A Waymo driverless taxi stops on a street in San Francisco on Feb. 15. California regulators voted Thursday to allow two autonomous vehicle companies to operate driverless taxis 24 hours a day. "Today's permit marks the true beginning of our co...
Following a contentious state agency vote, Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and General Motors’ Cruise are allowed to take paying passengers day or night throughout San Francisco, solidifying the tech hub as the centre of the autonomous vehicle (AV) indust...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:Walk through San Francisco, and it is hard to miss those driverless cars prowling the city. KERR: That's police body camera footage from the incident that was obtained by San Francisco news site Mission Local. The San Fr...
California has served as one of the earliest testing grounds for autonomous vehicles (AVs), particularly robotaxis like the one’s Cruise and Waymo offer. Cruise, for example, was founded in San Francisco in 2013 and was the first company author...
With no front-seat driver or chaperone to discourage them, some riders are engaging in questionable behavior. It also happened to be her first time engaging in sexual activity in a driverless vehicle. Autonomous vehicle companies have implement...
Would you get into a driverless taxi zipping down the interstate at 65 mph? You could.The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) agreed to allow Waymo and Cruise to expand their autonomous taxi operations in San Francisco. The move clear...
Waymo and Cruise can now charge for ride-hailing services throughout San Francisco despite objections that driverless cars interfere with traffic and first respondersA Waymo self-driving car in San Francisco Shutterstock/Iv-olgaDriverless cars ...
A Cruise self-driving car, owned by General Motors Corp., is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco where it does most of its testing, September 26, 2018. The approval “marks the true beginning of our commercial operations in ...