Green Car Reports

AUGUST 26, 2021

Waymo is ready to offer rides to the public in self-driving Jaguar I-Pace electric cars, the company announced Tuesday in a blog post. The vehicles will operate in San Francisco as part of what Waymo calls its Trusted Tester program.

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APRIL 9, 2024

operations last October after a pedestrian in San Francisco hit by another car was dragged by one of its robotaxis. operations last October after a pedestrian in San Francisco hit by another car was dragged by one of its robotaxis. The company had suspended its U.S. The company had suspended its U.S.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 17, 2023

General Motors’ Cruise has been testing AVs in San Francisco for a while, but the company’s vehicles have been involved in a number of incidents with first responders, in which they block or delay rescue workers’ ability to help people.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 21, 2023

Both General Motors’ Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo are struggling to remain popular in San Francisco after being allowed to operate within the city to better test their vehicles — even getting permission from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to expand their operations earlier in the month.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 8, 2023

A Waymo autonomous test vehicle struck and killed a small dog in San Francisco last month, with news emerging after an incident report filed with the California Department of Motor Vehicles became public. From The San Francisco Standard : The car was in "autonomous mode," but a Waymo test driver was in the driver's seat.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of the autonomous test vehicles operated by Cruise in San Francisco has been attacked by a masked assailant wielding a hammer — signaling that the city’s relationship with AVs has only gotten more complicated. San Francisco Police Department Sergeant Kathryn Winters told the outlet that the event happened at around 11 p.m.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Tesla filed an 8-K with the SEC to reveal a new blog post to its website stating that Gebbia has joined Tesla’s Board of Directors, effective September 25. “Gebbia, a designer and entrepreneur, has spent the last 14 years of his career as co-founder of Airbnb,” Tesla wrote in the blog post.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 8, 2024

This all comes a decade after Apple car rumors started bubbling up, but the company was known to operate advanced and autonomous test vehicles in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 7, 2023

San Francisco has become a hub for companies wanting to test autonomous vehicles thanks to its progressive leadership and proximity to Silicon Valley. Police have even issued warrants to obtain video footage captured by autonomous vehicles operating in San Francisco and Arizona's Maricopa County.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 20, 2023

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has asked General Motors’ self-driving unit, Cruise, to temporarily reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco. ” With Cruise agreeing to reduce its fleet by 50%, the company also released a blog post explaining the circumstances that led up to the accident.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2014

In a post on the company blog, Tesla Motors outlined the areas addressed with an upcoming a Roadster 3.0 Tesla will demonstrate this in the real world during a non-stop drive from San Francisco to Los Angeles in the early weeks of 2015. upgrade, based on learnings from the Model S. The prototype Roadster 3.0 more than 400 miles.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2024

Waymo also detailed its safety approach in a 2020 blog post, which can be found here. Although Cruise’s state permit to operate driverless vehicles was revoked in California following an accident with a pedestrian , Waymo is still approved to test its vehicles in San Francisco.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 17, 2023

& More recently, we’ve seen the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) board effectively going against San Francisco to ensure the expansion of Cruise and Waymo. & Additionally, there has been some grumbling that some of the negative media attention being given to Cruise has been spurred on by corporate warfare.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 22, 2024

Waymo already has a large operational footprint in San Francisco and is testing rides in Los Angeles, but they’re only by invitation. Now, Alphabet’s Waymo is looking to expand , asking the California Public Utilities Commission for permission to grow its services in Los Angeles.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 19, 2023

From AN : Cruise won approval to charge for its robotaxi rides in parts of San Francisco last summer and has since begun testing the service in Phoenix, Ariz., In San Francisco, Cruise rides are currently only allowed to charge in a limited portion of the city and during daylight hours. and several cities in Texas.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 25, 2024

Unfortunately for local fans, the NFC Championship game is away in San Francisco, but they’ll at least be able to enjoy the show before heading in to build trucks on the graveyard shift.& One employee responded to a post on Reddit to say that they’d never seen a delay or shutdown in 13+ years, even for two feet of snow.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Tesla has issued a statement responding to a San Francisco jury’s recent decision, which ordered the company to pay $137 million to a former contract employee who worked at the Fremont factory. The jury agreed that a total amount of $137 million — comprised of $130 million worth of punitive damages and $6.9

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 14, 2022

He is a regular contributor on digital storage for the Forbes blog and other news outlets. He was vice president of operations and planning for the IEEE Consumer Technology Society and served as general chair of the 2011 Sections Congress in San Francisco. He is an active member of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley (Calif.)

