Tag: Waymo
CPUC Announces Expansion of Paid Robotaxis in Bay Area & LA
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced on Friday that Waymo, a Google-backed self-driving car service, would be able to expand their paid car service from just San Francisco into several other cities on the Peninsula, highways in San Francisco,...
Teamsters Hold LA Rally In Favor Of Local Robotaxi Regulation Bill
The Teamsters Union began their campaign in favor of a bill that would allow city and county governments to impose limits and greater regulations on robotaxi services over state organizations on Friday, holding a rally outside of the Los Angeles...
City Of San Francisco Sues CPUC Over August 2023 Robotaxi Expansion Decision
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
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...
Driverless Cruise Lays Off Over 900 Employees Following Months Of Turmoil, Incidents
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...
Cruise Robotaxi Accused Of Misleading CPUC In Investigation Of October Crash In San Francisco
Cruise, the driverless car and robotaxi subsidiary of General Motors, was ordered to appear in court in February by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) over the weekend because of allegedly covering-up an accident involving one of their cars in...