The demolition of Edmonton's Coliseum, which has been closed since 2017, will not begin for at least two more years due to the extensive planning and hazardous material removal required. The City has allocated $35 million for demolition, in addition to the $9 million spent on maintaining the building. The Coliseum, once home to the Edmonton Oilers, will be replaced by a mixed-use urban village as part of long-term plans for the area. The new development is expected to take 25-30 years to complete.
China suspends all new robotaxi licenses after Baidu outage
China has halted the issuance of new autonomous vehicle licenses following an incident last month in which more than 100 Baidu Apollo Go robotaxis abruptly stopped on the streets of Wuhan, stranding passengers and snarling traffic, Bloomberg reported on April 29, citing people familiar with the matter.
The freeze prevents self-driving companies from adding vehicles to existing fleets, launching new pilot programs, or expanding into additional cities. No end date has been set.
A Night of Chaos in Wuhan
On the evening of March 31, Apollo Go robotaxis across Wuhan — where Baidu operates its largest fully driverless fleet of more than 1,000 vehicles — lost contact with the company's cloud dispatch system and stopped mid-route. Videos circulating on Chinese social media showed a passenger trapped inside a vehicle halted in the fast lane of an expressway as trucks sped past, while other images depicted a robotaxi struck ...
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