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	Starting in the ~~2020s~~, automated automobiles began to appear on the streets of San Francisco. Originally the bulk of them were owned by General Motors under their ~~Cruse~~ moniker, but after one of their cars ran over a pedestrian and stopped, pinning them under the car, they withdrew their fleet. They have since disappeared from the market.		[[Image:Early-cruise-av-test 20170919 144820.jpg]]

			'''GM's Cruise "autonomous vehicle" (actually being monitored and run as needed by technicians in a remote office), seen here in 2017.'''

			''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

			Starting in the late 2010s, automated automobiles began to appear on the streets of San Francisco. Originally the bulk of them were owned by General Motors under their Cruise moniker, but after one of their cars ran over a pedestrian and stopped, pinning them under the car, they withdrew their fleet. They have since disappeared from the market.

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	''Photo: Chris Carlsson, March 27, 2025''		''Photo: Chris Carlsson, March 27, 2025''

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Ccarlsson: Created page with "''' Unfinished History ''' Starting in the 2020s, automated automobiles began to appear on the streets of San Francisco. Originally the bulk of them were owned by General Motors under their Cruse moniker, but after one of their cars ran over a pedestrian and stopped, pinning them under the car, they withdrew their fleet. They have since disappeared from the market. Image:Two-zoox-carts..."

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Created page with "''' Unfinished History ''' Starting in the 2020s, automated automobiles began to appear on the streets of San Francisco. Originally the bulk of them were owned by General Motors under their Cruse moniker, but after one of their cars ran over a pedestrian and stopped, pinning them under the car, they withdrew their fleet. They have since disappeared from the market. Image:Two-zoox-carts..."

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''' Unfinished History '''

Starting in the 2020s, automated automobiles began to appear on the streets of San Francisco. Originally the bulk of them were owned by General Motors under their Cruse moniker, but after one of their cars ran over a pedestrian and stopped, pinning them under the car, they withdrew their fleet. They have since disappeared from the market.

[[Image:Two-zoox-carts-parked 20250417 204324041.jpg]]

'''These odd "Zoox" carts are Amazon's entry into the robo-car business in San Francisco.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson''

[[Image:Zoox-tester-and-cart-w-driver-on-Treat 20250417 204401777.jpg]]

'''The rainbow-hued car at left is an example of the fleet of "tester" cars Amazon/Zoox rolled out in the streets of San Francisco over the past few years. The diminutive teal carts, lacking steering wheels or front-facing seats, didn't show up until the past year.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson, April 17, 2025''

[[Image:Robocar-parade-townsend-street 20250327 230323791.jpg]]

'''Seen here on Townsend Street, seven Waymo (Google) robot cars pile up in a typical traffic scene in 2025. Waymos, often two to four of them, appear on streets all around San Francisco and are competing in the taxi and car-hailing business, but without drivers behind the wheel.'''

''Photo: Chris Carlsson, March 27, 2025''

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Robot Cars Take Over San Francisco - Revision history

Ccarlsson at 05:33, 20 June 2025