robotaxi

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1. A self-driving car that can be hired on a per-journey basis by passengers.

   Self-driving Waymo car kills dog amid increasing concern over robotaxis [title]

   2023 June 7, Rose Horowitch, “Self-driving Waymo car kills dog amid increasing concern over robotaxis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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   This weekend, as videos of robotaxi malfunctions began appearing on social media, opponents say they are seeing their fears realized.

   2023 August 14, Kari Paul, “Robotaxi breakdowns cause mayhem in San Francisco days after expansion vote”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Robotaxis aren’t perfect. But neither are humans. Some 46,000 people perished on America’s roads last year, a toll that far exceeds that of most other developed countries.

   2023 August 29, Caroline Mimbs Nyce, “It’s a Weird Time for Driverless Cars”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2023

   San Francisco authorities and the company Cruise have offered conflicting accounts of an incident in which the fire department said two of the company’s robotaxis delayed an ambulance transporting a patient with critical injuries who later died at a hospital.

   2023 September 5, Dami Anguiano, “Self-driving car blocking road ‘delayed patient care’, San Francisco officials say”, in The Guardian

   Toyota Motor Corp. will begin a self-driving transportation service in Odaiba, Tokyo, this summer using the technology of Level 4 autonomous driving — automated driving under certain conditions — with the aim of starting a driverless robotaxi business in the future, sources said.

   2024 February 11, “Toyota to Launch Japan’s First Fully Automated Driving Service on Public Roads Starting in Odaiba, Tokyo, This Summer”, in The Japan News

   Self-driving cars, also known as autonomous vehicles or, colloquially, robotaxis, have been driving the streets of San Francisco in some form since 2009 and have been operating commercially since last August.

   2024 May 22, Lauren Sloss, “San Francisco’s Hot Tourist Attraction: Driverless Cars”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2024

   Synonyms: robot taxi, self-driving taxi, taxi bot