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The news media has expended considerable effort researching and publishing information about the robotaxi business. This channel highlights some of the important articles.

SF Chronicle – Robotaxis are good for disabled people, advocates say. But are wheelchair users being thrown under the (autonomous) bus?

Article from SF Chronicle by Soleil Ho. Covers how Cruise and Waymo actively lobbied and funded disability organizations to get support for robotaxis. But it appears this was just a cynical ploy.
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ABC 7 News – Journalist documents wild ride inside Waymo self-driving car in SF

ABC 7 reporter goes on a wild ride in a Waymo. It stops at a green light on a busy road. Then gets lost and tries to drop off passenger 5 minutes away from their destination. The subsequent try was no better. The journalist wishes that there was a driver to talk to in order to actually get to where they wanted to go.
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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Advocates And Opposition Agree That Full Self-Driving Will At Some Point Randomly Try To Kill You

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com Oh, and Tesla just released it to everyone in North America. With no fanfare, in the middle of the night before Thanksgiving day, when he knew journalists would be on holiday for the next four days, Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla’s Full…

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Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Software Will Repeatedly Hit A Child Mannequin In A Stroller

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will hit a child mannequin in a stroller. The safety tests were conducted in a public parking lot by The Dawn Project in Santa Barbara, California in October 2022, using the…

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Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Software Will Drive Around Stopped School Buses With Their Stop Sign Arm Extended And Lights Flashing

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will repeatedly drive around stopped school buses with their stop sign arm extended and lights flashing, and fails to obey school zone speed limits. The safety tests were conducted on public…

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New Dawn Project Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Fails To Obey ‘Road Closed’ And ‘Do Not Enter’ Signs

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving does not obey ‘Road Closed’ and ‘Do Not Enter’ signs, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly ignores these important road safety signs.   The safety tests were…

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New Dawn Project Safety Tests Reveal Tesla FSD Still Runs Down Child-Sized Mannequins

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal the dangers Tesla Full Self-Driving poses to child pedestrians, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly runs down child-sized mannequins in its path. The safety tests were conducted in Goleta, California…

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