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New Waymo Driver — Cheaper, Drives in More Weather

August 22, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, google, robotaxis, waymo

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:09:34 +0000

Waymo continues to trudge forward, and it is reporting notable improvements in its brand new 6th-generation Waymo Driver. The funny thing, as I’m writing this, is I still remember the first Google self-driving cars I saw and recorded with an old-school digital camera in 2006. That was 18 years ago! … [continued]

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Mercedes To Begin Level 4 Autonomous Driving Tests In China

August 14, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, Beijing, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, mercedes, research, robotaxis, weride

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 14:45:57 +0000

Mercedes has been given permission by Chinese authorities to begin testing is autonomous cars on the streets of Beijing.

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Waymo Grows Again

August 10, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, California, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Los Angeles, robotaxis, san francisco, waymo, waymo one

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2024 22:47:20 +0000

Waymo One is expanding its reach once more, just days after we reviewed the robotaxi service in San Francisco. The Waymo service is expanding into more places in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County. “Starting today, we’re bringing Waymo One to the San Francisco Peninsula for the … [continued]

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First & Second Waymo Experience Across the City

August 9, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, Electric vehicles, ev reviews, robotaxis, san francisco, waymo

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:32:38 +0000

We decided to take a Waymo to get to the museum across the city from us in San Francisco. My daughter opened the Waymo app, and, poof — 1, 2, 3, and a Waymo robotaxi arrived in 5 minutes outside the house, calmly waiting for us to unlock and open … [continued]

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Cheap EVs in Africa & South America, Robotaxi Leaders, Tesla California Sales Crisis — Top Cleantech Stories

August 7, 2024 admin africa, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica top 10, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, market research, research, robotaxis, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2024 22:04:16 +0000

It may be summer, but there are still tons of cleantech stories rolling through. From cheap electric cars making their way into African and South American countries, to robotaxi firsts and progress, to EV sales grow in different corners of the world. Let’s roll through each of them for more. … [continued]

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Will Baidu Apollo Go Be The 1st Profitable Robotaxi Service?

July 20, 2024 admin apollo go, autonomous vehicles, baidu, China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, Taxis, wuhan

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:22:23 +0000

In the USA, naturally, most discussion of robotaxis centers around Waymo, Cruise, and Tesla. And perhaps increasingly Zoox. However, on the other side of the world, there’s a different robotaxi service making a lot of progress and getting a lot of attention. That would be Baidu Apollo Go. For those … [continued]

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Elon Musk Confirming Delayed Tesla Robotaxi Event Confirms Other Things

July 18, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, robotaxis, tesla, tesla fsd (full self driving), tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:26:06 +0000

When rumors came out that Tesla’s robotaxi reveal event would be delayed, it was not the greatest shock the world has ever seen. Musk has been overly optimistic on robotaxi timelines for about a decade. The date for the event originally seemed to be pulled out of the air, and … [continued]

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What If The Cost Of Training Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) Keeps Expanding, But Progress Stalls Again?

July 10, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla fsd (full self driving), tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:26:53 +0000

In the world of Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD), I hear two main views. The Tesla bulls (of which I am a member) seem to pretend that it is a foregone conclusion that Tesla will solve FSD soon and the only thing left is details like the app to call … [continued]

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Tesla Patent Shows Clear Robotaxi Solutions

July 9, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, patents, robotaxis, tesla, tesla patents, tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 12:39:51 +0000

Not that anyone needs it, but we’ve got more proof that Tesla is thinking seriously about robotaxi service and trying to prepare its table for that. Tesla has been awarded a patent for automatic cleaning — well, sanitizing — of enclosed spaces (i.e., vehicle interiors) shared by multiple people (i.e., … [continued]

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