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Waymo driverless robotaxi attacked and set on fire in San Francisco

Teslarati

A Waymo self-driving Jaguar I-PACE robotaxi was set ablaze and vandalized by a crowd in San Francisco on Saturday evening. The live footage I did on X gives a decent idea of how I came onto the scene, which was after the attack on the vehicle. The battery appeared to be reigniting multiple times and was smoking like crazy.

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Elon Musk gets support from Jeff Bezos as he ponders making Twitter HQ into a homeless center

Teslarati

In what could be a small example of stars aligning, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos appear to have seen eye-to-eye — at least with regards to what to do with Twitter’s physical headquarters in San Francisco. The Tesla CEO asked users of the social media platform about his idea. About 91.5%

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UberX Service Offers Hybrid Cars, Lower Fares In NY, San Francisco

Green Car Reports

It’s a novel idea, and its time has come, thanks to on-demand car service startup Uber, which will soon start offering patrons a hybrid vehicle option for more affordable come-and-fetch-me rides. Uber is the San Francisco-based startup that makes mobile applications for requesting.

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Show Off Your Car At the Exploratorium in San Francisco

DIY Electric Car

Hello DIY'ers, The Exploratorium in the San Francisco is looking for someone who'd like to show off their DIY Electric Car for one night on October 7th as part of our monthly After Dark series. The Exploratorium is a hands-on science museum in the historic Palace of Fine Arts building in San Francisco, California.

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Tesla faces class action privacy lawsuit, following startling revelations

Teslarati

Now, a Tesla Model Y owner in San Francisco has sued the automaker for privacy violations, which could dramatically affect the overall industry’s data privacy policies. Henry Yeh, a current Model Y owner in the San Francisco, California area, has sued Tesla over the aforementioned privacy violations. .”

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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

Green Car Congress

With the addition of Xcelsior CHARGE buses to its fleet, LTD joins other West Coast cities leading the transition to zero-emission mobility with New Flyer, including Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Diego, Coachella Valley, Oakland, San Francisco, Orange County, and Victor Valley.

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GM’s Cruise to resume testing its robotaxi service in Phoenix – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Phoenix is a natural place to start as Cruise already has vehicles in the area and city officials were open to the idea of its return, said one of the people, who asked not to be named as the plan isn’t public. When the October incident occurred, Cruise was charging fares in San Francisco, Austin and Phoenix.

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