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US Automated Vehicle Industry Status Record

The record unit is not a company. It is a named system and vehicle under a dated permit or authority, service type, operator role, operational design domain, jurisdiction

Aug 4, 20261 min readBy Dalton Anderson
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US Automated Vehicle Industry Status Record

The record unit is not a company. It is a named system and vehicle under a dated permit or authority, service type, operator role, operational design domain, jurisdiction, access state, and evidence source.

As of the review date, California DMV records distinguish testing with a driver, driverless testing, and deployment. CPUC records separately govern autonomous passenger service. Waymo holds California passenger-service authorities including driverless deployment. Zoox holds drivered and driverless pilot authorities, and its company page describes public Las Vegas service and selected San Francisco riders. GM states that it stopped funding Cruise robotaxi development and integrated Cruise autonomy work into GM's personal-vehicle strategy.

These entries do not rank safety, scale, profitability, or technical quality.

Sources

Follow the evidence.

  1. content.naic.org: autonomous vehiclescontent.naic.org
  2. daltonanderson.ghost.io: the bumpy road to self driving cars whos winningdaltonanderson.ghost.io
  3. news.gm.com: 1210 gmnews.gm.com
  4. news.gm.com: 0204 cruisenews.gm.com
  5. open.spotify.com: 75DDtIhd8Hazz8fhBuZgn4open.spotify.com
  6. waymo.com: waymo safety impact update 170mwaymo.com
  7. waymo.com: impactwaymo.com
  8. cpuc.ca.gov: autonomous vehicle program permits issuedcpuc.ca.gov
  9. dmv.ca.gov: autonomous vehiclesdmv.ca.gov
  10. ncsl.org: enncsl.org
  11. nhtsa.gov: voluntary safety self assessmentnhtsa.gov
  12. nhtsa.gov: crash report sampling systemnhtsa.gov
  13. nhtsa.gov: standing general order crash reportingnhtsa.gov
  14. nhtsa.gov: consent order cruise crash reportingnhtsa.gov
  15. nhtsa.gov: event data recordernhtsa.gov
  16. nhtsa.gov: special crash investigations scinhtsa.gov
  17. nhtsa.gov: automated vehicles safetynhtsa.gov
  18. ntsb.gov: Vehicle Automations Investigative Outcomesntsb.gov
  19. tesla.com: fsdtesla.com
  20. youtu.be: NJfXqTyjSXcyoutu.be
  21. zoox.com: communityzoox.com
  22. zoox.com: zoox service updates and expansionszoox.com

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