General Motors’ Cruise says it's suspending its driverless operations nationwide as the robotaxi service works to rebuild public trust.
FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit. General Motors Cruise says it's suspending its driverless operations nationwide as the robotaxi service works to rebuild public trust. The announcement, Friday, Oct.
“We have decided to proactively pause driverless operations across all of our fleets while we take time to examine our processes, systems, and tools and reflect on how we can better operate in a way that will earn public trust,” CruiseThe choice to suspend its driverless services isn't related to any new on-road services, Cruise added. Human-supervised operations of Cruise's autonomous vehicles, or AVs, will continue — including under California's indefinite suspension.
General Motors Co., which has ambitious goals for Cruise, has taken a significant blow this week. The Detroit automaker had been expecting annual revenue of $1 billion from Cruise by 2025 — a big jump from the $106 million in revenue last year when the company lost nearly $2 billion.
According to an Oct. 20 letter that was made public Thursday, since beginning this probe the NHSTA has received five other reports of Cruise AVs unexpectedly breaking with no obstacles ahead. Each case involved AVs operating without human supervision and resulted in rear-end collisions. “We welcome NHTSA’s questions related to our safety record and operations," Cruise spokesperson Hannah Lindow said in a statement sent to The Associated Press Friday."We have cooperated with each of their requests to date as part of the ongoing investigation process and will continue doing so.”Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
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