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GM self-driving unit Cruise bids farewell to nine leaders amid probe

Teslarati

Citing a source reportedly familiar with the matter, Automotive News noted that among those who were dismissed were COO Gil West and Chief Legal Officer Jeff Bleich. The October Cruise crash in San Francisco was a huge blow to the GM self-driving unit.

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Cruise wants to pay $75,000 to end an investigation into its crash response

Teslarati

In a filing on Friday, Cruise made the settlement offering to resolve the investigation, adding that it would complete and publicize its own internal investigation on the team’s response by the hearing with the help of legal firm Quinn Emanuel (via Automotive News ).

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Successful run across the US on 37.6 gallons of 100% NEXBTL renewable diesel; 66.7 mpg w/ average speed 67.7 mph

Green Car Congress

mph/109 km/h). The result was a car that maintains all of its power and handling of a racecar, yet is still street legal. Golden Gate started selling NEXBTL renewable diesel to its fleet customers the San Francisco area in 2013. liter TDI diesel engine. miles per gallon (3.52

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California DMV Suspends Cruise Driverless Vehicle Permits

The Truth About Cars

This represents a major victory for the Alphabet-owned Waymo, as it’s now the only company within the state that’s legally allowed to offer robotaxi services. While there are still reports of Waymo’s autonomous vans occasionally acting erratically, most of the complaints in San Francisco have focused on Cruise vehicles.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

The automakers will include traffic-jam-assist, where the driver presses a button to have the vehicle self-drive at up to 30 mph during stop-and-go traffic. Long term, these types of two-seat 25-mph vehicles could be ideal for shuttling people from rail and transit centers to work in cities. A steering wheel only because they had to.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Lucid set-up a mini drag strip, where after some expert instruction on how to use the launch control, we did 0-60 mph in 3.4 seconds and hit 88 mph before lifting. Acceleration is beyond what can be safely and legally used on the local roads and freeway we traversed, but the precision of the handling was also evident.