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Google’s Waymo robo-taxi service nears full autonomy approval

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Waymo, an autonomous taxi service subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. Google), is nearing full autonomy approval in San Francisco. Waymo started in San Francisco earlier this year , but during this time, the company was only allowed to sell rides to passengers if the car still had a human behind the wheel to ensure safety.

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Amazon’s Zoox robotaxis to drive faster, farther, at night in Las Vegas – ET Auto

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Zoox also operates retrofitted self-driving Toyota Highlanders in Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Foster City, California. Zoox has not given a timeline for when it thinks its fully autonomous vehicles will be ubiquitous. m)after she was hit by a human-driven car.

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Baidu and Pony.ai land elusive license for driverless Robotaxi ops in Beijing

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Waymo started operating a Robotaxi service in San Francisco last year, along with GM’s Cruise. Baidu is one of the largest tech firms in China and is looking to establish its Apollo autonomous taxi service in Beijing after receiving a license to operate just last week. What do you think of the article?

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Cruise robotaxi caught in area of downed power lines, company responds

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A pair of Cruise robotaxi vehicles have been caught in an area with downed trees and powerlines during a storm that rattled San Francisco. General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi service has faced mounting pressure in the Bay Area as its robotaxi vehicles continue to find their way into bad situations.

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Driverless cars covered 5x more test miles in California in 2023 – ET Auto

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General Motors’ Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo accounted for the bulk of the miles – 63% and 36% respectively – recorded without a safety driver, according to the state’s department of motor vehicles ( DMV ). Taxis with empty driver’s seats have become common in the San Francisco area.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Where it used to be Hertz or Avis–or a taxi–the choices now are much more complex.

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GM Cruise unit issues fleet-wide ‘recall’ following viral collision

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General Motors’ (GM) self-driving taxi unit, Cruise, has “recalled” its fleet of vehicles following a viral crash with a bus earlier this week. For GM, that comes in the form of its level 3 autonomous taxis serving the San Francisco area under the brand name Cruise.

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