Autonomous Trucks
That could accelerate plans to expand in other cities like Phoenix, where Waymo has long operated and where Cruise is starting to push into. Cruise and Waymo argue that SF’s streets are unsafe and that AV technology can save lives. According to the San Francisco Police Department, between June 2022 and June 2023, Cruise vehicles were involved in 30 collisions, six of which resulted in injuries. Waymo vehicles had two collisions, one of which resulted in an injury. “It is the responsibility of the autonomous vehicle companies to not have them impact us in the first place .