News Republisher

Scouring the news for interesting articles on robotaxis.

Joined: 12/29/2023
Articles: 231

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Las Vegas Review-Journal – Autonomous vehicle company halts Vegas operations, lays off 129

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05/14/24
Rev 06/1/24

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Motional has completely halted their Las Vegas commercial self-driving operations and laid off many employees. This is all part of Motional downsizing a total of 550 people. Surely they will soon no longer exist.

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Hoodline SF – NHTSA INVESTIGATES AMAZON’S ZOOX SELF-DRIVING CARS AFTER SAN FRANCISCO AND NEVADA COLLISIONS

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05/14/24
Rev 06/8/24

Hoodline SF reports that even though most attention is towards Waymo and Cruise, Zoox has had their share of mishaps and are now being investigated by the NGTSA.

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arsTechnica – Feds probe Waymo driverless cars hitting parked cars, drifting into traffic

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05/14/24
Rev 06/3/24

arsTechnica provides further information on the NHTSA investigation into "unexpected behavior" by Waymo's robotaxis. 22 reports of the cars malfunctioning!

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Electrek – Only 2% of Tesla Full Self-Driving trial users end up buying it, credit card data show

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05/14/24
Rev 06/4/24

Electrek reports that very few trial users are purchasing Full Self Driving after their free trial use. Elon Musk has been propping up Tesla share prices by claiming the real money will be made via autonomous vehicle software and a robotaxi fleet. But it turns out customers are not really interested in paying for Tesla's weak technology.

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Markets Insider – Tesla will drop 70% after robotaxi and AI ambitions stop shielding a failing business, ‘Big Short’ investor says

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05/13/24
Rev 06/6/24

Markets Insider reports that some investors are seeing through the false claims that Elon Musk has been putting out about their robotaxi and AI initiatives. More will follow.

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Reuters – Exclusive: In Tesla Autopilot probe, US prosecutors focus on securities, wire fraud

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05/8/24
Rev 06/6/24

Reuters reports that Tesla's statements on their autonomous vehicles is now being investigated as possible securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its vehicles' self-driving capabilities. This will not end well.