Self-driving cars – in real-world applications as of now limited to robotaxis – are simultaneously existing and scary as technological and ethnical implications around the subject are plentiful and recent accidents – for example of a Cruise robotaxi in San Francisco – have caused some hesitation among lawmakers and the public.
As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, while aformentioned Cruise by GM has suspended operations in six U.S. cities after the October incident, competitor Waymo by Alphabet is still operating limited public operations of driverless taxis in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and new-addition Austin, Texas.
A Las Vegas service by Motional was suspended in May.
In Chinese cities, it is already somewhat more normal to be able to board a robotaxi (or robobus) as several operators are vying for dominance and have expanded fleets. […]
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