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The top picks from this week's edition of The Driverless Digest newsletter covering all things autonomous mobility are:
🤝📃 Top story: Mercedes-Benz Partners with Wayve to Bring AI Driver to Future Vehicles.
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The vehicles currently operate with onboard human operators.
🚍🎁 Waymo Launches Transit Rewards Program in the Bay Area. Riders who use a Waymo vehicle and public transit within two hours can receive $2.85 in Waymo Cash when they pay with a linked Visa card.
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The program will initially roll out in the San Francisco Bay Area before expanding to other cities.
Read the full digest here 👉 thedriverlessdigest.com/p/me…
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🏙️🚕 New piece: What happens when robotaxis can’t use the curb?
This week, TDD Editor @BenOHubbard spoke with Michael Hyland, Associate Professor at @UCIrvine, about a new study examining the impact of restricting robotaxi curb access in San Francisco.
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“If you don’t allow them to use the curb, what the software we use does is just gives them short ‘fake’ trips to take throughout the network” Michael told The Driverless Digest.
Read the full interview here 👉 thedriverlessdigest.com/p/th…
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You can listen/watch the full interview here:
Apple Podcasts - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Spotify - open.spotify.com/episode/4k6…
Youtube - piped.video/PYybxaMyzaE?si=cp5l…
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We Tested in Japan — and It Just Worked | Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of @Nuro
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This clip is from The Driverless Digest podcast episode with Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Nuro. You can find the full episode here 👉 thedriverlessdigest.com/p/th…
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The Driverless Digest retweeted
Fun new video from @alexgkendall & @wayve_ai driving down SF's famous Lombard Street fully autonomously
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Opinion: I was 10 minutes into my first trip in a driverless car when I realised my vehicle was potentially obstructing the US president. ft.trib.al/hXx7cSl
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Why AV Vets Need Group Therapy | Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of @Nuro
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This clip is from The Driverless Digest podcast episode with Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Nuro. You can find the full episode here 👉 thedriverlessdigest.com/p/th…
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🚨🎙️ New Podcast Episode: This week we spoke with Dave Ferguson, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of @nuro, about Nuro’s first decade and its partnership with Lucid and Uber to deploy driverless robotaxis.
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“We were adamant that we wanted to build a company where the very best people in the world could come do the very best work of their career” Dave told The Driverless Digest.
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You can listen/watch the podcast here:
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