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Kyle Vogt - GM’s Cruise Rethinks Its Robotaxi Strategy After Admitting a Software Fault in Gruesome Crash - wired.com - Usa - state California - state Indiana - state Texas - city Detroit - San Francisco - city San Francisco - state Arizona - city Phoenix, state Arizona

GM’s Cruise Rethinks Its Robotaxi Strategy After Admitting a Software Fault in Gruesome Crash

In August 2016, WIRED visited the San Francisco offices of a young startup recently snapped up by a surprising buyer. General Motors acquired three-year-old Cruise for a reported $1 billion in hopes the straitlaced Detroit automaker could coopt the self-driving technology tipped to disrupt the auto industry. Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt—a scrappy Twitch cofounder who competed as a teen in BattleBots—said he intended to stick around, but to keep running the driverless-car tech developer like a startup. He’d be out of a job, he predicted, if he couldn’t hack the self-driving thing in 10 to 15 years.

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Waymo robotaxis now completing 50,000 paid trips a week - digitaltrends.com - San Francisco - city Los Angeles - city San Francisco - city Phoenix

Waymo robotaxis now completing 50,000 paid trips a week

Waymo robotaxis are now completing more than 50,000 paid trips a month in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, according to a post on social media by the Alphabet-owned company.

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Elon Musk - Joe Biden - Tesla's EV charging team layoffs threaten to slow Biden's program to electrify highways - autoblog.com - state Texas - New York - San Francisco - state Louisiana - city San Francisco

Tesla's EV charging team layoffs threaten to slow Biden's program to electrify highways

SAN FRANCISCO —  Elon Musk's decision to gut Tesla's electric-vehicle charging team is scrambling plans for rolling out new fast-charging stations and may delay President Joe Biden's efforts to electrify U.S. highways.

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Toyota's Hydrogen Future Is Crumbling As Owners File Lawsuits, Call For Buybacks - motor1.com - Japan - San Francisco - city San Francisco

Toyota's Hydrogen Future Is Crumbling As Owners File Lawsuits, Call For Buybacks

Mirai means "future" in Japanese. When Toyota made a big bet that hydrogen was the future of driving, naming its first hydrogen-powered Fuel Cell EV the Toyota Mirai seemed a fitting move for those huge ambitions.

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Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government - wired.com - Israel - state California - New York - city Seattle - city San Francisco - city New York - Palestine

Google Workers Protest Cloud Contract With Israel's Government

Dozens of Google employees began occupying company offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California, on Tuesday in protest of the company’s $1.2 billion contract providing cloud computing services to the Israeli government.

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A Shady Tow Truck Tried to Haul Away a Moving Car, Then Chased After It - thedrive.com - San Francisco - city San Francisco

A Shady Tow Truck Tried to Haul Away a Moving Car, Then Chased After It

A towing company with an alleged history of illegal practices is getting all the wrong kind of attention after one of its drivers attempted to tow a moving vehicle with two occupants inside. Video of a Ram 5500 trying to hook a Toyota Corolla idling at a stoplight in San Francisco has gone viral, and prompted a statement from City Attorney David Chiu, who told ABC7 Bay Area that the truck driver's aggressive behavior is «unfortunately, not surprising,» given Specialty Towing's history of breaking the law and generally unscrupulous behavior.

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20 best cities to own an electric vehicle - autoblog.com - Usa - state California - San Francisco - city San Francisco - city Boston

20 best cities to own an electric vehicle

2023 was a banner year for electric vehicles, with a record 1.2 million sold in the United States — about 8% of all cars sold, according to research firm Kelley Blue Book.

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Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People - wired.com - state California - San Francisco - city San Francisco

Here's How Generative AI Depicts Queer People

Yes, San Francisco is a nexus of artificial intelligence innovation, but it’s also one of the queerest cities in America. The Mission District, where ChatGPT maker OpenAI is headquartered, butts up against the Castro, where sidewalk crossings are coated with rainbows, and older nude men are often seen milling about.

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GM's Cruise is off the streets of San Francisco, and off the Giants' uniforms - autoblog.com - state California - state Texas - county Dallas - San Francisco - city San Francisco - city Austin

GM's Cruise is off the streets of San Francisco, and off the Giants' uniforms

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle division has had a rocky past few months, with high-profile accidents and a suspension of its business activities while it sorted through its issues. The embattled subsidiary is now dropping its sponsorship of its home baseball team, the San Francisco Giants, though the relationship is just transferring to Chevrolet — with a visual emphasis on the «EV» in the name.

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