San Francisco officials warn of safety dangers caused by driverless vehicles

It’s emerged firefighters in San Francisco were forced to break a driverless vehicle’s windows in order to get it moved from across a hose being used to fight a fire in the city last month. The event has been detailed in a joint letter from Directors at the city’s Municipal and County Transportation departments, and […]

San Francisco looks to slow introduction of driverless vehicles

It’s seen to be the capital of the world’s driverless vehicle technology, but now officials in San Francisco are asking the state of California to halt or scale back the expansion plans of Cruise and Waymo. NBC news reports repeated incidents in which cars without drivers stopped and idled in the middle of the street […]

Video released of driverless ride in San Francisco

A newspaper in San Francisco has released a video of a journalist taking a Cruise self-driving taxis. The General Motors driverless car subsidiary is currently seeking final approval from Californian authorities to begin commercialising its driverless taxi fleet in the city. “Our ride was frequently hilarious, often slow-paced and ultimately quite mundane,” the San Francisco […]

Cruise offers driverless car trip so to public in San Francisco

General Motors’ driverless subsidiary Cruise is offering people in San Francisco a chance to ride in a driverless taxi. Residents and visitors can take free rides in its battery-powered fleet–with no human backup drivers. “Ready to go fully driverless?” a form on its website reads. “We can’t wait for you to join the Cruise Rider […]