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Volvo Is Issuing ‘Battery Passports.’ Here’s What That Means

Today on Critical Materials: Volvo issues first battery passport, GM promotes two ex-apple exects to lead software team, and Cruise is running in another city.

InsideEVs

How Waymo outlasted the competition and made robo-taxis a real business

From Apple to Uber, the road to self-driving cars is paved with expensive failures and flame-outs.

Fortune

Autonomous taxi company pays woman millions after she was dragged across San Francisco street

The woman will reportedly be paid between $8 and $12m

The Independent UK

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In a single night, self-driving startup Cruise went from sizzling startup to cautionary tale. Here’s what really happened—and how GM is scrambling to save its $10B bet

Before October 2, Cruise was the coolest part of GM’s driverless, eco-friendly future. Now it’s a rescue mission.

Fortune

Tesla Is Going All-Out To Convince Shareholders To Approve Musk's $56 Billion Pay

Today on Critical Materials: Tesla pushes for Musk's big pay day, insiders recall details of Supercharging team's dismissal, and Cruise reaches a settlement.

InsideEVs

Gucci gets into its new groove at Tate Modern London show — with help from Kate Moss and Debbie Harry

Creative director Sabato De Sarno delivers collection blending Englishness with Italian flourish

Evening Standard

Tesla and Hyundai reveal plans to replace taxi drivers

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised to reveal a self-driving robotaxi in August but transport experts say autonomous technology is not ready for the road.

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GM’s Cruise Resumes Robotaxi Testing But Without The Robotaxi Tech Enabled

The autonomous vehicle company deployed a small fleet of Chevrolet Bolt EVs in Phoenix, Arizona. However, there's a catch.

InsideEVs

Robotaxis shift up a gear as Waymo starts new autonomous rides – and Tesla is close behind

Waymo has revealed that it will offer paid-for autonomous rides in Los Angeles later this month – if you're on the waiting list.

TechRadar

GM Says Cruise Robotaxis Back On The Road With Human Drivers

GM subsidiary Cruise on Tuesday said it plans to get its self-driving cars back on the road without human drivers after suspending robotaxi service late last year due to safety concerns.

International Business Times

Tesla Settles Autopilot Death Lawsuit Hours Before Trial Began

Today on Critical Materials: Tesla settles autopilot lawsuit, Cruise readies to re-launch its robotaxis, and Ferrari wants to learn all about EV batteries.

InsideEVs

UAW Pledges $40 Million To Organize EV Battery Workers

The United Auto Workers union looks to organize battery workers, Waymo temporarily denied expansion, and Lotus EV division is valued at $5.5bn.

InsideEVs

GM CEO Barra Eyes Path to Unlock Value at Cruise

GM CEO Mary Barra discusses the strategies being considered to maximize the value of Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors.

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GM Faces Justice Department Investigation into Self-Driving Car Collision

General Motors is facing a Justice Department investigation into a self-driving car collision that injured a pedestrian, derailing its ambitions and trigge...

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GM's driverless car company Cruise is under investigation by several agencies

Cruise hired a law firm to investigate the startup's interactions with regulators after a Cruise vehicle dragged a pedestrian on Oct. 2. Multiple government agencies are now examining the crash.

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GM’s Cruise Robotaxi Unit Wants To Settle Its California Crash Probe For $75,000

The company also promises to improve its reporting of collisions and accidents involving self-driving taxis.

The Guardian - US

Why are self-driving cars exempt from traffic tickets in San Francisco?

Laws in California have yet to catch up to autonomous vehicles, even though hundreds are already on the road

The Conversation

Driverless cars: stopping dead seems to be a default setting when they encounter a problem — it can cause chaos on roads

While self-driving vehicles are being deployed in numerous cities globally, persistent controversies continue to challenge their deployment.

WEKU

Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year

After rapidly expanding its self-driving car program, things took a disastrous turn for Cruise when one of its robotaxis struck a pedestrian.

InsideEVs

GM Faces Another Challenge As EV Output Stalls: Investors

GM had a very tough year on the electric and autonomous vehicle front. That certainly didn't help its stock price.

Fortune

GM to 'rip off the Band Aid and significantly cut costs' by laying off 1,300 workers amid its transition to EVs

The layoffs will affect workers at two plants in Michigan as GM winds down production of its Chevrolet Bolt and Camaro models.

Fortune

GM’s moonshot bet on self-driving cars sours as Cruise axes a quarter of its workforce

The GM subsidiary has been in non-stop crisis mode ever since a fateful accident at the start of October.

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