Driverless car companies Waymo and Cruise have been approved to expand taxi services in San Francisco
“Regardless of how the vote comes out, the companies have lost a huge amount of credibility,” says
at George Mason University in Virginia. “They’ve lost a huge amount of what otherwise was public favour when they first started driving five years ago.”On 10 August, the California Public Utilities Commission heard more than five hours of public comments before approving the driverless car companies’ requests in a 3 to 1 decision.
“I understand and appreciate the safety that autonomous vehicles can bring to the table in terms of no drunk drivers, no speeding, all of that kind of stuff,” said Nicholson. “However, they’re still not ready for prime time because of how they have impacted our operations.” Beyond 55 written reports of driverless cars interfering with law enforcement and other first responder operations, the city has received around 600 complaints from the public since the autonomous vehicles began operating in San Francisco in June 2022.
that such problems could increase dramatically if Waymo, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, and Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, decide to expand their city fleets beyond the existing 250 and 300 vehicles, respectively.
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