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☆ Waymo is full speed ahead as safety incidents and regulators stymie competitor Cruise
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Waymo, Alphabet 's self-driving car unit, is having a relatively good couple of months – at least, compared to one of its key rivals: GM 's Cruise. When Cruise began offering fully autonomous rides in San Francisco in the winter of 2022, Waymo followed in the fall. Now, after a barrage of safety concerns and incidents with Cruise self-driving cars in recent months, the landscape looks starkly different. I have worked with pretty high-scale systems before Waymo, at Google and Ericsson, and this is a pretty staggering scale. [Note: Waymo recently shared that Waymo riders took more than 700,000 trips in autonomous vehicles in 2023.]

Persons: Cruise, Waymo, Saswat Panigrahi, you've, –, … Organizations: Google, Cruise, California Department of Motor Vehicles, GM, CNBC, Ericsson, Phoenix Locations: Phoenix, San Francisco, Austin, Buffalo , New York, California, U.S

The potential penalty facing GM's Cruise service could be around $1.5 million, based on documents filed late last week by the California Public Utilities Commission. Three weeks after Cruise's Oct. 2 accident, the California Department of Motor Vehicles effectively shut down robotaxi service by suspending its license to operate in the state. “Cruise is committed to rebuilding trust with our regulators and will respond in a timely manner" to the Public Utilities Commission, the company said in a Monday statement. The San Francisco-based company has already hired an outside law firm to scrutinize its response to the Oct. 2 accident. The cover-up spanned 15 days, according to the PUC, exposing Cruise and GM to potential fines of $100,000 per day, or $1.5 million.

Persons: specter, Cruise, Kyle Vogt, “ Cruise, Panini, Cruise didn't Organizations: General Motors, California Public Utilities Commission, Public Utilities Commission, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, GM, PUC Locations: California, San Francisco

☆ GM cuts spending on Cruise self-driving cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —General Motors announced Wednesday that it’s cutting spending at its self-driving car unit, Cruise. GM had previously announced it intends to cut back Cruise’s operations once the company restarts testing and ride hailing services. The Cruise vehicle then pulled forward, dragging the person along pavement for 20 feet. Following the suspension, Cruise announced it was pausing its public operations throughout the US and, last week, Cruise chief executive Kyle Vogt resigned. The reduction in spending relates to the broad reigning in of production and operations for Cruise.

Persons: Mary Barra, Cruise, Kyle Vogt, Dan Kan, Barra Organizations: CNN — General Motors, GM, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, Reuters Locations: United States, San Francisco

☆ GM’s Driverless Taxis Need to Slow Down
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Stephen Wilmot | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, earlier this year. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg NewsStep on the accelerator with driverless vehicles and you scare off regulators and the public, but hit the brakes and you lose financial backers. It won’t be an easy balance for Cruise to strike as it looks for a route out of today’s crisis. The autonomous-taxi venture 80%-owned by General Motors has lost both its co-founders since Sunday, including Chief Executive Officer Kyle Vogt . The resignations, which capped a tumultuous few weeks since the suspension of Cruise’s autonomous-driving permit by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, might make it easier to convince regulators that the business can make a fresh start.

Persons: David Paul Morris, Cruise, Kyle Vogt Organizations: Bloomberg, General Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles Locations: San Francisco , California

☆ US transport chief aims to ensure Cruise, other self-driving vehicles safe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt resigned on Sunday, a day after apologizing to staff as the company undergoes a safety review of its U.S. fleet. Cruise pulled all of its vehicles from U.S. testing after an Oct. 2 accident in San Francisco that involved another vehicle and ended with one of Cruise's self-driving taxis dragging a pedestrian. "We're going to do everything we can with the authorities we do have, which are not trivial," Buttigieg told reporters. The unit had in recent months touted ambitious plans to expand to more cities, offering fully autonomous taxi rides. Cruise competes with Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Waymo in deploying autonomous vehicles and had been testing hundreds in several cities across the United States, notably its home of San Francisco.

