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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 DMV added that it has the right, following the investigation to suspend or revoke testing and/or deployment permits if there is determined to be an unreasonable risk to public safety.
Cruise has had a series of snafus, including at least 10 of its driverless cars reportedly stalling and blocking traffic, which threatens to derail its commercial plans.
The string of glitches come just a week after winning approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand commercial operations in San Francisco.
The CPUC, the agency that regulates ride-hailing operations including those involving robotaxis, approved Cruise and Waymo on August 10 for final permits that allow the companies to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, expand their fleets and charge for rides throughout the city.
Chiu’s arguments parallel comments made by residents and other city officials during a public hearing ahead of the CPUC’s vote.
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The latest Cruise incident occurred Thursday night when a Cruise robotaxi and an emergency vehicle crashed and left a passenger injured. Cruise said in a social media post that one of its self-driving Chevy Bolt EVs entered an intersection on a green traffic light at Polk and Turk streets when it was struck by an emergency vehicle that appeared to be en route to an emergency scene.
I was told that these cars were safer than regular ones. I guess they are 99% of the time. Unfortunately, crashing into an emergency vehicle is a huge deal.
Wouldn’t that get a normal person’s license suspended? Why is this “driver” treated differently?
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