Driverless car gets stuck in wet concrete in San FranciscoDriverless vehicles promise a future with less congestion and pollution, fewer accidents resulting from human error and better mobility for people with disabilities, supporters say.\nSo it was on Tuesday in San Francisco, where a driverless car somehow drove into a city paving project and got stuck in wet concrete.\nDriverless cars have become a common sight in San Francisco, a tech hub where they are often seen on test drives, gathering data that is used to improve their autonomous technology.\nThough driverless cars have not been blamed for any serious injuries or crashes in San Francisco, they have been involved in several jarring episodes.\nOn Friday night, as many as 10 Cruise driverless cars stopped working near a music festival in San Francisco’s North Beach, causing traffic to back up, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Cruise self-driving car, San Francisco fire truck collide – KION546","slug":"cruise-self-driving-car-san-francisco-fire-truck-collide-kion546","publishDate":"2023-08-18 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-19 14:31:07.177545","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"SAN FRANCISCO - A passenger in a driverless Cruise vehicle suffered injuries on Thursday after the vehicle was struck by a San Francisco fire truck that was responding to an emergency call.\nThe collision took place at 10:23 p.m. at the intersection of Turk and Polk streets, according to the San Francisco Police Department.\n\"Failing to yield to emergency vehicles, can slow responses to emergency calls for service, and, in some cases, prevent the emergency vehicle from being able to respond at all,\" the department wrote in a statement.\"\nThe company said it is investigating the incident to better understand their AVs (autonomous vehicle) performance and will be in contact with the city.\nThe autonomous vehicle was going through a green light when it was struck by another vehicle that ran a red light at a high speed.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Cruise provides update on collision between Autonomous Vehicle crash with San Francisco Fire Engine","slug":"cruise-provides-update-on-collision-between-autonomous-vehicle-crash-with-san-francisco-fire-engine","publishDate":"2023-08-19 01:59:42+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-19 14:31:06.598127","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Overnight, one of Cruise’s Autonomous Vehicles was involved in an accident with a fire engine.\nThe accident resulted in the airbags in the Cruise vehicle being deployed and the single passenger was injured and required hospitalisation.\n(1/5) — cruise (@Cruise) August 18, 2023Cruise says they have been in contact with the customer and continue to offer their support.\nCruise says their Autonomous Vehicle (AV) positively identified the emergency vehicle almost immediately as it came into view, which is consistent with our underlying safety design and expectation.\nBut wow, WTF!pic.twitter.com/D89xrSxAdu — FriscoLive415 (@friscolive415) August 12, 2023This was followed by another Autonomous Cruise vehicle driving into wet cement.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansion","slug":"san-francisco-launches-driverless-bus-service-following-robotaxi-expansion","publishDate":"2023-08-19 04:58:34+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-08-19 14:30:59.839369","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service - less than a week after California regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite traffic and safety concerns.\nThe county is offering the shuttle service as part of a grant-funded pilot programme to assess how autonomous vehicles can supplement the public transit system.\n(For top technology news of the day, subscribe to our tech newsletter Today’s Cache)“Having the attendant on board makes everyone feel comfortable,” said Tilly Chang, executive director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.\n“I didn’t feel unsafe,” said Dominic Lucchesi, an Oakland resident who was among the first to ride the autonomous shuttle.\nThe autonomous shuttle pilot project was launched after the California Public Utilities Commission voted to allow two rival robotaxi companies, Cruise and Waymo, to offer around-the-clock passenger service in San Francisco.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"California regulator probes crashes involving GM's Cruise robotaxis","slug":"california-regulator-probes-crashes-involving-gm-s-cruise-robotaxis","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-19 14:30:59.220508","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"‘China Slowdown Won’t Have Much Impact on India’ The slowing Chinese economy is unlikely to have much impact on India and the government will continue its capex push, finance secretary TV Somanathan said.\nUS Trade Bodies Push Back Against India’s IT Hardware Import Curbs Major global information technology and electronics manufacturing giants such as Apple, Intel, Google, Lenovo, Dell Technologies, HP, and others have called on the US government to “use every available forum” to push India to reconsider implementing the import restriction policy on IT hardware and launch a formal stakeholder consultation to solicit recommendations from the industry.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Eurobites: Ericsson claims 5G CA breakthrough","slug":"eurobites-ericsson-claims-5g-ca-breakthrough","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-19 14:30:57.497755","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vodafone UK reduces emissions; European Commission looks into Qualcomm/Autotalks deal; BT enters Orbit.\nEricsson says it has raised the bar for 5G carrier aggregation technology by achieving the world's first 6CC (six component carrier) data call, setting what it claims is a record download speed in this context of 5.7 Gbit/s.\nThe data call was completed in an Ericsson lab using three FDD (frequency division duplex) bands combined with three TDD (time division duplex) bands in sub-6GHz.\n(See Vodafone's new energy deal won't make it much greener and Vodafone UK sets sights on cutting energy use amid data tsunami.)\nThe rollout of Orbit started this week, with 62 stores across four UK regions using it to date.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"San Francisco Driverless Bus Service: San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansion, ET Auto","slug":"san-francisco-driverless-bus-service-san-francisco-launches-driverless-bus-service-following-robotaxi-expansion-et-auto","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-19 14:30:56.479250","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The county is offering the shuttle service as part of a grant-funded pilot program to assess how autonomous vehicles can supplement the public transit system.\n\"Having the attendant on board makes everyone feel comfortable,\" said Tilly Chang , executive director of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority.\n\"The autonomous vehicle will have a better reaction time than a human and it will offer a more reliable service because they won't be distracted.\n\"I didn't feel unsafe,\" said Dominic Lucchesi, an Oakland resident who was among the first to ride the autonomous shuttle.\n\"We still have to find a market for them,\" said Art Guzzetti , vice president at the American Public Transportation Association .
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"2 robotaxi crashes in San Francisco put focus on autonomous vehicle safety","slug":"2-robotaxi-crashes-in-san-francisco-put-focus-on-autonomous-vehicle-safety","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-08-19 14:30:55.760014","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"SAN FRANCISCO -- Calls to slow the expansion of robotaxi service grew louder following two overnight crashes in San Francisco.\nSan Francisco police said that crash happened at around 10:20 pm Thursday night at the intersection of Polk and Turk Streets in the Tenderloin District.\nOfficers said a San Francisco fire truck responding to an emergency collided with the Cruise autonomous cab.\nA Cruise driverless taxi collided with a San Francisco Fire Department engine.\nThe collisions came a day after San Francisco leaders asked state regulators to halt the expansion of robotaxi service in the city.
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