Persons: Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Leah Millis, Pete Buttigieg, Kyle Vogt, Cruise, Buttigieg, David Shepardson, Will Dunham, Chizu Organizations: Transportation, South, REUTERS, Rights, . Transportation, Motors, Traffic Safety Administration, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Transport Workers Union of America, Brotherhood of Teamsters, United Auto Workers, NHTSA, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, San Francisco, Buttigieg's, United States

☆ CEO of GM's Cruise robo-taxi unit resigns amid US safety review
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Nov 19 (Reuters) - - Kyle Vogt, the CEO of General Motors' robot-taxi unit Cruise, has resigned from the company a day after apologizing to staff as the company undergoes a safety review of its U.S. fleet. The Cruise board met on Nov. 13 and the next day named GM general counsel Craig Glidden as Cruise's chief administrative officer. The board also said it would retain a third-party safety expert to assess safety operations and culture. Former Tesla President Jon McNeill, a GM director since 2022, was named vice chairman of the Cruise board alongside Barra, who is the chair. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in October opened an investigation into pedestrian risks at Cruise and the Cruise board hired law firm Quinn Emanuel to review Cruise management's responses to regulators investigating the Oct. 2 accident.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Vogt, Cruise, Vogt's, Craig Glidden, Stephen Lam, Mary Barra, Glidden, Mo Elshenawy, Jon McNeill, Barra, Quinn Emanuel, Greg Bensinger, David Shepardson, Kenneth Li Organizations: General Motors, Reuters, GM, Cruise, Honda, REUTERS, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety Administration, Thomson Locations: United States, San Francisco , California, U.S, San Francisco

☆ GM's Cruise robo-taxi CEO resigns from company
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Kyle Vogt, chief technology officer, president & co-founder of Cruise, a Honda and General Motors self-driving car partnership, speaks on stage at the launch of the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle in San Francisco, California, U.S. January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 19 - The CEO of General Motors' robot-taxi unit Cruise, Kyle Vogt, has resigned from the company a day after apologizing to staff as the company undergoes a safety review of its U.S. fleet. "The last 10 years have been amazing, and I'm grateful to everyone who helped Cruise along the way," he wrote in the email. Cruise in recent months had touted ambitious plans to expand to additional cities offering fully autonomous taxi rides. Cruise competes with Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Waymo in deploying autonomous vehicles and had been testing hundreds in several cities across the U.S., notably its home of San Francisco.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Cruise, Stephen Lam, Vogt, Greg Bensinger, Kenneth Li Organizations: Honda, General Motors, Cruise, REUTERS, Reuters, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Vogt, San Francisco

☆ Cruise CEO resigns after all of the company's robotaxis were forced to stop operating
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementKyle Vogt has resigned as CEO of Cruise, General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit, as questions build about the safety of self-driving cars. Since then, the autonomous vehicles have drawn complaints for making unexpected, traffic-clogging stops that critics say threaten to inconvenience other travelers and imperil public safety. Late last year, U.S. safety regulators said they were investigating reports that autonomous robotaxis run by Cruise can stop too quickly or unexpectedly quit moving, potentially stranding passengers. Problems at Cruise could slow the deployment of fully autonomous vehicles that carry passengers without human drivers on board.

Persons: Cruise, —, Kyle Vogt, Vogt, Mo Elshenawy, Craig Glidden, Twitch Organizations: Service, General Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, GM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amazon Locations: California, San Francisco, Cruise

Cruise founder and CEO Kyle Vogt has resigned from his role at the autonomous vehicle venture owned by General Motors, according to a company statement sent to CNBC on Sunday. Cruise CEO and co-founder Kyle Vogt has resigned from his role at the autonomous vehicle venture owned by General Motors , according to a company statement sent to CNBC on Sunday. Mo Elshenawy, who previously served as executive vice president of engineering at Cruise, will now serve as president and CTO for Cruise, the company said. Vogt confirmed his resignation Sunday night in a social media post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The departing CEO also offered words of encouragement, writing: "Cruise is still just getting started, and I believe it has a great future ahead.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Mo Elshenawy, Vogt, Cruise Organizations: General Motors, CNBC, Sunday, Cruise, Twitter, California Department of Motor Vehicles, California DMV Locations: San Francisco, California

In an email to staff reviewed by Reuters, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt also said the firm would make a new tender offer to allow employees to sell shares, just two days after cancelling an earlier offer. "As CEO, I take responsibility for the situation Cruise is in today. Vogt also noted that the company's approach to working with regulators, press and the public "must improve." Cancelling the program helped to cut costs for GM after it had to pause Cruise operations. Cruise has said it showed officials of the California DMV the complete video of the accident multiple times and provided a copy to officials.

