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Cruise Robotaxi Drives Into Wet Concrete; Waymo Shows Off Same Route
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-08-17 17:35Cruise Robotaxi Rides Will Be >$3/mile, But They ll Get Better
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-08-17 14:22GM s Cruise Falls Down During Concert Cell Overload; Here s How To Fix It
Submitted by brad on Mon, 2023-08-14 11:09Waymo/Cruise Butt Heads With San Francisco Officials Over Robotaxi Stall-Outs.
Submitted by brad on Mon, 2023-08-07 18:34Waymo To Serve Austin; Cruise In Nashville And The Myth Of Geofences
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2023-08-04 11:26Waymo Cancels Trucking The Same Week Aurora Raises $800M More For It
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-07-27 15:127 Automakers Join To Build New EV Charging Network To Rival Tesla
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2023-07-26 16:23Not long after several automakers agreed to switch to using Tesla s NACS charging plug and to have their customers charge at the Tesla Supercharger network, 7 major au...
Elon Musk Outlines How Teslas Will Be Worth Five Times What You Paid. Here s How His Math Is Wrong
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-07-20 11:52Elon repeated the claim of huge value in hiring out your car. But a taxi is more a consumable than an asset and the math doesn't work.
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California PUC To Quiz Waymo & Cruise About Their Problems With The City Of San Francisco
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2023-07-18 20:14The CPUC will ask Waymo and Cruise for the data San Francisco has been keen to get but also give them the ability to promise to fix it
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Waymo And Cruise Push Back In Battle With San Francisco
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2023-07-14 09:26San Francisco is opposing and questioning the robotaxi services operating on its streets. The companies object and the debate heated up at the oldest self-driving event
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GM switches to Tesla NACS, killing CCS. Now can we put Tesla in charge of all charging, please?
Submitted by brad on Fri, 2023-06-09 13:54Right after Ford switched to NACS, GM has joined the party. With the top 3 US EV makers on NACS and CCS left with the foreign makers (and Stellantis which just started doing EVs) CCS is dead. Except for $7B in government subsidies. They ruined the CCS charging network, but maybe if they think about it, we can find a way to get this money to doing things the superior way Tesla did it without subsidies.
California Bill Bans Self-Driving Trucks. San Francisco Supervisors Block Waymo. Does Luddism Reign?
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-06-01 11:43Votes were nearly unanimous to reign in autonomous vehicle companies in their birthplace.
Read more at Forbes.com in California Bill Bans Self-Driving Trucks. San Francisco Supervisors Block Waymo. Does Luddism Reign?
Ford's Deal To Use Tesla Charging Connector And Superchargers Could Kill CCS
Submitted by brad on Sun, 2023-05-28 10:38Ford Motor company has announced that starting next year, Fords will get access to Tesla's supercharger network via an adapter, and later, new Fords will be made with the Tesla NACS built in.
California s New Solar Rules Greatly Cut Payback, But Could Power Trading Fix That?
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-05-25 13:34New rules greatly increase the time until solar panels pay for their cost, making it more important to store the power in batteries or cars, and even sell to neighbors.
Waymo Hits 2 Million No-Driver Miles And Expands Phoenix Robotaxi Zone. Can It Replace Your Car?
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-05-04 11:32Waymo now serves a large contiguous area in Phoenix, and is doing 10,000 rides/week. But it's not a car replacement yet, which it needs to be.
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What Should Happen When A Robocar Meets An Emergency Vehicle, To Avoid A Paradox Of Safety?
Submitted by brad on Tue, 2023-05-02 11:09Robotaxis are sometimes not acting well when meeting fire trucks and other emergency vehicles. Here's a look at some incidents, what could be done better, and how to manage it. Includes exclusive Waymo's-eye view of police interaction
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Tesla Again Paints A Very Misleading Story With Their Crash Data
Submitted by brad on Wed, 2023-04-26 10:53Tesla's crash data seem amazing, but the reality is very different and many have been misled by the numbers. In actuality, there's no strong case that Teslas are much safer with Autopilot on
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Einride s Self-Driving Goal Is Medium-Haul Electric Trucks, Not Long Haul. Here s Why. Plus Podcast interview
Submitted by brad on Mon, 2023-04-24 19:31Many companies are looking to make self-driving trucks. Einride feels they are the best path to electric trucks, and that's the best way to reduce emissions.
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Baidu, AutoX Expand Uncrewed Robotaxi Operations In China - Will The World Catch Up?
Submitted by brad on Thu, 2023-04-20 15:27Chinese companies have been expanding their operation of robotaxis with no employee aboard Baidu Apollo (sometimes called the Google of China) has expanded in Whuhan, Chongqing and Beijing and AutoX has expanded to Shanghai.
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