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Study finds ride-sharing companies biggest contributors to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the University of Kentucky and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority have determined that, contrary to the concept and vision, transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft are the biggest contributor to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco. Erhardt et al.

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In San Francisco, being a human rather of a robotic will value you

Baua Electric

San Francisco lets in drivers and automobiles, takes fingerprints, drug-tests drivers and problems a written examination, amongst alternative necessities. Not like with taxicabs, the dimensions of a robotaxi fleet can’t be regulated through San Francisco’s issuance of medallions to keep watch over congestion.

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Lawsuit claiming racism at Tesla attracts virtually 240 unlit staff pronouncing ‘me too’

Baua Electric

is transferring so as to add loads of alternative staff to his 2017 lawsuit by which he known as the electric-car maker’s manufacturing ground a “hotbed for racist behavior.” A jury in San Francisco awarded a person colleague $3.2 A Cloudy former meeting form staffer at Tesla Inc.

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Electric Car Buyer’s Guide: 7 Steps to Find The Best EV for Your Life

EV Life

States like California give you the legal right to install a charger if you submit a request and pay for installation. 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.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

Own a Level 3 in 2017. GM CEO Mary Barra announced that in 2017 it will offer its Super Cruise advanced driver assistance technology on the Cadillac CTS and possibly other models. The 2017, Cadillac CTS will include V2V communication in the hope of encouraging wider adoption of V2V. A steering wheel only because they had to.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

Cars That Think

Yuste next convened a group of neuroscientists, clinicians, ethicists, and engineers to come up with ethical priorities for neurotechnology, which they published in a 2017 Nature paper. Legal scholars working with the NeuroRights Foundation say the right to mental privacy is under the most imminent threat. Staff attorney.

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Tesla requests retrial for race bias lawsuit that saw $137M jury verdict

Teslarati

In a filing in San Francisco federal court on Friday, Tesla’s legal team claimed that jurors could not really determine how much damages should be paid to Diaz unless they hear all the evidence related to the former employee’s claims. Orrick is expected to hold a trial for the damages on March.