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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Liedtke

California regulators suspend recently approved San Francisoc robotaxi service for safety reasons

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous menace.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles' indefinite suspension of the Cruise robotaxi service comes just two months after another state regulator, the Public Utilities Commission, approved an expansion that authorized around-the-clock rides throughout San Francisco — the second most dense city in the U.S.

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