If you’ve been following autonomous vehicle development, you’ve probably come across this chart that tries to compare the systems (which the poster on X/Twitter was re-using as a joke, so don’t go heckle him!). It was seriously posted by the people mentioned in this article, though. Using vague descriptions like … [continued]
AAA reports more people fear riding in an autonomous car this year than last year. Clearly the robotaxi idea has a bit of work to do yet.
Waymo robotaxis have been rolling the streets of Phoenix, Arizona, for several years. But they’ve been slow to expand beyond there. However, it may be moving into a big new phase. Waymo was recently approved to operate its robotaxi service Waymo One in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Peninsula. … [continued]
We get a lot of great comments here on CleanTechnica. From time to time I think, “that’s a great full article!” I’m planning to start publishing these when I spot them. To kick this off, below was most of a comment from a reader in a comment thread about Tesla FSD in January. Enjoy! Or, if you don’t, feel free to carry on the conversation down in the comments!
We’ve been discussing Cruise and robotaxis for weeks following the unfortunate death of a pedestrian in San Francisco. It was a pedestrian who was first hit by a car next to a Cruise robotaxi, but we still don’t know if the person died on the first impact or after the … [continued]
A few years ago, I drove for Uber and Lyft in the Phoenix metro. People at the airport parking lots and Uber driver Facebook groups kept saying that robotaxis weren’t coming for our jobs, but I figured differently. We were already sharing the road with test vehicles not only from … [continued]
Waymo and Cruise have been growing incrementally, especially in San Francisco, where they’ve been given the opportunity to operate 24/7 across the city. However, there was a potential robotaxi story outside of the US recently that caught my attention more than any other. Let’s start with Waymo, though. After getting … [continued]
Less than a week ago, I wrote about the big win for Cruise and Waymo in San Francisco. After months of debate and even a delayed vote by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), they got approval to run their robotaxis commercially 24/7 in San Francisco. A day later, a … [continued]
A hot topic in recent months has been the debate and political fight in San Francisco about whether or not to let robotaxis from Waymo and Cruise operate 24/7. I won’t go through all the details of the debate here since I’ve already done that in this article and this … [continued]
Two weeks ago, I wrote about opposition to unlimited robotaxi expansion in San Francisco. Some pro-robotaxi groups and fans are eager to see full expansion of robotaxi services in the San Francisco metro area (and broader), and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) sees no reason to halt the expansion. … [continued]
