Cruise CEO Says SF ‘Should Be Rolling Out the Red Carpet’ for Robotaxis, Threatens to Maybe Leave Town
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In his first major public interview since the DMV cut their San Francisco fleet in half, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said “we cannot expect perfection” from the self-driving cars, and vaguely threatened to leave town if regulators curtail them any further.

Cruise CEO says SF ‘should be rolling out the red carpet’ for robotaxis, threatens to maybe leave town::In his first major public interview since the DMV cut their San Francisco fleet in half, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said “we cannot expect perfection” from the self-driving cars, and vaguely threatened to leave town if regulators curtail them any further.

    • arin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      491·
      1 year ago

      Cruise already creating huge traffic deadlocks in Texas as their cars stop in the middle of the intersections

      • EvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldEnglish
        61·
        1 year ago

        Where do they operate in Texas? I go all over the state regularly, but I don’t usually go to the downtown areas where I would probably encounter one.

        • edric@lemm.eeEnglish
          161·
          1 year ago

          Downtown Austin. I bet if they leave SF, they’ll move their entire fleet to Austin, which is terrible news.

          • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Now I’m imagining a giant caravan of self driving cars going down the interstate. Known how well they perform, we’ll see them either blocking the left lane, or all lanes.