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General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has recalled 300 robotaxis to update software after one of them rear-ended a municipal bus in San Francisco. Cruise says in government documents posted Friday that the robotaxi inaccurately predicted how the bus would move as it pulled out of a bus stop on March 23. The articulated two-section bus slowed as it was leaving the stop and was hit by the self-driving vehicle. Cruise characterised the crash as a fender-bender and said no one was hurt. The company says in documents sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it did the software update on March 25. Cruise determined that the collision was caused by an issue related to prediction of the unique movements of articulated vehicles in rare circumstances, the company said in documents. The company said no other crashes have happened due to the problem and that the same thing won't happen again after the update. Cruise said it did the recall to be transparent and
Bike taxi services available as usual a day after transport department's clampdown
Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte on Sunday said enough taxis and other conveyance will be made available for passengers arriving at Manohar International Airport (MIA) in Mopa, where flight operations will begin on January 5. Talking to PTI, the minister said the issue of taxi operators will be solved by January 5 and there will be enough vehicles available for passengers. The state government has already started the process to allot spots for taxi operators at the new airport and preference is being given to those from Pernem taluka, where the airport is located. The state government also plans to operate buses of state-run Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited from the airport for people who don't want to take taxis, Khaunte said. He further said that the government has advertised and started getting taxi operators on board. A queue system in line with the ones followed at other airports will be introduced at MIA, he said. The state has also developed a dedicated Goa Taxi App
Over 200,000 autorickshaw drivers and 48,000 taxi drivers are expected to join the indefinite strike
Passengers booking SpiceJet flights will receive an SMS with details of the SpiceJet taxi service, the airline said in a statement noted
Baidu has also secured a permit to run driverless cars on open roads in Beijing but here, the permit still requires a human operator in the front passenger seat.
Kerala government is all set to come up with an alternative to the popular corporate online cab service by launching its own e-taxi service, the first such initiative by any state government
Commuters had a harrowing time as various auto-rickshaw, cab and taxi unions in capital went on a two-day strike on Monday to demand a CNG subsidy and fare revision in the wake of rising fuel prices
Various auto-rickshaw, cab and taxi unions in the national capital went on a strike on Monday, demanding a CNG subsidy and a fare revision in the wake of rising fuel prices.
Musk didn't give details of the robotaxi other than to say it will look quite futuristic.
With only half the registered users active, it could still be a long haul
Domestic car sharing marketplace Zoomcar on Friday announced to elevate Nirmal NR as the CEO for India market.
In a first, ride-hailing major Uber on Wednesday said the riders can now see how many five-star ratings -- including the shameful one-star reviews -- they've racked up from drivers.
All scheduled commercial passenger flights were suspended in India since March 25 after the Central government imposed a lockdown to contain COVID-19
The prime minister acknowledging this initiative said that the fight against corona epidemic will receive a boost due to it
Two companies debuted their visions in Singapore this week, write Dan Murtaugh and Melissa Cheok
A ministry report had recently suggested a single regulatory framework for the Indian taxi industry
According to prescribed rates, fare for Economy Radio Taxi is Rs 12.50 per km, while it is Rs 14 per km for non-AC black
Fleet segment sales see extraordinarily high growth, across companies, as transportation becomes more of a commodity