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Pedestrian Trapped Under Cruise Vehicle in San Francisco

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The incident took place in San Francisco (Fifth Avenue just south of Market Street) and has already become the subject of some rampant speculation as the company hopes to avoid another public relations nightmare. But there’s a lot of bad blood between San Francisco residents and the recently expanded robotaxi services.

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

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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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San Francisco Traffic Stands Still After Cruise AVs Stall in North Beach

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With California having approved the contentious expansion of driverless robotaxis operating in San Francisco , autonomous test vehicles showed their readiness by stalling themselves in the middle of town. Cruise has said it plans eventually to deploy thousands of robotaxis in San Francisco. Gavin Christopher Newsom.”

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Waymo could face new legal barriers in its expansion to Los Angeles

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Waymo announced its plan to expand driverless testing to Los Angeles just a few weeks ago, beyond the company’s current operations in San Francisco and Phoenix, Arizona. The emergence of autonomous vehicles is an exciting technological development with massive potential upsides for safety and convenience.

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FreeWire Technologies raises $125M in Series D; battery-integrated ultrafast EV charging stations

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FreeWire Technologies, a developer of ultrafast electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, raised $125 million in new capital. Construction of the facility is underway and will be fully operational by Summer 2022, putting FreeWire at the center of the San Francisco Bay Area’s transportation technology hub.

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Cruise announces reduced operations, further delays to Origin production

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The General Motors (GM) self-driving subsidiary Cruise has been on a nightmare spiral over the last several weeks, after one of the company’s driverless vehicles ran over a pedestrian in San Francisco early last month. Cruise recalls almost 1,000 self-driving cars following pedestrian accident What are your thoughts?

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California DMV Suspends Cruise Driverless Vehicle Permits

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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. In fact, having gone through those technological growing pains may be the reason the DMV is only targeting Cruise. Image: Cruise] Become a& TTAC insider.