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GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit to cut fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city. The state Department of Motor Vehicles asked for the reduction after a Cruise vehicle without a human driver collided with an unspecified emergency vehicle on Thursday. “The DMV is investigating… Continue reading GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit to cut fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco

GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit agrees to cut fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city. The state Department of Motor Vehicles asked for the reduction after a Cruise vehicle without a human driver collided with an unspecified emergency vehicle on Thursday. “The DMV… Continue reading GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit agrees to cut fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco

GM Cruise robotaxi collides with fire truck in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — California’s autos regulator said on Friday it is investigating “recent concerning incidents” involving autonomous vehicles operated by General Motors unit Cruise in San Francisco and asked the company to take half its robotaxis off the roads. The statement from California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) came after a Cruise robotaxi was… Continue reading GM Cruise robotaxi collides with fire truck in San Francisco

California DMV is investigating a Cruise robotaxi collision with a fire truck

The company has agreed to comply with the regulator’s request to deploy fewer robotaxis. Cruise will temporarily be deploying fewer autonomous vehicles in San Francisco while investigators are looking into “recent concerning incidents” involving its fleet. According to The New York Times and TechCrunch, the California Department of Motor Vehicles asked the company to cut… Continue reading California DMV is investigating a Cruise robotaxi collision with a fire truck

GM’s Cruise AV under scrutiny after collision with fire truck in SF

Cruise said in the post it was “deeply mindful of the well-being of the first responders” and that it was investigating to better understand the performance of its vehicles. A Cruise robotaxi was involved in a crash with an emergency vehicle in San Francisco late on Thursday, the General Motors unit said, a week after… Continue reading GM’s Cruise AV under scrutiny after collision with fire truck in SF

Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash

Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, has been asked to reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco following a crash Thursday night with a fire truck. The California Department of Motor Vehicles, the agency that regulates the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles in the state, requested the reduction in operations. The… Continue reading Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash

Cruise robotaxi gets in accident with San Francisco fire truck, one injured

A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Heather Somerville | Reuters A Cruise self-driving car was involved in a crash with a San Francisco Fire Department truck just one week after California regulators approved 24/7 robotaxi service in San Francisco. The incident… Continue reading Cruise robotaxi gets in accident with San Francisco fire truck, one injured

Cruise and Waymo see a surge in robotaxi app downloads

Consumer interest in Cruise and Waymo’s competing robotaxi services surged following a vote last week by the California Public Utilities Commission that allowed the two companies to expand and charge for their driverless car operations in San Francisco. Estimates from app intelligence provider data.ai showed 15,400 downloads of the Waymo One app in the five days… Continue reading Cruise and Waymo see a surge in robotaxi app downloads

San Francisco presses CPUC to halt Waymo, Cruise robotaxi expansions

California regulators gave Waymo and Cruise the OK last week to scale up their robotaxi services in San Francisco, but now it seems the city itself won’t have it. On Wednesday, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed motions with the California Public Utilities Commission to pause the firms’ plans to charge for robotaxi rides… Continue reading San Francisco presses CPUC to halt Waymo, Cruise robotaxi expansions