minus-squareglisse@sh.itjust.workstoNot The Onion@lemmy.world•Waymo CEO Says Society Is Ready for One of Its Cars to Kill SomeonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 days agoThe dragging incident actually happened in 2024 with a different self-driving car company (Cruise by General Motors) https://www.ktvu.com/news/cruise-fined-500000-filing-false-report-about-driverless-car-dragging-pedestrian.amp They tried to cover it up too. By the end of that year, GM had stopped funding Cruise and driverless taxis, and is now focusing only on driver-assist features. linkfedilink
The dragging incident actually happened in 2024 with a different self-driving car company (Cruise by General Motors) https://www.ktvu.com/news/cruise-fined-500000-filing-false-report-about-driverless-car-dragging-pedestrian.amp They tried to cover it up too. By the end of that year, GM had stopped funding Cruise and driverless taxis, and is now focusing only on driver-assist features.