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  • Joined: 12/29/2023
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TheVerge – NHTSA finally releases new rules for self-driving cars — but there’s a twist

TheVerge reports on how the Federal Government is proposing changing standards for autonomous vehicles, but that they expect a great deal of safety related data in return. At the same time, Tesla is trying to avoid having to provide the government with crash data since they have so many crashes.
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TechCrunch – Cruise employees ‘blindsided’ by GM’s plan to end robotaxi program

TechCrunch reports that the Cruise employees didn't realize that there was no way that GM was going to continue to burn more money on the doomed project. The key thing is that Waymo employees currently believe that they will always be supported by the parent company. Well, it just doesn't work that way.
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TheVerge – The end of Cruise is the beginning of a risky new phase for autonomous vehicles

TheVerge provides the most in depth coverage of the fall of Cruise. A robotaxi business is currently too expensive and complicated to succeed with financially. The article also appropriately points out that urban transportation advocates see the only true safety solution is fewer cars, not automated ones.
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