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The robotaxi company Cruise has resumed manual driving on public roads six months after halting all its journeys in response to an accident involving a pedestrian in San Francisco. The company, a subsidiary of US car giant General Motors, said in a blog post on Tuesday that it would resume "manual driving to create maps and gather road information in select cities, starting in Phoenix," in the US state of Arizona. "This work is done using human-driven vehicles without autonomous systems engaged, and is a critical step for validating our self-driving systems as we work towards returning to our ...
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Fahrzeuge der Robotaxi-Firma Cruise kehren rund ein halbes Jahr nach einem folgenschweren Unfall auf die Straße zurück. Die Wagen sollen aber zunächst nur von Menschen gesteuert unterwegs sein, um Kartendaten zu aktualisieren und frische Informationen über die Umgebung zu sammeln, kündigte die Tochterfirma des US-Autoriesen General Motors an. Erste Stadt sei Phoenix im Bundesstaat Arizona, weitere sollen folgen. In dieser Phase sollen Informationen zum Beispiel über Ampeln, Fahrspuren und Verkehrsführung neu gesammelt werden, erläuterte Cruise. Als zweiter Schritt seien dann autonome Testfahre...
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Ein selbstfahrendes Auto der Google-Schwesterfirma Waymo ist in einem Fall von Vandalismus in San Francisco auf offener Straße angezündet worden. Auf im Internet veröffentlichten Videos war zu sehen, wie mehrere Leute zunächst die Fenster des fahrerlosen Robotaxis einschlugen. Danach setzten sie es Augenzeugen zufolge mit Hilfe eines Feuerwerkskörpers in Brand. Die selbstfahrenden Autos sind in San Francisco umstritten. Kritiker und Behörden beklagen unter anderem, dass die Fahrzeuge häufig den Verkehr blockieren. Das Waymo-Robotaxi war am Samstagabend im Chinatown in einer Straße stehengeblie...
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Washington (AFP) - The world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, set sail from Miami on its maiden voyage Saturday, carrying what amounted to the population of a small city. The ship, built over 900 days at a shipyard in Turku, Finland, is a monument to enormity, longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, with 20 decks and room for more than 5,600 passengers (7,600 at maximum capacity) and a crew of 2,350. To ensure no one goes bored or hungry, the monster ship, registered in the Bahamas, has seven swimming pools including a 40,000-gallon "lake," six water slides, a carousel,...
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The world’s biggest cruise ship is about to embark on its first sailing. On 27 January, the Icon of the Seas will depart on its inaugural cruise The Icon of the Seas is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall with 20 decks. There are seven pools including the “largest pool at sea” as well as a waterpark with six waterslides. The ship has more than 40 bars and restaurants spread across eight “neighbourhoods”. Five times larger than the Titanic, it has a maximum capacity of 7,600 passengers and more than 2,000 crew. The ship’s first sailing has already sold out and trips through the rest of 2024 ar...
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New York (AFP) - US vehicle company Cruise has suspended all operations of driverless cars, the subsidiary of auto giant General Motors said Thursday, days after California authorities halted testing of its driverless cars in the state. California on Tuesday suspended testing of Cruise autonomous vehicles as robotaxis citing safety concerns following a series of accidents. The company made the move in a bid to "rebuild public trust," it said in a post late Thursday on X, formerly Twitter. "The most important thing for us right now is to take steps to rebuild public trust," Cruise said. "In tha...
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San Francisco (AFP) - California authorities on Tuesday suspended testing of Cruise driverless cars put to work in the US state as robotaxis by General Motors, citing safety concerns following a series of accidents and other problems. "When there is an unreasonable risk to public safety, the DMV can immediately suspend or revoke permits," the California Department of Motor Vehicles said in response to an AFP inquiry. The move came just weeks after a self-driving car operated by Cruise ran over a woman after she was first knocked in front of it by a hit-and-run driver in San Francisco. Cruise p...
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San Francisco (AFP) - California authorities on Tuesday suspended testing of Cruise self-driving cars being developed by General Motors, citing safety concerns following a series of accidents and other problems. "When there is an unreasonable risk to public safety, the DMV can immediately suspend or revoke permits," the western US state's Department of Motor Vehicles said in response to an AFP inquiry. The move came just weeks after a self-driving car operated by Cruise ran over a woman after she was first knocked in front of it by a hit-and-run driver in San Francisco. "We are devastated by w...
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San Francisco (AFP) - A self-driving car operated by US company Cruise ran over a woman after she was first knocked in front of it by a hit-and-run driver in San Francisco late Monday, video showed. The woman was taken to a hospital and police are investigating the crash. "We believe that another vehicle that was not an autonomous vehicle (AV) may have been initially involved in the collision, but the vehicle or driver were not present at the scene during our investigation," San Francisco officials told AFP. Video presented to AFP by Cruise showed the self-driving car and another vehicle sligh...
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San Francisco (AFP) - California authorities took a major step forward Thursday in expanding driverless taxi services in San Francisco, giving the green light for operators Waymo and Cruise to compete with ride-share services and cabs. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) heard six hours of public comment before voting three-to-one to let Waymo, a unit of Google-parent Alphabet, and General Motors-owned Cruise essentially run 24-hour robotaxi services in San Francisco. "Today is the first of many steps in bringing AV (autonomous vehicle) transportation services to Californians and...
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