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Cruise to start supervised Robotaxi tests in Phoenix, AZ

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Safety continues to be the defining principle for everything we do, and supervised… — cruise (@Cruise) May 13, 2024 Cruise explains the benefit of a safety driver for its robotaxi unit in a blog post. The pedestrian was reported to have suffered serious injuries. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Waymo expanding autonomous driving tests to include freeways

Teslarati

Waymo, the self-driving unit from Google parent company Alphabet, is set to expand its autonomous vehicle testing to include select freeways in Arizona. Waymo says that it also has years of testing experience with rider-only vehicle fleets, set to help inform its safety approach to the expansion.

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NHTSA Launches Safety Investigation Into GM's Cruise

The Truth About Cars

& 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. Cruise’s main rival is Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet which likewise happens to own Google. However, no final decision appears to have been made.&

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News Summary I

Plug In Partners

T he Plug In Partners Blog celebrates its first year of publishing this month. Here are the years most important stories that we have either highlighted or linked.

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The Future of EV Charging: Optimization at Scale

Driivz

million public and shared chargers in California alone by 2030. Running an EV charging network is a 24×7 operation, and it takes only one out-of-service charger to result in a one-star Google review. As EV adoption grows, so does the need for publicly accessible chargers at a scale that is far from realized.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The first after-market conversion company, built Felixs car, currently provides vehicles mainly to fleets.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an.

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