesla’s active safety systems protect those around them. Elon Musk himself has relied on Euro NCAP’s…

Dawn Project
12/20/23
Rev 01/9/24

News, Safety, Tesla

Rolling Stone – Elon Musk’s Big Lie About Tesla Is Finally Exposed

Article in Rolling Stone by Ed Niedermeyer. Covers how Tesla’s self-driving technology is inherently flawed.

News Republisher
12/17/23
Rev 01/7/24

$$$, Cruise, News, Waymo

Barrons – The EV Stock Bubble Has Popped. This One [robotaxis] Is Over, Too.

Article from Barrons on how the self-driving car market was an overhyped bubble. That bubble has now popped, as seen by combined market cap of five self-driving vehicle start-ups dropping by a whopping 95%.

News Republisher
12/13/23
Rev 03/6/24

News, Safety, Tesla

Washington Post – Tesla drivers run Autopilot where it’s not intended — with deadly consequences

Article from Washington Post on how there have been at least eight fatal or serious Tesla crashes where Autopilot was being used on a road where it should not have been enabled in the first place.

News Republisher
12/10/23
Rev 03/10/24