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GM Gives Up On Cruise Origin and Pivots to Chevy Bolt EUV for Autonomous Taxi Service

The Truth About Cars

The Origin project began in 2020 with a partnership between GM and Honda, but the effort lost steam, and the automaker cut production in November 2023 after its Bolt EV autonomous taxis ran into several issues during testing. Images: GM, Shutterstock] Become a TTAC insider.

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Waymo One opens to the public in Los Angeles

Teslarati

On Tuesday, Waymo announced in a press release that its Waymo One self-driving taxi service is now open to anyone in LA, offering its ride-hailing services 24 hours a day. ” The company also announced that it will be the Official Ride-Hail Partner of the LA Auto Show running from November 22 to December 1.

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GM self-driving unit Cruise to re-launch human-operated testing

Teslarati

The General Motors (GM) self-driving unit Cruise has announced plans to resume driver-operated vehicle testing in Arizona, after an accident with one of its driverless taxis in October left a pedestrian severely injured. “This will help inform where we ultimately will resume driverless operations,” Cruise added.

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Waymo now open to everyone in LA – but no new service areas

Baua Electric

Waymo has opened up its driverless taxi service to everyone in Los Angeles, without need for an invite code or waitlist, but it still remains with the same service area it had before and doesn’t yet cover the whole area around LA. The company recently announced it will add Hyundai Ioniq 5s to its fleet in the future.

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Waymo expands its LA & SF service areas, with Austin coming soon

Baua Electric

Waymo is adding to its driverless taxi service areas in both Los Angeles and San Francisco, and is currently testing in Austin in advance of offering rides to the public soon. The cars currently only work in certain geofenced areas that have been well-mapped by Waymo, in Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

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Electrify America releases $300M Cycle 2 national ZEV investment plan; metro charging, autonomous charging, renewable generation

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Electrify America will invest in metro-based direct current fast charging (DCFC) stations in 18 metro areas, including these new metro areas in Cycle 2: Atlanta, Baltimore, Honolulu, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

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China is testing more driverless cars than any other country – ET Auto

Baua Electric

A fleet of 500 taxis navigated by computers, often with no safety drivers in them for backup, buzz around. The company that operates them, tech giant Baidu, said last month that it would add another 1,000 of the so-called robot taxis in Wuhan. Cruise has resumed limited testing in Phoenix. Surveys by J.D.

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