A crowd of people vandalized a Waymo self-driving car on the streets of San Francisco’s Chinatown on Saturday evening, with one man lighting it on fire, the city’s Fire Department said. Video of the incident shows a man stop the passenger-less car in the street and bash it with a skateboard. Soon, a crowd forms … Read more
Over 150 people onboard the Queen Victoria cruise ship came down with more than just the travel jitters in recent weeks after a gastrointestinal illness hit the luxury voyage, sickening travellers with diarrhea and vomiting. The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) on Thursday said throughout the Cunard Cruise Line ship’s entire voyage, 129 passengers … Read more
A new report released Thursday say GM’s Cruise leadership really did want to tell regulators about one of their self-driving taxis dragging a pedestrian 20 feet, but the internet connection sucked so they just didn’t mention it. To refresh your memory, on October 2, 2023, a woman was hit by a human-driven car while in … Read more
ANCHORS AWEIGH: Chanel is returning to the South of France for its cruise collection. After staging the destination show in Los Angeles last year, the French fashion house plans to present the cruise 2025 line in the port city of Marseille on May 2. The event will “celebrate the energy and cultural vitality that make … Read more
Photo: Josh Edelson (Getty Images) Either the world is not ready for self-driving cars, or self-driving cars are not ready for the world. After all the avoidable crashes and injuries in 2023 — some of which were fatal — I’m going to say that it’s the latter rather than the former. Autonomous vehicles are clearly … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Autonomous cars have been hitting public roads in a handful of cities around the United States, but the driverless phenomenon has raised one particularly perplexing question: How do we keep those driverless cars in check when they break traffic laws? NBC really delved into the matter this week. What’s The … Read more
Cruise ships are floating ecological disasters that mostly take you from tourist trap to tourist trap, but hey, at least you get to tell people you visited multiple countries on one vacation. And while drinks packages cost more than $100 a day, you can’t even bring any weed with you. Still, people continue to go … Read more
Cruise ships are terrible for the environment, breeding grounds for everything from norovirus to Covid and often end up costing more than expected, but at least if you take one, you can generally expect to be able to drive home once it’s over. That ended up not being the case for dozens of Carnival Cruise … Read more
Image: Carnival Cruise Line Cruise lines are waging a war on drugs. Lately the big floating pollution and bacchanalia machines have been pulling out all the stops to prevent marijuana products from getting aboard. Carnival Cruise Line has started bringing a squadron of drug dogs to root out the druggies and drag them back to … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, December 15, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Tesla Vs. Sweden Intensifies The mounting pressure on … Read more
