California DMV: a total of 4.5M autonomous vehicle test miles were logged in 2024, down 50% YoY, with driverless testing falling 83% YoY to just 552,895 miles
1. Waymo is now a robotaxi operator in California, more than a tester. — 2. GM shut down Cruise. — I'd love to see a comparison of these 2024 numbers against other states and countries. … Forums: ...
A look at the economics of Waymo's robot taxi business as its dominance has grown since Cruise pulled its fleet off the road
Eli Tan / New York Times :
GM plans to cut Cruise spending by half in 2024, or by ~$1B, but remains committed to the self-driving unit and will “soon” give a timeline to resume operations
General Motors (GM.N) said Tuesday it is cutting spending in half on troubled robotaxi unit Cruise …
Sources: Uber's autonomous cars struggled with goal of 13 miles before driver intervention; Waymo says its cars had average of ~5.6K miles between interventions
versus nearly 5,600 for Waymo and 1,200 for Cruise in CA. Uber says MPI is not a good measure of safety. However, it is a measure of performance reliability Daisuke Wakabayashi / @daiwaka : That's a f...