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California Suspends GM’s Cruise Robotaxis Citing Safety Risks

California’s state agency’s decision comes after a woman was critically injured at the beginning of the month when she was hit by a human-driven car and was then thrown in front of a robotaxi.

California hits pause on GM Cruise self-driving cars due to safety concerns

California hits pause on GM Cruise self-driving cars due to safety concerns

Decision is latest instance of regulatory agencies expressing concern over safety of autonomous vehicles.

California orders Cruise driverless cars off the roads because of safety concerns

California orders Cruise driverless cars off the roads because of safety concerns

The state issued the immediate suspension of the self-driving cars after one struck a pedestrian.

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

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 Independent UK

California suspends Cruise driverless taxi test after accident

GM-owned AV company can still operate cars with test driver onboard

The Independent UK

More Headaches For GM's Cruise As NHTSA Probes Pedestrian Risks

NHTSA said its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received two reports of incidents involving Cruise autonomous vehicles where pedestrians were injured.

Cruise Robotaxis Upgraded After Fire Truck Crash In San Francisco

Cruise says that it worked closely with police and fire units to get notifications for emergencies in San Francisco, setting up email alerts directly from the city’s Emergency Services for scenes that need to be avoided.

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Driverless cars are multiplying on Texas roads. Here’s what you should know.

Autonomous vehicles, or AVs, are here. Tribune journalists took a ride in one recently and answer the biggest questions about who’s driving the driverless trend and how the state regulates them.

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Woman Critically Injured After Being Hit By Car, Then Run Over By Cruise Robotaxi

Woman Critically Injured After Being Hit By Car, Then Run Over By Cruise Robotaxi

This is the latest and most serious in a series of incidents involving Cruise robotaxis in San Francisco in recent months.

Cruise Robotaxi Fleet Causes Gridlock On Austin Street

Cruise Robotaxi Fleet Causes Gridlock On Austin Street

Rather ironically, Cruise ran a full-page advertisement in the New York Times in July where it said that “Humans are terrible drivers.”

Self-driving car blocking road ‘delayed patient care’, San Francisco officials say

Self-driving car blocking road ‘delayed patient care’, San Francisco officials say

Cruise, the robotaxi firm, denies the city’s claims its vehicle blocked ambulance which resulted in injured person’s death

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Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars

Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars

Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.

Nvidia's rocketship has room for more passengers

Nvidia's rocketship has room for more passengers

The A.I. chipmaker, which just delivered blowout earnings, is on a hiring spree.

ARM’s IPO poised to be the deal that SoftBank—and the IPO market—desperately need

ARM’s IPO poised to be the deal that SoftBank—and the IPO market—desperately need

Should the IPO go as planned, SoftBank could be on track to double its investment.

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GM’s Cruise agrees to immediately take half its robotaxis off San Francisco’s streets

The city's fire department chief that didn't want to babysit robotaxis now saw one of her emergency vehicles collide with a Cruise self-driving car on the way to a scene.

Cruise To Reduce Robotaxi Fleet By 50% In SF Following Fire Truck Collision

The state DMV is investigating “recent concerning incidents” involving Cruise vehicles in San Francisco and called for the robotaxi business to have no more than 50 driverless vehicles on the roads during the day.

The Independent UK

Traffic, wet concrete, and a collision with a fire truck: Robotaxis cause chaos in San Francisco after expansion

Critics warned cars weren’t ready for full operations in San Francsico ahead of vote earlier this month

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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

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Cruise Robotaxi Collides With San Francisco Fire Truck, One Injured

Cruise said the robotaxi entered the intersection on a green light and was struck by the emergency vehicle that "appeared to be en route to an emergency scene."

The Independent UK

San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansion

San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service less than a week after regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite traffic and safety concerns

Cruise AV Robotaxi Gets Stuck In Wet Concrete In San Francisco

Less than a week ago, the California Public Utilities Commission approved the expansion of Cruise and Waymo's self-driving car services in San Francisco 24/7.

Cruise AV Robotaxis Block SF Street, Connectivity Issues Blamed

The incident happened one day after the California Public Utilities Commission granted approval to Waymo and Cruise to offer paid robotaxi rides 24/7 in SF.

Autonomous cars are free to roll in San Francisco. The first weekend was a doozy

Reports of stalled cars near the Outside Lands music festival, and in other parts of the city, provided an I-told-you-so moment for critics of a new resolution allowing robotaxis to ply the streets of San Francisco.

The Independent UK

How a vote to empower autonomous ‘robotaxis’ from Cruise and Waymo has divided San Francisco

As the issue exposes deep divides on safety, ethics, environmentalism, and the footprint of Big Tech in the city, Josh Marcus takes a ride in a driverless vehicle

Google’s Waymo and GM’s Cruise win approval to widen robotaxi service in San Francisco—prompting a vow from angry residents to continue staging traffic cone protests

City officials likely to appeal state regulator’s decision to remove limits for Cruise and Waymo, with the fire department chief telling the two companies “it is not our job to babysit your vehicles.”

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