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...Cruise said it accepted Quinn Emanuel’s conclusions and acknowledged that “we have failed to live up to the justifiable expectations of regulators and the communities we serve”....
...As a standalone robotaxi business, Cruise has yet to prove itself roadworthy....
...Autonomous vehicle safety has been in the spotlight since early October, when a robotaxi operated by Cruise, the General Motors driverless car division, collided with a pedestrian and then dragged the person...
...Cruise is at least able to use this accident in future training: all its vehicles from now on will learn from the experience....
...Marriott-owned hotel group Ritz-Carlton launched its own luxury cruise liner last year. Luxury resort operators Aman Resorts and Four Seasons have also announced plans to launch their own cruise ships....
...The driverless halt was necessary in order for Cruise to “take steps to rebuild public trust” and assess its processes and systems, the company said at the time....
...The incidents include a collision between a Cruise car and a fire truck, in which Cruise said its car had been able to identify the truck in an oncoming lane and tried to brake, but had been unable to prevent...
...“Safety is fundamental to our mission to save lives — it’s at the core of everything we do,” Cruise said this week....
...And as always, when things look is good, no (expletive) Black Swan events that arrive out of nowhere to haunt us. Thanks, Tracey. Next question, please....
...Thursday’s 3-to-1 vote by the agency’s commissioners will allow Waymo and Cruise, which are majority-owned by Alphabet and General Motors, respectively, to operate driverless taxis in San Francisco without...
...Rates charged by General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi service in San Francisco are comparable to rideshare services from the likes of Uber....
...Cruise can charge but only at night in certain parts of the city. A vote to consider Waymo’s request to collect fares and Cruise’s application to run a daytime service has been postponed to mid-July....
...About 2,250 people attended the Saturday evening party at a cruise terminal, said organiser Yuga Labs, one of the pioneers in this market....
...Cruise alone plans to have 1mn robotaxis on the road by 2030....
...We are nowhere near that. The US facility that delivered net energy gain cost $3.5bn to build. It produced only enough electricity to press a laundry load of shirts....
...One day, perhaps, flying taxis will cruise above them. Two important hurdles stand in the way. First, regulators have not yet approved the vehicles. Second, they have nowhere to land....
...GDP, he adds, jumped from some $800mn in 2017 to almost $3bn in 2022. This new wealth is evident. New mansions dot the city’s manicured boulevards. Imported pick-up trucks cruise its wide streets....
...Though apparently in the middle of nowhere, Solo Palacio lies just 15 minutes from the new high-speed train station in Pola de Lena. solopalacio.com Asturias is home to some of Spain’s most venerable buildings...
...But then authorities suspended cruises-to-nowhere, too....
...Genting’s cruise operations in the Chinese territory, which adopts a version of Beijing’s zero-Covid policy, had suffered significantly with its “cruise to nowhere” trips suspended for months under pandemic...
...A pickup in the unemployment rate in February will probably be enough to convince the Fed to raise rates in smaller rather than larger steps, but still, its job of tightening policy is clearly nowhere near...
...Meanwhile, industry leaders Cruise, owned by GM, and Alphabet’s Waymo were last valued at $30bn and continue to expand efforts in multiple cities....
...Tesla delayed its plan to roll out more sophisticated autonomous driving software to a select number of drivers. Apple’s electric car project, dubbed the iCar, is nowhere to be seen....
...Only 16 passengers, including me, hop aboard the Maistros, a boat that seems barely big enough to cruise around Santorini’s famous caldera....
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