General Motors' Cruise unveils wheelchair-accessible robotaxi

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General Motors' robotaxi unit Cruise on Thursday unveiled a self-driving vehicle that is accessible to people with disabilities even as it waits for a key regulatory approval to build and deploy vehicles without human controls. The wheelchair-accessible vehicle called Cruise WAV is based on its Origin driverless vehicle that operates without a steering wheel and pedals with room for passengers to sit facing each other. Cruise, which currently runs a fleet of Chevrolet Bolt vehicles fitted with its autonomous technology, had filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) early last year to deploy up to 2,500 Origins annually.

The 2024 Ford F-150 was only just revealed last night, but the configurator is already up, and we know how much the truck in all its trims will cost.Updated Ford F-150 gets new grille, other features as Ford shows it off on eve of Detroit auto show

DETROIT — The top-selling vehicle in America will get a bit of a facelift next year, one of just a few new or updated vehicles that will be shown off this week at Detroit's big auto show. Ford unveiled the latest version of the F-150 pickup Tuesday night at an event next to Huntington Place, the convention center that will host the North American International Auto Show starting with media day on Wednesday.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a test ride Wednesday on Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. The $7.3 billion rail project, funded largely by China, connects the capital, Jakarta, and Bandung, the heavily populated capital of West Java province. It is to begin commercial operations on Oct. 1 and will cut travel time between the two cities from the current three hours to about 40 minutes.

 

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