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City Of San Francisco Sues CPUC Over August 2023 Robotaxi Expansion Decision

January 26, 2024 12:31 pmJanuary 26, 2024 12:33 pm

The City of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against the California Public Utilities Commission on Friday, asking them to review their decision made in August of last year to great expand robotaxi companies within the city. In 2022 and most...

Local Robotaxi Regulation Bill Introduced In The Senate

January 10, 2024 2:30 amJanuary 10, 2024 2:31 am

A new bill that would allow city and county governments to impose limits and greater regulations on robotaxi services over state organizations was introduced in the Senate on Tuesday with the backing of the Teamsters union. For the last few...

San Francisco Sued For $121 Million By GM Over Seven Years Of Back Taxes, Interest

December 28, 2023 1:15 pmDecember 28, 2023 1:15 pm

General Motors sued the City of San Francisco this week, looking to recover $108 million in back taxes accrued over the past seven years, as well as $13 million in penalties and interest charged against the company. Throughout 2023, GM...

Driverless Cruise Lays Off Over 900 Employees Following Months Of Turmoil, Incidents

December 15, 2023 2:30 amDecember 15, 2023 2:31 am

Cruise, the San Francisco-based driverless car and robotaxi subsidiary of General Motors, announced on Thursday that they would be laying off over 900 employees, due in large part to the company’s ongoing problems in California. In 2022 and most of...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk Invites UAW to Hold Union Vote at Fremont Plant Following State of Union Address

March 3, 2022 12:43 pmMarch 3, 2022 12:44 pm

On Wednesday, Tesla Founder and CEO Elon Musk responded to President Joe Biden for failing to mention Tesla when talking about electric car manufacturing in his state of the union address earlier this week, by inviting the United Auto Workers...

GM Announces Recognition of California’s Vehicle Emissions Standards

January 10, 2022 12:24 pmJanuary 11, 2022 7:36 am

General Motors announced on Sunday that it would recognize California’s authority to set new Clean Air Act vehicle emissions standards, ending a years long battle between federal and state-level laws on acceptable emissions from vehicles. For years, especially during the...

SF Transportation Agency Raises Several Challenges, Concerns Against Driverless Passenger Car Service

December 2, 2021 3:57 pm

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) severely challenged driverless vehicle passenger ride services in a letter on Thursday, pointing out numerous flaws and issues with GM’s Cruise service. Cruise, along with Alphabet’s Waymo and other services, are currently locked...