Persons: Heather Somerville, Cruise, Kyle Vogt, Vogt, We've, Greg Bensinger, Hyunjoo Jin, David Shepardson, Cynthia Osterman, Tom Hogue Organizations: General Motors Corp, REUTERS, General Motors, Reuters, Cruise, Cruisers, GM, California Department of Motor Vehicles, California DMV, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, California, U.S, United States, Washington

Kyle Vogt has resigned as CEO of Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit, as questions build about the safety of self-driving cars. The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise. Since then, the autonomous vehicles have drawn complaints for making unexpected, traffic-clogging stops that critics say threaten to inconvenience other travelers and imperil public safety. Problems at Cruise could slow the deployment of fully autonomous vehicles that carry passengers without human drivers on board. It said Craig Glidden also will serve as president and continue as chief administrative officer for Cruise, an appointment announced earlier.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Cruise, ” Cruise, Vogt, Mo Elshenawy, Craig Glidden, Twitch Organizations: Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, ”, GM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amazon Locations: San Francisco, Cruise

☆ Cruise testing continues in Japan, Dubai, even as vehicles parked in US
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

At issue is an Oct. 2 accident in which a Cruise vehicle dragged a pedestrian in San Francisco after striking her. As recently as October, it had hundreds of autos carrying passengers around San Francisco with no drivers and had announced aggressive expansion plans. In Dubai, Cruise vehicles have primarily been seen recently on a couple of islands on the outskirts of the main city. In Japan, Honda (7267.T) and Cruise have jointly been testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in the city of Utsunomiya - a regional hub of about 513,000 people - and the adjacent Haga town. Reporting by Greg Bensinger in San Francisco; Additional reporting by Daniel Leussink in Toyko and Rachna Uppal in Dubai Editing by Ben Klayman and Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, General Motors, Cruise, ”, “, Bryant Walker Smith, Greg Bensinger, Daniel Leussink, Ben Klayman, Matthew Lewis Organizations: GM Bolt, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, General, Reuters, University of South, National, Traffic Safety Administration, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, Honda, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Dubai, Japan, University of South Carolina, Arizona, San Francisco, California, Utsunomiya, Haga town, Toyko

A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company?s headquarters in San Francisco, California, U.S., September 26, 2018. In an email to staff seen by Reuters, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said the company will re-evaluate the employee equity program in light of the suspension, which "pushed out our commercialization and revenue generation timelines." The regulator said Cruise had not initially disclosed all video footage of an Oct. 2 accident where Cruise's car dragged a pedestrian in San Francisco. The unlisted Cruise unit last year introduced the equity program under which current and former employees can sell their vested equity to GM and other investors every quarter. Asked about the Thursday's email from Vogt, a Cruise spokesperson said, "GM and Cruise are working together on what competitive compensation packages at Cruise will look like going forward."

Persons: Heather Somerville, Kyle Vogt, Cruise, Sam Abuelsamid, Vogt, Hyunjoo Jin, Greg Bensinger, David Shepardson, Jonathan Oatis, Matthew Lewis, Daniel Wallis Organizations: General Motors Corp, REUTERS, General Motors, GM, Reuters, Cruise, California Department of Motor Vehicles, United Auto Workers, UAW, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, California, San Francisco, California , Arizona, Washington

☆ Cruise is taking all its vehicles off public roads amid expanded safety probe, staff changes
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"This orderly pause is a further step to rebuild public trust while we undergo a full safety review," Cruise wrote in a blog post. Last week, Cruise announced it would recall 950 robotaxis after a pedestrian collision. In October, the California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended Cruise's deployment and testing permits for its autonomous vehicles, effective immediately. "When there is an unreasonable risk to public safety, the DMV can immediately suspend or revoke permits," the California DMV said in a statement at the time. Last Thursday, Cruise announced a round of contractor layoffs.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Cruise, Craig Glidden, Glidden, — Organizations: Cruise Automation Inc, Southwest, General Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, California DMV, Federal, GM, CNBC Locations: Austin , Texas, San Francisco, California, Unifi

"This orderly pause is a further step to rebuild public trust while we undergo a full safety review," Cruise said in a blog post. In addition, Cruise will hire an outside safety expert to review the company's safety operations and culture, according to the blog post. Cruise previously said it had retained law firm Quinn Emanuel to examine Cruise's response to the accident. The teams under Glidden include communications and finance, according to the blog post. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said last month it was investigating the safety of Cruise vehicles.

Persons: Heather Somerville, Cruise, Quinn Emanuel, Craig Glidden, Mary Barra, David Shepardson, Ben Klayman, Chris Reese Organizations: General Motors Corp, REUTERS, WASHINGTON, General Motors, Cruise, Detroit automaker, Glidden, GM, U.S . National, Traffic Safety Administration, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, DETROIT, San Francisco

But right now, the unit's operations are shut down as regulators investigate the safety of Cruise's self-driving vehicles. Cruise had $1.7 billion in cash as of Sept. 30, enough to last nine months at the current cash burn rate. As Cruise's troubles intensified, investors on Thursday sent GM shares down more than 3% to $26.65, its lowest closing price since August 2020. In addition to the problems at Cruise, GM last month agreed to a costly new contract with the United Auto Workers, and scaled back plans to expand electric-vehicle production. California regulators suspended Cruise's license to operate, and have accused Cruise officials of misrepresenting information about the incident.

