News Republisher

Scouring the news for interesting articles on robotaxis.

Joined: 12/29/2023
Articles: 259

News, Safety, Waymo

TechCrunch – Waymo to begin testing driverless robotaxis on San Francisco freeways

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08/12/24

TechCrunch reports that Waymo is about to test their autonomous vehicles, without safety drivers, on San Francisco Bay Area freeways.

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Bloomberg – Elon Musk’s Delayed Tesla Robotaxis Are a Dangerous Diversion

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08/8/24

Bloomberg reports on how the vaporware robotaxi demo originally schedules for August 8th did of course not happen. Plus the whole robotaxi concept appears to simply be a diversion to boost up Tesla stock prices. And it has worked! Meanwhile, a motorcyclist was killed by a Tesla driver using FSD.

News, Safety, Waymo

SF Standard – Waymo ride runs into high-speed sideshow, is saved by ‘grace of the Gods’

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08/5/24

SF Standard reports that a Waymo drove into an intersection that was occupied by a driver doing donuts. The Waymo missed a collision by only one foot. Key is that Waymos still are not able to handle unexpected situations.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Aurora raises $483 million from public offering to fund driverless trucking launch

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08/2/24
Rev 08/5/24

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Aurora has raised $483 million. This was significantly over their $350 million offering, but increased due to investor demand. They still are looking for another $350 million in investments. Despite these large numbers they only now have enough cash for operations through the end of 2025.

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Electrek – Tesla Full Self-Driving data makes Elon Musk lower expectations

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08/1/24
Rev 08/3/24

Electrek reports on how crowd sourced data, limited as it is, shows that Tesla is nowhere near achieving a claimed 5x-10x improvement in miles between interventions for FSD.