Michael Smith

Transportation and disability advocate. Created and administer the site Robotaxi.rodeo . Co-founded Walk San Francisco (walkSF.org), Swiftly (goSwift.ly), and NextBus (NextBus.com). Working to make transportation accessible and safe for all. Been disabled by serious long COVID since 2022.

Joined: 12/17/2023
Articles: 51

$$$, Cruise, News

Cruise is rapidly approaching a cliff

Michael Smith
04/25/24

In the Q1 2024 financial report for General Motors they show that Cruise only has enough cash to continue operating through Q3. At that point we can expect GM to wave goodbye to their multi-billion dollar investment.

Tesla

Elon Musk is a buffoon

Michael Smith
04/7/24

Elon Musk says and tweets the dumbest things about public transportation.

$$$, Disability, Tesla, Waymo

AI Addict – Single video shows problems with Tesla FSD and with Waymo

Michael Smith
03/30/24

Fascinating AI Addict video shows how Tesla FSD 12 is an utter failure and how Waymos have their own big problems.

Cones, News, Waymo

Grey’s Anatomy’s Errant Robotaxi

Michael Smith
03/26/24

For Season 20 Episode 1, Grey's Anatomy decided to up the current drama and costar a misbehaving robotaxi named "Wayne". And of course the emergency folks try to cone Wayne to get it to stop crashing into the ambulance where they are doing emergency surgery. All of the relevant clips have been put together into a short video so you don't have to wade through the whole show.

$$$, News, Safety, Waymo

Instead of providing safety data, Waymo provides other data to get almost free labor

Michael Smith
03/25/24

Waymo announces another data challenge, but still refuses to provide safety related data. And they are only paying in Google Cloud credits.

Cruise, Safety

A letter from Cruise leadership

Michael Smith
03/25/24
Rev 03/26/24

Cruise posts an update on their blog indicating that they are doing all this great stuff with respect to safety, yet there is absolutely no new information. Why on earth did they post this article??