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...The developments come only months after San Francisco became the first US city in which driverless taxis were free to transport passengers without restrictions and without the supervision of humans behind...
...The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which oversees street transport, has called for the rollout to slow down....
...Some of Silicon Valley’s top engineers have spent the last decade writing code for driverless cars to expertly manoeuvre around the most complex streets in San Francisco....
There is still no consensus on how autonomous vehicles should work
...Amazon sends legal notice to India's Future Group over Reliance deal (Reuters) Lex Letter from Seoul: Huawei and the new way (Lex) Saudi wealth fund explores investing in grocer Lulu (BBG) Silicon Valley...
...People working at the NYSE Arca floor in San Francisco’s financial district, for example, should avoid public transport and must be subject to a medical check on entering the building....
...Formerly known as Google Ventures, GV acts like a traditional Silicon Valley venture capital fund and is leading Lime’s round....
...Waymo has focused on suburban environments in Silicon Valley and Arizona, while the start-up Voyage has targeted retirement communities in Florida, where a wrong turn is more likely to kill one of the turkeys...
...Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, has also organised her “social change organisation” Emerson Collective as an LLC....
...The valley is starting to come around to his way of thinking, he believes....
...test drivers, charged with seizing control of autonomous cars during dangerous incidents, have been allowed behind the wheel after only a few days’ training, according to regulatory filings by Silicon Valley...
...This approach fits the classic Silicon Valley ethos of “learning by doing” far better than the limited areas in which autonomous cars are being tested....
...Obvious examples of businesses they could be shut out of, according to Mr McNamee, are transport and financial services, where they are already starting to make a mark....
...Cities have clamoured to be selected for new offices from the big Silicon Valley tech groups, offering financial incentives and promising to invest in better transport links and other infrastructure....
...Last year, Google revealed plans for a campus for 20,000 workers in San Jose, not far from its headquarters in Silicon Valley....
...On the timescale of Silicon Valley, Waymo is the grandfather of the self-driving car sector....
...The 48-year-old former Expedia head will be set the task of turning around a $62.5bn company that has become a symbol of the worst aspects of Silicon Valley....
...Reinventing the wheel Goodyear has unveiled a spherical “concept tyre”— the Eagle 360 — which it says will shape all transport in years to come....
...But Stephen Foley and Hannah Kuchler point out the Facebook founder is also donating a new model of philanthropy to Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs....
...Uber, the fast-growing Silicon Valley start-up, has faced legal challenges in a number of cities including Paris, Amsterdam and Bangkok....
...Interest in the company dwindled to two parties including Hellman & Friedman, San Francisco-based private equity group, after bidders struggled to assess the threat posed by Silicon Valley taxi app start-up...
...“It started out being more Segway than runway,” says Mr Brunner, referring to the ill-starred electric scooter once hyped as the future of transport....
...Now the best new talent is demanding more central locations, with easy access to public transport....
...It’s an odd choice of words, given that Uber’s legal arguments often rest on classifying itself as an asset-light software company, not as a transportation provider. …....
...The capital from Naspers, a South African media group, Silicon Valley based-Accel Partners and New York-based Tiger Global Management is the latest in a series of foreign investments into India’s burgeoning...
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