Persons: Heather Somerville, Mary Barra, Cruise, Cruise's, Lawrence Paustian, Barra, Quinn Emanuel, Shinji Aoyama, It's, Kyle Martin, Martin, Jason Petitte, Paul Jacobson, Biden, Ben Klayman, Joseph White, David Shepardson, Matthew Lewis Organizations: General Motors Corp, REUTERS, Rights DETROIT, General Motors, GM, Honda, Cruise, United Auto Workers, Pzena Investment Management, Reuters, Westwood Group, California Department of Motor Vehicles, U.S . National, Traffic, Administration, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, Cruise, Japan, Chicago, Waymo, San Francisco, California, Detroit, Washington

☆ GM's Cruise slashes contractor roles after driverless car suspension
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Cruise announced a round of layoffs Thursday affecting contract workers who worked on its driverless ridehailing service, CNBC has learned. This week, Cruise announced it would recall 950 robotaxis after a pedestrian collision. In GM's third-quarter earnings update, the company said it had lost roughly $1.9 billion on Cruise through September of this year. The DMV suspension came a week after federal auto safety regulators announced they were investigating Cruise following pedestrian injuries. The probe, spearheaded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, was prompted by multiple reports involving pedestrian injuries and Cruise vehicles in recent months, and it concerns an estimated 594 self-driving Cruise vehicles, according to the filing.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Cruise Organizations: Cruise Automation Inc, Southwest, CNBC, Cruise, General Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, California DMV, DMV, National, Traffic Safety Administration Locations: Austin , Texas, San Francisco, California

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after it dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October. The company said in documents posted by U.S. safety regulators on Wednesday that with the updated software, Cruise vehicles will remain stationary in similar cases in the future. The Oct. 2 crash forced Cruise to suspend driverless operations nationwide after California regulators found that its cars posed a danger to public safety. In the crash, a human-driven vehicle hit a pedestrian, sending the person into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle. Cruise says in documents that it already has updated software in test vehicles that are being supervised by human safety drivers.

Persons: Cruise, ” Cruise, Cruise’s robotaxis Organizations: DETROIT, —, Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, Department of Motor Vehicles, General Motors Co, Detroit Locations: San Francisco, California, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin , Texas, Cruise

☆ Cruise recalls all of its self driving cars to fix their programming
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving vehicle subsidiary, has recalled all 950 of its autonomous vehicles for a software update. Late last month, Cruise paused all its public testing operations while it investigated the incident that led to the recall. GM had announced Monday that it was pausing production test versions of the Cruise Origin, a self driving vehicle GM and Cruise designed jointly with Honda. After striking the pedestrian, the Cruise AV attempted to pull off to side of the road to avoid causing an obstruction. Cruise doesn’t sell its self-driving vehicles so all the cars are owned by either Cruise or GM, which produces the heavily modified Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles.

Persons: CNN — Cruise, Cruise, Aimee Ridella Organizations: CNN, Motors, GM, Honda, Cruise, California Department of Motor Vehicles, National, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Chevrolet

☆ GM's Cruise to recall 950 driverless cars after accident involving pedestrian
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A self-driving GM Bolt EV is seen during a media event where Cruise, GM's autonomous car unit, showed off its self-driving cars in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars from the roads across the United States and may withdraw more following an accident involving one of its robotaxis, General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving unit and the U.S. auto regulator said on Wednesday. All affected driverless vehicles will also be repaired before returning to service, it said. "Today we have issued a voluntary recall of part of our AV software based on a new analysis of our AV's post-collision response on October 2nd," Cruise said. Late last month, Cruise said it would suspend all operations nationwide after the California Department of Motor Vehicles ordered the robotaxi operator to remove its driverless cars from state roads.

