Cruise

Cruise will always be known as the robotaxi company to burn $15B to completely piss off both every resident of San Francisco and all of the government regulators…

Cruise, News, Waymo

SF Standard – State Lawmaker Wants To Start Ticketing San Francisco Robotaxis

News Republisher
01/5/24
Rev 01/6/24

Article in SF Standard by Joshua Bote. Covers how robotaxis currently immune to traffic tickets, like red light running, but how state legislator Phil Ting is looking at fixing that loophole.

Cruise, Lobbying, News, Untruths

Reuters – GM robotaxi unit Cruise offers $75,000 to resolve crash probe

News Republisher
01/5/24
Rev 01/16/24

Article in Reuters by David Shepardson. Covers how Cruise is offering to settle for lying to the CPUC for $75k, when they are actually liable for $1.5m.

Cruise, Lobbying, Safety, Waymo

Government sources of information

Michael Smith
01/4/24
Rev 01/17/24

There are several very useful sources of information on robotaxis from government agencies: San Francisco City DMV and CPUC NHTSA

Cruise, Safety

Cruise safety information & other documents

Michael Smith
01/4/24
Rev 01/5/24

Cruise publishes information about their safety practices on their website. It includes information on their safety research, testing, redundancy, and more. They also publish a lengthy safety report from November 2022. Documentation on their technology and its development is available as well. Plus the Cruise news blog contains everything from…

$$$, Cruise

Abandon ship, Cruise is going down!

Robotaxi Insider
12/30/23
Rev 01/1/24

The captain and the top crew members have already departed. 24% of the crew has walked the plank The ship is listing and taking on serious water. This is not going to end well.

$$$, Cruise, News, Waymo

NPR – Driverless car startup Cruise’s no good, terrible year

News Republisher
12/30/23
Rev 12/31/23

Article from NPR.org by Dara Kerr on what a horrible, and self inflicted year, 2023 was for Cruise. Also covers how the problems of Cruise might also effect Waymo.

$$$, Cruise, News

SF Standard – Cruise Imploded in 2023. Can the Robotaxi Industry Recover in the New Year?

News Republisher
12/29/23
Rev 12/31/23

Article from the SF Standard by Joshua Bote. Reviews the high and low points of what happened to Cruise in 2023, and speculates on what might happen to them in the future.

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GM $120M Lawsuit against San Francisco

Michael Smith
12/28/23
Rev 12/29/23

In a clear sign that GM and Cruise have given up on trying to succeed in San Francisco, they have filed a lawsuit to attempt to law back taxes paid to the city back to 2016.

$$$, Cruise, News

Forbes – Robocar 2023 In Review: The Fall Of Cruise

News Republisher
12/28/23
Rev 12/31/23

Article from Forbes by Brad Templeton. A very in depth review of what happened in 2023 with respect to robotaxis, with a concentration on the problems of Cruise. Includes ideas on what might happen in the future.

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SF Examiner – Why 2023 was a such bumpy ride for self-driving cars in The City

News Republisher
12/24/23
Rev 12/31/23

Article from SF Examiner by Greg Wong on what a crazy and busy year it was for Cruise and Waymo. A very useful and complete timeline of what happened during 2023, and when.

Cruise, Safety

Cruise “Safety” Video

SafeStreetRebel
12/22/23
Rev 12/30/23

Cruise has long maintained that their vehicles are much safer than human drivers. But this video from SafeStreetRebel shows them doing many illegal and quite dangerous maneuvers.

Cones, Cruise, Waymo

“Cone” reaches meme orbit

SafeStreetRebel
12/21/23
Rev 03/26/24

The lowly cone has become a cultural phenomenon, and we have the pics…

$$$, Cruise, News, Waymo

Barrons – The EV Stock Bubble Has Popped. This One [robotaxis] Is Over, Too.

News Republisher
12/13/23
Rev 03/6/24

Article from Barrons on how the self-driving car market was an overhyped bubble. That bubble has now popped, as seen by combined market cap of five self-driving vehicle start-ups dropping by a whopping 95%.

Cruise, Disability, Lobbying, News

SF Standard – How Cruise Secured Support From Local Groups as It Pushed To Expand Robotaxis

News Republisher
12/8/23
Rev 01/2/24

Article from SF Standard by Joshua Bote. Covers how Cruise and Waymo spent a great deal of effort and money to went over support from local groups, including disability groups. It worked, and the groups continue to support robotaxis even after the numerous problems they have caused.

Cruise, News, Safety, Untruths

Reuters – GM’s Cruise may face fines for ‘misleading’ regulator over accident

News Republisher
12/4/23
Rev 01/6/24

Article on Reuters. Covers how a judge has ruled that Cruise withheld key information with respect to the October 2nd crash where a pedestrian was dragged and severely injured.