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Diaz made complaints to non-Tesla supervisors and “didn’t make any complaints about the n-word until after he was not hired full-time by Tesla – and after he hired an attorney,” Tesla VP of People Valerie Capers Workman wrote in a blog post. Tesla responds to $137M jury order over alleged racism in Fremont Factory.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Despite the California Public Utilities Commission’s controversial decision to allow the company to expand operations within the state , Cruise has seen San Francisco residents, public officials, and emergency services offering sustained criticisms. California’s decision does not affect Cruise’s operations in Arizona or Texas.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 22, 2023

No major foundation model developer is close to providing adequate transparency,” the researchers wrote in a blog post , “revealing a fundamental lack of transparency in the AI industry.” The highest total score goes to Meta’s Llama 2 , with 54 out of 100. In school, that’d be considered a failing grade. “No

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Self-driving vehicles have become a contentious issue in San Francisco. & The decision permits Cruise and Waymo to charge for driverless rides at all hours in San Francisco and came at the end of nearly seven hours of testimony from hundreds of supporters and critics possessing extremely different views on autonomous driving.&

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 8, 2023

Tech-heavy San Francisco is at the forefront of the movement, but its time with robo-taxis hasn’t been without drama.& Driverless cars for everyday drivers do not exist, but a handful of cities in the country have allowed companies like Waymo to begin limited testing of autonomous taxis and other vehicles.

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EV Match

MARCH 19, 2021

We covered our partnership with Verde in this blog where the founder, Jamie Johnson, discussed his company’s effort to retrain electricians during the pandemic to install EV charging stations. Sierra Club San Francisco. The SLO chapter of the Sierra Club serves all of San Luis Obispo County. Verde Install.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Assemblymember Philip Ting represents the 19th Assembly District, which spans the Westside of San Francisco as well as the communities of Broadmoor, Colma, Daly City, and South San Francisco. Ting – (916) 319-2019 – [link].

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 15, 2024

We’ve seen similar tactics being employed by drivers in San Francisco, which has also seen automotive crime ballooning. Regional media outlet blogTO reported on one household that left a note on the window of their vehicle notifying thieves that the door was unlocked before wishing them a great day.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

Monday I’ll be flying up to San Francisco for a meeting with the California State Park Foundation to see how we might partner with them. I have no excuse for my ugly and excessive flying carbon footprint and only the carbon offsets I purchase ease any of my guilt.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In August, Cruise received approval to deploy its self-driving robotaxis 24/7 in San Francisco. By late October, the California DMV advised Cruise to halt all its operations in San Francisco. Following is Elshenawy’s memo to Cruise staff, as shared by the GM self-driving unit in its official blog.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The facility was acquired in 1902 by California Gas and Electric, headquartered in San Francisco, and three years later became part of. In 1952 PG&E donated the powerhouse to California, according to an article about the facility on PG&E's blog. Pacific Gas and Electric.

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Cars That Think

JULY 29, 2022

For a deep dive into the culture and technology of “The Jetsons,” check out Matt Novak’s Paleofuture blog. Unfortunately, only viewers in a few select markets—Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco—could actually see the show in color. I am still waiting for my jet pack and flying car.

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EV Life

AUGUST 28, 2020

Most car sites are built for gas vehicles, so you have to do countless hours of blog research. If I use EV Life’s Road Trip calculator to drive from San Francisco to Portland in the Hyundai Kona, I can see that I’ll need to make three stops along the way to recharge and spend about $45 on fuel. Maximize EV incentives.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

Monday I’ll be flying up to San Francisco for a meeting with the California State Park Foundation to see how we might partner with them. I have no excuse for my ugly and excessive flying carbon footprint and only the carbon offsets I purchase ease any of my guilt.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 13, 2022

He is a regular contributor on digital storage for the Forbes blog and other news outlets. He was vice president of operations and planning for the IEEE Consumer Technology Society and served as general chair of the 2011 Sections Congress in San Francisco. In 2019 he was IEEE-USA president as well as IEEE Region 6 director.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 13, 2023

In 2021, the San Francisco Police Department reportedly asked Waymo and General Motors' Cruise to hand over footage obtained by autonomous test vehicles in the hope that they’d help solve crimes.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

By the way, I recommend a long blog post by Stephen Wolfram. I live in the city of San Francisco, and for almost a year now, I’ve been able to take rides after 10:30 PM and before 5:00 AM, if it’s not a foggy day—I’ve been able to take rides in a Cruise vehicle with no driver. It doesn’t have any connection to the world.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

If you know me or have read this blog or my columns in Patch then you know I’m an outspoken environmental and community activist who doesn’t pull any punches or try to blow smoke up your ass to shill for anyone. I used every opportunity I had to make that a reality and last week I was given the chance to make it so.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 30, 2021

Sense Relief's smartwatch app in action. Sense Relief.

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