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Micromobility America returns to San Francisco with the latest light electric vehicles

Electrek

moreā€¦ The post Micromobility America returns to San Francisco with the latest light electric vehicles appeared first on Electrek. Micromobility America is set for its latest annual US-based conference, bringing together many of the leading companies, consultants, policymakers, and more in the micromobility industry.

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Tesla Model Y falls victim to apparent arson in San Francisco

Teslarati

Authorities in San Francisco are investigating a pair of Tesla Model Y fires as possible acts of arson. The owner of one of the burned Model Ys, Van Vuong, noted that he initially didn’t realize that the car that burned up was his electric vehicle. “We were going to go get in the car to go play some tennis.

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Has The Robotaxi Revolution Stalled In San Francisco?

CleanTechnica EVs

San Francisco was supposed to have a vote the other day to expand Cruise and Waymo robotaxis services in the city. The problem is, some prominent agencies in the community claim that robotaxis services in San Francisco have been creating a number of problems. Others disagree.

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Cruise shares comment after robotaxi crashes into San Francisco Muni bus

Teslarati

A Cruise robotaxi operating without a safety driver recently collided with a San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni) bus. While the bus sustained modest damage, the damage to the Cruise vehicle’s front bumper was more severe. There were no reported injuries. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Robotaxi Companies Win ā€” Can Operate 24/7 In San Francisco

CleanTechnica EVs

A hot topic in recent months has been the debate and political fight in San Francisco about whether or not to let robotaxis from Waymo and Cruise operate 24/7. I won’t go through all the details of the debate here since I’ve already done that in this article and this article, but the short summary […]

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Cruise Expands Robotaxi Service in San Francisco Massively

CleanTechnica EVs

Waymo started in a corner of Phoenix, and then a corner of San Francisco, and it isn’t much beyond those starting spots still! Cruise Automation, aka Cruise, started in a corner of San Francisco. One criticism of lidar-using robotaxi startups has long been the limited geographies in which they operate.

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San Francisco commits to all-electric bus fleet By 2035; MUNI Board approves pilot program

Green Car Congress

San Francisco Mayor Mark Farrell and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which operates MUNI (the cityā€™s public transit), announced San Franciscoā€™s commitment to have an all-electric bus fleet by 2035. MUNI currently operates the largest fleet of electric trolley buses.