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GM's Cruise Is The First Driverless Taxi Operating In A Major US City

A fleet of 30 Chevrolet Bolt taxis will be operating in San Francisco, California.

Motor1

Driverless taxis are coming to the streets of San Francisco

Regulators gave the Cruise service approval to charge passengers for driverless rides, a first for the state. Initially, the service will be available at night in less congested parts of the city.

WEKU

California regulators approve state's 1st robotic taxi fleet

California regulators have given a robotic taxi service the green light to begin charging passengers for driverless rides in San Francisco

The Independent UK

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Twitter Refuses To Let Go Board Member Egon Durban - Read Why

Twitter, Inc (NYSE:TWTR) refused to remove Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban from its board after failing to win the support of the necessary majority of Twitter investors. The board considered Durban a highly influential member bringing an unparalleled operational knowledge of the industry, a unique perspective, and an invaluable skill set and experience…

Benzinga

Why driverless cars can't go everywhere yet

Like a Roomba vacuum navigating your home, they need to be trained for every city

Axios

Geely Automobile Takes Stake In Renault Korea For $200M: Reuters

China's Geely Automobile is set to acquire over a third of Renault SA (OTC:RNLSY) Korea unit for about $200 million, Reuters reported. The move is expected to boost Renault's U.S. exports and make way for investment in its electric business. Geely's stake deal follows an announcement by the two companies in January to develop hybrid…

Benzinga

Look closely at those white Jaguars in San Francisco — no drivers!

The vehicles have been under development for years, but Google-owned Waymo and Cruise, which is owned by General Motors, are now offering robot-driven cars to ferry passengers in San Francisco.

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San Francisco police stop self-driving car – and find nobody inside, video shows

Clip prompts amusement online as car stops, then drives across an intersection, leaving police behind

The Guardian - US

Waymo Demonstrates Autonomous Driving Tech In San Francisco

This is the first completely driverless ride that a Waymo taxi has taken in the city, although it still can't charge passengers for it.

InsideEVs

How self-driving cars got stuck in the slow lane

The technology behind autonomous vehicles has proved devilishly hard to perfect. And progress hasn’t been helped by Tesla boss Elon Musk’s army of superfans

The Guardian - UK

Google Sister Waymo Says Ready To Roll Out Fully Driverless Service in San Francisco

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) self-driving subsidiary Waymo said on Monday it is ready to roll out fully driverless services in San Francisco without a “specialist

Benzinga

Best Spy Shots For The Week Of March 14

This week we saw a wide range of vehicles, ranging from a modified Ford Bronco to Waymo's robotaxi.

Motor1

Waymo's Zeekr Robotaxi Spied During Cold-Weather Development

The design is supposed to maximize interior room.

Motor1

Self-driving cars double yearly kms on public roads in California

The total distance driven by self-driving cars in tests on California public roads has doubled year on year as companies actively trial their vehicles.

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Henry Payne: I rode an autonomous vehicle in Arizona. Here's how it went

TEMPE, Arizona — I secure my seatbelt in the back seat, press the START RIDE button, and my Waymo One Chrysler Pacifica enters traffic on Warner Road, the steering wheel spinning right — then left — into the center lane before slowing for a stoplight.

Tribune News Service

Waymo’s Bay Area depot is a glimpse of autonomous vehicle future

They say seeing is believing. On a brisk and sunny February morning, a ride around San Francisco in a Waymo fully autonomous vehicle and a walk around the company’s depot was indeed eye-opening.

Los Angeles Times

Waymo sues state DMV to keep robotaxi safety details secret

Waymo, the driverless car company operating an autonomous taxi fleet in San Francisco, is suing the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The immediate issue: whether the company, owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc., can hide from the public safety-related information by designating it as a trade secret.

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