News Republisher

Scouring the news for interesting articles on robotaxis.

Joined: 12/29/2023
Articles: 259

$$$, Cruise, News, Safety

Fortune – In a single night, self-driving startup Cruise went from sizzling startup to cautionary tale. Here’s what really happened—and how GM is scrambling to save its $10B bet

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05/16/24
Rev 05/31/24

A detailed article by Fortune on what has happened to Cruise since their October 2nd crash. Though it appears that Fortune still believes that GM will do what is needed to make Cruise successful, when it is actually quite clear that Cruise is doomed.

$$$, News, Safety, Tesla

Bloomberg – Tesla Must Face Suit Alleging Buyers Were Misled About Autopilot

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05/15/24
Rev 06/1/24

Bloomberg article on how while Tesla is trying to get out of the lawsuit that it misled consumers on Tesla's self-driving capabilities, a California judge has ruled that some of the negligence and fraud claims can proceed.

$$$, Crash, Cruise, News

Washington Post – Cruise settles with person dragged under one of its robotaxis

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05/15/24
Rev 06/2/24

Washington Post reports that Cruise settled with the severely injured person who was dragged by their robotaxi October 2nd, 2023. The settlement amount was between $8 million and $12 million, indicating severe and permanently disabling injuries inflicted due to their weak technology.

$$$, News

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.

News, Safety

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.

News, Safety, Waymo

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!