"The Bay Area has long been the birthplace of transformative technology, and it's only fitting that Uber's next-generation robotaxi program with Lucid and Nuro will begin here — launching to the public next year," Uber's chief product officer, Sachin Kansal, said in a statement.

A beloved San Francisco bodega cat named KitKat was allegedly killed by a driverless Waymo cab, sparking fresh outrage about the controversial robotaxis. The cat, a friendly fixture loved by customers of Randa’s Market in the Mission District,