GM's Cruise resumes robotaxi testing in Arizona with human safety drivers on board
General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.
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General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.
Public transit has struggled to recover its pre-pandemic ridership, but an autonomous car company has a driverless transportation system that could make East Contra Costa County a leader in modern transit design.
General Motors' Cruise subsidiary is restarting its manually driven vehicle program to create maps and gather road information in select cities as the company moves to resume driverless operations six months after a gruesome collision in San Francisco.
Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company's semi-autonomous driving software.
Google spinoff Waymo is bringing its robotaxi service to the streets of Los Angeles, offering free rides to some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up to use the company's driverless cars.
Waymo's self-driving taxis, which are seen frequently in San Francisco, received the green light to operate on the Peninsula.
Waymo LLC asked the California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC, for permission to expand its automated vehicle (AV) passenger services into San Mateo County on Jan. 19.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed issued a statement Monday condemning a group that vandalized and set a Waymo robotaxi on fire in the city's Chinatown over the weekend.
A Waymo autonomous vehicle was set on fire Saturday night after it was vandalized by a group of people in Chinatown, San Francisco firefighters said.
A Waymo robotaxi hit a bicyclist in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon, leaving the cyclist with minor injuries.
Robotaxi company Cruise is offering to pay $75,000 to settle the investigation into an October crash involving a pedestrian.
General Motors' troubled autonomous vehicle unit announced several key leaders are no longer with the company and that several hundred workers have been laid off, amid an ongoing investigation into an October incident involving one of its driverless cars.
Industry experts and Pentagon officials agree that the U.S. will within the next few years have fully autonomous lethal weapons ready to deploy.
A Pentagon initiative to field thousands of AI-enabled drones will accelerate decisions on when the technology is ready to weaponize. (AP Production by Mike Pesoli)
Cruise announced layoffs Thursday among its contract employees who worked on the ride-hailing service's fleet of autonomous vehicles.
Cruise said Thursday it has paused its driverless robotaxi operations nationwide two days after the California DMV suspended its driverless testing permits in the state.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Tuesday that the agency has suspended permits of autonomous vehicle firm Cruise LLC.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles has suspended permits for Cruise LLC and its robotaxis, which were being tested in San Francisco. Anne Makovec reports. (10/24/23)
The California Department of Motor Vehicles announced Tuesday that the agency has suspended permits of autonomous vehicle firm Cruise LLC.
A serious crash has once again put self-driving cars under scrutiny in San Francisco after a Monday night incident left a female pedestrian in grave condition.
A hit-and-run collision that sent a woman into the path of an oncoming robotaxi has raised questions about how autonomous vehicles respond where they share the road with people. Kenny Choi reports. (10/3/23)
A woman suffered major injuries after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in San Francisco, which launched her into the path of a self-driving car Monday night, police said Tuesday.
Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure union leaders and drivers said would save thousands of jobs in the state.
Police in San Francisco confirmed they are investigating the vandalism of an autonomous vehicle after video captured a masked individual attacking a Cruise car with a hammer or small pick axe late Sunday night.
Tesla is letting some drivers to use its Autopilot driver-assist system for extended periods without making them put their hands on the steering wheel, a development that has drawn concern from U.S. safety regulators.
