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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Calls mount for California to hit brakes on driverless vehicles","slug":"calls-mount-for-california-to-hit-brakes-on-driverless-vehicles","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:09.604280","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The two autonomous vehicle companies currently operate in a limited form and are required to have drivers onboard in certain conditions.\nSEE ALSO:Consumer advocacy groups aren’t the only ones concerned about the effects limitless restrictions for driverless vehicles may have, San Francisco Fire Chief Jeannine Nicholson said the driverless vehicles \"aren’t ready for prime time.\"\nAn internal SF Fire Department report, shared with KTVU, found 55 driverless vehicle incidents in which the vehicles interfered with or impeded emergency responders so far this year.\nIn one glaring example, a Cruise vehicle blocked police from responding to a shooting in the Mission District in June.\nIn 2022, Cruise spent over $650,000 lobbying the same agencies on similar issues.
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"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Cruise Begins Testing Self-Driving Vehicles in Atlanta","slug":"cruise-begins-testing-self-driving-vehicles-in-atlanta","publishDate":"2023-08-09 21:55:29.362000","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:08.384442","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"(TNS) — For the moment, there’s still a driver at the wheel, but San Francisco-based Cruise has begun testing its self-driving vehicles in Atlanta.While Cruise intends to eventually operate a ride-hailing service with autonomous vehicles here, a company spokeswoman said a driver would be behind the wheel in the initial phase as its cars roll through parts of downtown, Midtown and Buckhead.“It’s an important first step in getting to know Atlanta’s roads (and) driving behaviors before we progress to driverless operations,” said Anna Haase, in an email statement on Tuesday.The company had announced its intentions in Atlanta in an online post on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, on Monday.\nCruise , which has raised $10 billion from investors including General Motors, Honda, Microsoft, T. Rowe Price and Walmart, has a fleet of nearly 400 all-electric vehicles.\nThe company is now operating a driverless taxi service in San Francisco, Austin and Phoenix.Cruise officials say their vehicles have logged more than 3 million driverless miles and completed tens of thousands of rides.\nAmong the accomplishments have been 35,000 driverless deliveries in Phoenix, according to the company.\n“Tesla — which has experimented more aggressively with automation than other automakers have — also is linked to almost all of the deaths.”Cruise announced a week ago that it was expanding its testing to Nashville and has begun testing in Los Angeles.Atlanta is already seeing testing of autonomous vehicles.Earlier this year, the Cumberland Community Improvement District officials launched an autonomous vehicle in partnership with Beep, an autonomous transport company.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Driving Dystopia: Companies Are Getting Serious About Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Connectivity","slug":"driving-dystopia-companies-are-getting-serious-about-vehicle-to-infrastructure-connectivity","publishDate":"2023-08-09 16:01:42-04:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:07.733997","feedName":"Connected Car","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The United Kingdom relied heavily on speed cameras for decades.\nThe Association of British Drivers was formed immediately after the first speed cameras were introduced and ended up being followed by the Motorists Against Detection.\nAt the time, there was no shortage of government-backed studies claiming that automated speed enforcement saved lives.\nTraffic cameras aren’t just monitoring traffic anymore and drivers caught disregarding the rules are now subject to government authorities lowering their social credit score.\nAnd will the citizenry be broadly accepting of these programs or take the European approach of burning invasive traffic enforcement tools to the ground?
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Disability community split on U.S. ‘robo...","slug":"disability-community-split-on-u-s-robo","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-10 14:31:07.502236","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Disability advocacy groups co-signed an open letter penned to the CPUC ahead of the vote, which expressed approval for the restrictions to be lifted.\n“We are community partner organisations in San Francisco that believe we need to work with autonomous vehicle developers.\nThe evidence to date shows that autonomous vehicles improve road safety, access to transportation, and the availability of zero-emission transportation,” the letter stated.\n“[Autonomous vehicles] increase access to transportation for members of the communities we represent.\nWould you trust a ‘robotaxi’ in 2023 or are people right to be concerned about safety?
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