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Tesla Investor’s Critical Summary of Tesla Robotaxi Event

October 14, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, green economy, investment, robotaxis, tesla, tesla cybercab, tesla robotaxi, tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:05:14 +0000

Tesla had its big robotaxi event last night. Pre-market, the stock is down nearly 7%. I think it’s fair to say that Tesla unveiled some very cool looking robotaxi concept vehicles, but also did very little to show how or when it’s getting from where it is today to these … [continued]

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Waymo Launches Clever, Cute, Creative Marketing Campaign with Fortune Cookies

October 8, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, California, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, san francisco, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2024 03:50:07 +0000

Waymo has been expanding quite a bit in the past year, and now it’s looking to drum up a lot more business with a clever, cute, creative new marketing campaign. In San Francisco, Waymo has slipped little ads into fortune cookies at dozens of Chinese restaurants. Only in San Francisco … [continued]

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Cruise And Its Parent Company, General Motors, Must Pay $1.5 Million Penalty

October 3, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Cruise, Electric vehicles, gm, Manufacturing, national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa), nhtsa, policy & politics, robotaxis, tesla

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:55:59 +0000

General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra admitted earlier this year that the company faltered in 3 important areas in 2023: manufacturing electric vehicles (EVs), addressing software issues, and making sense of its self-driving division called Cruise. The last area of concern has reared its ugly head again, as the autonomous … [continued]

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A New Era in Transportation — Part 2

September 29, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, research, rethinkx, robotaxis, taas, tesla, Tony Seba, transportation as a service

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 03:57:43 +0000

In Part 1 of this series, we addressed the anticipated impact of robotaxis on the regular taxi market. In case you missed it, here is the link. In Part 2, we will now explore the impact of Transportation as a Service (TAAS) on the general automotive market and the transportation … [continued]

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Waymo May Use Hyundai IONIQ 5 Next

September 23, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Hyundai, hyundai ioniq 5, robotaxis, waymo, zeekr

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:50:22 +0000

We’ve been waiting for Waymo’s Zeekr next-gen robotaxis for a while now. And it’s a beautiful combo. I use images of Zeekr Waymo robotaxis every chance I get. Here’s another pair: The problem is that Zeekr is a Chinese EV company, and Chinese EV companies are facing extreme blockage in … [continued]

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A New Era in Transportation — Part 1

September 23, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, rethinkx, robotaxis, tesla, tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 03:06:52 +0000

I believe we are at the dawn of a new era in transportation due to recent advances in self-driving vehicles from several manufacturers, including Waymo and Tesla. The implications of this technology on the transportation sector, and on our lives, has been predicted to be transformational — so it is … [continued]

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New Tesla Wireless Charging Patent — May Feature At 10/10 Tesla Robotaxi Event

September 22, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, patents, robotaxis, tesla, tesla patents, tesla robotaxis, wireless charging, wireless ev charging

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 05:00:24 +0000

Tesla filed a wireless EV charging patent earlier this year that was just published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on September 6. This was spotted by SETI Park on X (formerly known as Twitter), and while the general concept is really nothing new, it implies that part of what … [continued]

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Once You Go Waymo, Do You Go Back?

September 21, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:48:02 +0000

A Bloomberg article caught my attention this week. I thought it was covering some news about Waymo, but it was actually just clinging to a single word and building part of a story out of that, a story whose headline stood out to me. The headline was “Waymo Sets Its … [continued]

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Uber & Waymo Expand Partnership to Bring Autonomous Ride-Hailing to Austin & Atlanta

September 18, 2024 admin ATLANTA, AUSTIN, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, Georgia, robotaxis, texas, Uber, waymo

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 15:20:29 +0000

Regular crashes, injuries, and even fatalities plague the traffic sector, highlighting the potential benefits of self-driving cars. When my daughters and I decided to take a Waymo to get to the museum across the city from us in San Francisco, we had no idea how safe we would or wouldn’t … [continued]

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Waymo Doubles Robotaxi Trips in 3 Months — Is Waymo Finally Scaling Exponentially?

August 24, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, California, clean transport, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, waymo, waymo one

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:01:49 +0000

If you thought Waymo was on a roll before, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The robotaxi company under the big Alphabet (formerly Google) umbrella has apparently doubled the number of paid robotaxi trips it is providing in just three months. Waymo announced yesterday that it is now providing more than … [continued]

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