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California DMV gives Cruise and Waymo OK to charge for rides

Enlarge / A Cruise robotaxi test vehicle in San Francisco. reader comments 36 with 23 posters participating Share this story The autonomous vehicle developers Cruise and Waymo both got a little closer to running true driverless robotaxi services in and around San Francisco. In May, both Waymo and Cruise applied to the California Department of… Read More »

Lyft ditches Google Maps for Here, partners with Argo AI

Enlarge / Lyft will switch its map provider from Google to Here. reader comments 57 with 46 posters participating Share this story The ride-hailing company Lyft is changing up its search data and places provider, which until now have been powered by Google. Lyft will now use Here instead. Lyft says the switch will mean… Read More »