Collaborate Disseminate
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Influential US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has called on U.S. President Joe Biden to ban electric vehicles from Chinese brands. Brown calls Chinese EVs “an existential threat” to the U.S. automo… Continue reading Should the US Ban Chinese EVs?
Beginning today, Waymo said it would start offering paid robotaxi rides in Los Angeles. It’s been offering free “on tour” rides since it announced plans for the service in January, and last month it received regulatory approval for the expansion to a p… Continue reading Waymo Launches Paid Robotaxi Service In Los Angeles
Cruise is redeploying robotaxis in Phoenix after nearly five months of paused operations, the company said in a blog post. The catch? The cars will be in so-called “manual mode,” so they won’t be driving themselves. From a report: Cruise will resume ma… Continue reading Cruise Robotaxis Are Back in Phoenix – But People Are Driving Them
The Seattle Times has a Pulitzer Prize-winning aerospace journalist named Dominic Gates. Sunday he published an expose on “a yearslong decline of safety standards” at Boeing.
After a 1997 merger, its new executive leaders “treated experienced enginee… Continue reading Report: Boeing ‘Put Wall Street First, Safety Second’, Creating ‘Yearslong Decline of Safety Standards’
“Scary moments for passengers on a Southwest flight from Denver to Houston,” tweets an ABC News transportation reporter, “when the engine cover ripped off during flight, forcing the plane to return to Denver Sunday morning.”
“Think that big circular … Continue reading Boeing Engine Cover Rips Apart During Takeoff This Morning
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Tesla “is poised to roll out its version of a robotaxi later this year, according to CEO Elon Musk.” (“Musk made the announcement on social media saying ‘Tesla Robotaxi unveil on 8/8.’ His cryptic post contained… Continue reading Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Unveil Its Robotaxi on August 8
A CNN opinion piece looks at “the moaning about manual transmission’s demise,” noting that “it’s not just Europeans (literally) clinging on. In the U.S., there’s apparently a young (also predominantly male) demographic that is embracing manual driving … Continue reading Will EVs Kill the Stick Shift Car?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: The Biden administration on Friday announced a regulation designed to turbocharge sales of electric or other zero-emission heavy vehicles, from school buses to cement mixers, as part of its m… Continue reading New Pollution Rules Aim To Lift Sales of Electric Trucks
An anonymous reader shares a report: New York City announced a new permitting system for companies interested in testing autonomous vehicles on its roads, including a requirement that a human safety driver sit behind the steering wheel at all times. As… Continue reading New York City Welcomes Robotaxis – But Only With Safety Drivers
There’s actually “a global trend toward increased air safety,” notes a Wall Street Journal columnist.
And even in the case of the two fatal Boeing crashes five years ago, he stresses that they were “were two different crashes,” with the second happen… Continue reading Air Industry Trends Safer, But ‘Flukish’ Second Crash Led Boeing to Mishandled Media Storm, WSJ Argues