Tag: autonomous vehicles

Tesla’s loss is Zoox’s gain

Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson told the crowd at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 that he didn’t think Tesla would launch a robotaxi ride-hailing...

Microsoft will take an $800M hit over Cruise robotaxi shutdown

GM’s decision to shut down its Cruise robotaxi program continues to ripple through the market, extending to the self-driving car company’s minority investors....

Honda cuts funding to robotaxi venture with Cruise and GM in Japan

Honda Motor Co. will stop funding a joint venture with General Motors and Cruise to launch a robotaxi service in Japan, now that...

Cruise employees ‘blindsided’ by GM’s plan to end robotaxi program

The news came by Slack message.  Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, who took the top post in June, posted a message Tuesday afternoon in the...

GM is giving up on Cruise robotaxis, pivots to personal autonomous vehicles

General Motors said Tuesday it will no longer fund the development of a commercial robotaxi business and will instead absorb its self-driving car...

San Francisco is the most prepared city for new transportation tech

San Francisco is the most prepared city for new transportation technologies like AI, autonomous vehicles, and air taxis, according to an new urban...