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California allows driverless taxi service to operate in San Francisco
- grandmczeb 4y agoSurprised this isn’t getting more attention. Waymo is likely to get a permit for paid service as well (my guess is within a year) meaning one of the largest ride hailing markets will likely have two competing AV services pretty soon. That’s a huge milestone for the industry. Link to the CPUC announcement: https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-issues-first-driverless-autonomous-vehicle-passenger-service-deployment-permit https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-issue... Link to Cruise’s blog announcement: https://www.getcruise.com/news/were-going-commercial https://www.getcruise.com/news/were-going-commercial
- lupire 4y agoIs there a non-snarky explanation why Cruise achieved this but Tesla didn't get approval for FSD in SF? The 30mph limit? Severe geographic restriction?
- grandmczeb 4y agoWell for one, Tesla never applied. Tesla has long argued it doesn’t need a permit to operate FSD since it’s a “driver-assist” feature and not autonomous[1]. But maybe you’re referring to some other kind of approval? [1] See page 16 of https://www.plainsite.org/documents/242a2g/california-dmv-tesla-robotaxi--fsd-emails/ https://www.plainsite.org/documents/242a2g/california-dmv-te...
- guzik 4y agoWait. Isn't this the most important news since announcing Ford Model A? Are there any other commercial driverless cars out there?
- guzik 4y agoOK, I just found out this is NOT the first commercial driverless car out there. But the first one in the major U.S. city.