Persons: Elijah Nouvelage, Cruise, Abinaya Vijayaraghavan, Chandni Shah, Anil D'Silva Organizations: GM Bolt, REUTERS, General Motors, U.S, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Reuters, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Thomson Locations: San Francisco , California, U.S, United States, San Francisco, crosswalks ., Phoenix , Arizona, Houston, Austin, Dallas, Texas, Miami , Florida, Bengaluru

☆ Cruise reportedly knew its robotaxis struggled to detect children and large holes but kept operating anyway
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cruise's driverless cars have reportedly had issues detecting children and large holes on roads. California revoked Cruise's robotaxi permits, and its service in the US has since been suspended. According to internal materials reviewed by The Intercept, Cruise knew about certain safety issues while its fleet of robotaxis was in operation. Cruise has maintained that its driverless vehicles are safe. We have the lowest risk tolerance for incidents with children and treat them with the highest safety priority," Cruise told Insider.

Persons: —, Cruise Organizations: Intercept, Cruise's, Service, The Intercept, Cruise, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Forbes Locations: California, San Francisco, robotaxis

☆ Cruise confirms robotaxis rely on human assistance every four to five miles
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

This Cruise in San Francisco seemingly could not figure out how to pull aside on a narrow street to let a buss pass. First, Vogt confirmed that the General Motors -owned company does have a remote assistance team, in response to a discussion under the header, "GM's Cruise alleged to rely on human operators to achieve 'autonomous' driving." The CEO wrote, "Cruise AVs are being remotely assisted (RA) 2-4% of the time on average, in complex urban environments. CNBC confirmed with Cruise spokesperson Tiffany Testo that the comments were accurate and came from the company's CEO. Cruise recently took the drastic move of grounding all of its driverless operations following a collision that injured a pedestrian in San Francisco on October 2.

Persons: buss, Kyle Vogt, aren't, Vogt, GM's Cruise, Tiffany Testo, Cruise Organizations: Cruise, Hacker, General Motors, CNBC, DMV, NBC, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Google Locations: San Francisco, California

☆ Aurora opens first commercial route for driverless trucks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Tina Bellon/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 1 (Reuters) - Aurora Innovation (AUR.O) on Wednesday opened its first lane for driverless trucks connecting Dallas and Houston, supported by its commercial trucking terminal in Houston, ahead of a launch in 2024. "Bringing our commercial-ready terminals and services online a year ahead of our planned commercial driverless launch between Dallas and Houston enables us to focus next year on integrating our driver-ready trucks into our customers' operations," said Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson. Aurora said it would operate its terminals day and night, which will support more than 75 commercial loads for pilot customers. Aurora's portfolio of products includes Aurora Driver, its self-driving technology that can be employed across vehicle types, and driverless trucking subscription service Aurora Horizon. Aurora has partnerships with Uber Technologies (UBER.N), Toyota (7203.T), Volvo (VOLVb.ST), and PACCAR (PCAR.O), among others.

Persons: Tina Bellon, Sterling Anderson, Aurora, Zaheer Kachwala, Varun Organizations: REUTERS, Aurora, Wednesday, Dallas, Command, General Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Uber Technologies, Toyota, Volvo, Thomson Locations: Palmer, Dallas , Texas, U.S, Dallas, Houston, Bengaluru

☆ US probes GM's Cruise robocars over pedestrian close calls
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NHTSA previously made public another Oct. 20 letter in which it raised concerns over several hard-braking incidents by Cruise vehicles that resulted in collisions. Safety officials cited two videos where Cruise vehicles came close to pedestrians in crosswalks and appeared to nearly strike them. Cruise had been operating an Uber-like service with unmanned vehicles, primarily in San Francisco, but the company halted that service this week. As of Friday, Waymo vehicles continued driverless passenger operations in San Francisco, its main hub. Reporting by Greg Bensinger in San Francisco Additional reporting by David Shepardson in Washington Editing by Matthew LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Heather Somerville, Cruise, Greg Bensinger, David Shepardson, Matthew Lewis Organizations: General Motors Corp, REUTERS, FRANCISCO, General Motors, National, Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, Cruise, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Teamsters, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, California, U.S, crosswalks, Arizona, Texas, Washington

NEW YORK (AP) — Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by General Motors, is suspending driverless operations nationwide days after regulators in California found that its driverless cars posed a danger to public safety. The choice to suspend its driverless services isn't related to any new on-road incidents, Cruise added. The pedestrian became pinned under a tire of the Cruise vehicle after it came to a stop. Three rear-end collisions that reportedly took place after Cruise AVs braked hard kicked off the investigation. “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.

Persons: — Cruise, Cruise, ” Cruise, Cruise’s robotaxis, robotaxi, Cruise's, Cruise AVs, Hannah Lindow Organizations: General Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, General Motors Co, Detroit, California Department of Motor, Traffic Safety Administration, Associated Locations: California, San Francisco, Cruise, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin

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