7 posts tagged ‘cruise’
Just a few weeks in, passengers on this nine-month cruise have already endured a COVID outbreak, racial microaggressions, and an emergent class system
Boing Boing,
I don't know about you, but I love a good reality show—call it my guilty pleasure, if you must. My current obsession isn't actually a reality show on any network or streaming platform, but, rather, Royal Caribbean's "Ultimate World Cruise," which is being shared via the social media accounts of folks who are currently onboard. — Read the rest The post Just a few weeks in, passengers on this nine-month cruise have already endured a COVID outbreak, racial microaggressions, and an emergent class system appeared first on Boing Boing.
Facing roadblocks, China’s robotaxi darlings apply the brakes
TechCrunch,
A few years ago, robotaxis were the darlings of venture capitalists in China. A cadre of audacious startups, including Deeproute.ai, WeRide.ai, Pony.ai and Momenta reeled in hundreds of millions of dollars to fuel their costly ambitions. With pockets overflowing, they spent generously on building self-driving vehicle fleets. Their geeky executives, swapping T-shirts for sharp suits, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt Resigns After Vehicles Deemed Public Safety Hazard
Gizmodo,
The co-founder of Cruise, Kyle Vogt, resigned from his duties as CEO, CTO, and President on Sunday night, following a month of turbulence for General Motors’ self-driving car subsidiary. Vogt exits the startup he launched in his garage 10 years ago, just weeks after Cruise recalled 950 robotaxis after one of them dragg… Read more...
Cruise suspends employee stock program, corp bonuses moved up
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, told staff Thursday via email that the employee share-selling program for the fourth quarter is suspended, following an incident that resulted in the robotaxi company losing its permits to operate in California. Cruise cited the need to reevaluate how to offer competitive compensation, according to sources who […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
The Wild West of robotaxis: Will Texas be a regulatory haven or chaos unleashed?
All eyes might be on the California robotaxi market, but Texas is the one shaping up to be the next hot testbed of the technology — and regulatory fights that could follow. The Lone Star State has been home to autonomous vehicle testing, particularly with trucks, for years now. However, Texas, a state with negligible […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
GM inserts exec at Cruise as safety review expands, manual self driving paused
General Motors is taking a more active role in shaping the safety culture at Cruise, following a string of incidents that prompted California regulators to suspend permits that allowed the self-driving car subsidiary to operate commercially in the state. The legacy automaker is inserting one of its own executives, who is also a Cruise board […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Australian cop convicted for pulling gun over threat of Top Gun: Maverick spoilers
AV Club,
Spoilers are serious business, both on the internet, and in real life. But an Australian judge has officially ruled that you can go too far in your desire to come into every media experience in our info-soaked environment completely clean, sentencing a police officer in the country to 100 hours of community service,… Read more...