Driverless vehicle collides with cyclist in San Francisco
A driverless vehicle operated by Google’s sister company Waymo has collided with a cyclist in San Francisco. The crash is making headlines in the city after a crash between a General Motors-owned Cruise vehicle and a pedestrian there last autumn. In this case, the San Francisco Standard reports the cyclist suffered injuries that were not […]
GM halves funding for driverless Cruise division
General Motors is cutting a billion dollars (£788 million) of spending from its driverless taxi division Cruise, but insists it remains committed to the self-driving project. Reuters has analysed the company’s finances and says Cruise spent $1.9 billion in cash during 2023, and recorded a $2.7 billion pretax loss, not including $500 million in restructuring […]
Cruise admits reaction to pedestrian collision woefully short of our own expectations
General Motors’ driverless car subsidiary Cruise has published the findings of an independent report into a collision between one of its driverless vehicles and a pedestrian in San Francisco last October. The collision involved a driverless car hitting and dragging a woman nearly 20 feet after she was first struck by a human-operated vehicle. The […]
Apple’s car project to concentrate on EVs rather than driverless
Apple is reported to have changed its plans for a car to a less ambitious design, with the intent of finally bringing an electric vehicle to market. Bloomberg reports that, after previously looking at developing a truly driverless car, the company is now working on an EV with more limited features. The news agency says […]
Waymo plans Los Angeles expansion
Google’s driverless vehicle sister company Waymo has asked Californian authorities for permission to expand its driverless service to Los Angeles. US News reports that Waymo, which is operating in San Francisco, would be able to offer driverless rides by invitatation if the permisssion were granted. In a post on X, Waymo stated: We’ve applied to […]
Stranded driverless car calls for help because door wasn’t shut
Footage has been shared of a Waymo driverless car repeatedly asking for help from passers by to shut a back door so it could move. KemeraOne reports it sat outside a building in San Francisco, California on January 13 repeating the request until bystanders attempt to close it. Watch it here: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/video/watch/stuck-driverless-taxi-asks-bystanders-to-close-its-door/vi-AA1naMRu?ocid=socialshare#details (Picture – Waymo)
Waymo planning driverless freeway trips
Google’s driverless division Waymo has announced plans to begin testing its fully autonomous passenger cars without a human driver on freeways in Arizona. It says that, just as it has taken a phased approach to rolling out technology and operations in the past, it will continue to deploy in a step-by-step manner, first providing rider-only […]
Cruise “offers $75,000” to resolve crash investigation in San Francisco
General Motors’ driverless subsidiary Cruise has offered to pay $75,000 (£59,000) to settle a dispute with the state over whether it misled regulators about the aftermath of crash involving one of its driverless cars. The San Francisco Standard reports that a document filed last Friday (5 January) seeking to defer an order on issues raised […]
WEF calls for a rebuild of trust in driverless vehicles
Ahead of its annual meeting in Davos, the World Economic Forum has issued a report calling for a rebuild of trust in driverless technology. It says this trust includes public acceptance and trust between public and private sectors. It adds that to realise the safety benefits that the technology promises, strong global collaboration is necessary. […]
Driverless cars in San Francisco “can’t be ticketed”
Driverless vehicles in the Californian city of San Francisco are being held to a different standard to human-driven cars, with police pointing out they aren’t allowed to cite the empty vehicles for moving violations. The website sfgate.com reports police don’t have the authority under California’s vehicle code to ticket the cars for speeding, running red […]