The mayor of San Francisco is tired of his city serving as a test track for autonomous vehicles. In a letter sent to California transportation regulators on Wednesday, Daniel Lurie called for new state standards regulating how autonomous vehicles respond during major disruptions, saying stricter measures will strengthen the AV industry. “California’s challenge now is
Zoox issued a software recall after one of its robotaxis had trouble navigating a smoke-filled emergency fire scene in June. The Amazon-owned company said Friday that it shipped a software update that should fix the problem in its fleet of 105 vehicles. No one was aboard the vehicle during the June incident, and Zoox told
Sheryl Sandberg has led a $10 million investment in Self Inspection, a San Diego-based startup that is also backed by former Tesla CEO Jon McNeill’s DVx Ventures. The startup, founded in 2021, has spent the last few years trying to disrupt the vehicle inspection process by making it possible to properly assess damage to a
After weeks of speculation, Uber has officially agreed to acquire Delivery Hero, a purchase that will take the transportation and delivery giant’s status to new heights and into nearly 100 markets across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. Germany-based Delivery Hero also reached a separate deal to sell its business in 14 markets,
It turns out that even San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who once declared that the city should be a testbed for emerging technology, has its limits. Especially when that emerging technology creates a huge traffic jam that lasts for hours and leaves thousands of people paralyzed. Mayor Lurie has asked state regulators to tighten rules
SpaceX abruptly aborted the second launch attempt of its upgraded Starship rocket system on Thursday, moments after the booster ignited at the company’s complex in South Texas. The company was attempting to return to flight just weeks after the first Starship V3 launch in May. CEO Elon Musk said in a post on X that