Autonomous Trucks
Self-driving taxis have become the latest flashpoint for conflict in San Francisco between the city’s wealthy, assertive technologists and the anti-corporate, progressive coalition that has a deep influence on local politics. Cruise and Waymo have spent years running pilot programs in multiple cities and are hoping for big changes after the commission’s vote. San Francisco Mayor London Breed spoke at a Teamsters rally last month in favor of the bill. And in a newly announced paid sponsorship, a Cruise logo now appears on the sleeves of San Francisco Giants players. They don’t text at the wheel,” Waymo co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana wrote in a column last month in the San Francisco Chronicle.