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Waymo said that a small dog 'did not survive' after it was hit by a driverless car

Alphabet-owned Waymo said that an initial review of the collision found that the autonomous driving system correctly identified the dog but “was not able to avoid contact.”

Fortune

Waymo self-driving car kills a dog in San Francisco

Driverless car’s autonomous system identied dog ‘but was not able to avoid contact’

The Independent UK

Self-driving Waymo car kills dog amid increasing concern over robotaxis

Collision occurred as canine ran out from behind another car, but autonomous vehicle could not stop in time to avoid contact

The Guardian - US

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Jet setting: the best Cruise 2024 runway shows

In an ongoing round-up, Wallpaper* picks the best Cruise 2024 runway shows, taking place in far-flung locales around the globe this May and June

Wallpaper

No one is driving this taxi. What possibly could go wrong?

An Associated Press reporter recalls the first time he took a ride in a car without sitting in the driver's seat

The Independent UK

Can Americans ever trust autonomous cars?

Cruise director of global government affairs says the company has driven over a million miles without causing any deaths.

Fortune

GM’s Cruise Recalls 300 Robotaxis After Crashing Into The Back Of A Bus

A software fix was issued after an embarrassing accident involving a Cruise robotaxi and a San Francisco municipal bus.

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When a robotaxi and bus collide...

Cruise recalled 300 vehicles after a robotaxi hit a city bus in San Francisco.

Fortune

GM Cruise Self-Driving Cars Recalled Following Bus Crash In March

Cruise's driverless taxi has started operating in San Francisco since last year.

Motor1

Robotaxis aim to take San Francisco on ride into the future

Two trailblazing ride-hailing services are heading toward uncharted territory as they seek regulatory approval to transport passengers around the clock throughout one of the most densely populated U.S. cities in vehicles that will have no one sitting in the driver’s seat

The Independent UK

He was a lieutenant on a submarine for 8 years. Now Cruise's CFO is navigating big plans for driverless cars

The company's driverless vehicles have traveled over one million miles.

Fortune

Cruise Chevy Bolt Rear-Ends Municipal Bus, The Company Responds

Just two days before this crash, a pair of Cruise’s robotaxis got tangled in caution tape and downed wires after a recent storm that hit San Francisco, blocking traffic and looking like “flies in sticky traps.”

InsideEVs

Cruise Robotaxis Spotted Tangled In Caution Tape And Downed Wires After SF Storm

The pair of robotaxis was spotted by Twitter user John-Philip, who said that the autonomous Chevy Bolts didn’t detect the caution tape blocking a street.

InsideEVs

We were told we'd be riding in self-driving cars by now. What happened to the promised revolution?

According to predictions made nearly a decade ago, we should be riding around in self-driving vehicles today. It’s now clear the autonomous vehicle revolution was overhyped.

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The Independent UK

Cruise wants to test self-driving vehicles across California

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state

Fortune

Cruise: We don't need NHTSA greenlight to test Origin shuttle

The 6-passenger autonomous shuttle has no steering wheel or brakes, and Cruise says federal law allows it to begin testing on public roads without NHTSA's blessing.

Fortune

Why Cruise's CEO says you'll soon be riding in a self-driving car

Autonomous vehicles will overtake human-driven cars in ten years, the CEO of GM's Cruise predicts.

The Conversation

Driverless cars: what we've learned from experiments in San Francisco and Phoenix

Residents of San Francisco and Phoenix have grown used to witnessing something that, a decade ago, would have seemed magical. In some parts of these cities, at certain times, cars drive by with nobody behind the wheel.

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The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a long-term journey we’re on’: taking a ride towards self-driving cars

Nissan’s ServCity project shows how far autonomous vehicles have come and difficulties they still face

Fortune

Tesla and Cruise are under the microscope

Regulators are increasingly interested in reviewing the safety and performance of self-driving features being used on US roads.

Fortune

There's nobody in the driver's seat

San Francisco officials want to tap the brakes on the fleets of driverless cars roaming the city.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Robot taxis? Hyperloops? A top technologist wages war on tech's hype machine

Rodney Brooks knows the difference between real technological progress and baseless hype.

Al Jazeera

On the road in San Francisco, riding in a driverless taxi

Autonomous vehicles from companies like Waymo and Cruise make inroads on California streets, despite safety concerns.

Motor1

Feds Launch Investigation Into GM's Cruise Autonomous Driving System

Cruise has plans to expand operations in 2023.

InsideEVs

NHTSA To Formally Investigate GM Cruise's Self-Driving Cars

GM's Cruise is the first company to operate "robotaxis" on public roads with no safety driver, which has led to reported incidents. An NHTSA probe is underway.

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