"Waymo started testing its autonomous vehicles (with a safety monitor) in Philadelphia and will start manual driving to collect data in Baltimore, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh; Uber and Avride launched a robotaxi service in Dallas that will initially include a human safety operator behind the wheel; and the California Department of Motor Vehicles released revised rules that would allow companies to test and eventually deploy self-driving trucks on public highways in the state."
"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked Waymo for more information about its self-driving system and operations following reports from the Austin School District that its robotaxis illegally passed school buses 19 times this year. The agency already opened an investigation into Waymo's performance around school buses. Then there is KitKat, the bodega cat that died after a Waymo robotaxi ran him over on October 27. The company was already facing criticism over the event."
Autonomous vehicle deployments are expanding quickly across multiple U.S. cities with testing and initial commercial robotaxi services. Waymo began testing with a safety monitor in Philadelphia and will collect manual driving data in Baltimore, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh. Uber and Avride launched a robotaxi service in Dallas with a human safety operator initially behind the wheel. California revised DMV rules to allow testing and eventual deployment of self-driving trucks on public highways. Safety and regulatory scrutiny increased after reports of Waymo vehicles illegally passing school buses and the death of a bodega cat struck by a Waymo vehicle. Lucid Motors has lost several top executives, including Peter Rawlinson and Eric Bach.
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