GM’s Cruise plans cautious re-launch for driverless robotaxis

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GM’s Cruise plans cautious re-launch for driverless robotaxis

Basic Motorsrobotaxi unit Cruise is planning to re-launch in a single metropolis, the corporate mentioned on Wednesday.
Cruise had pulled all its autos from US testing after an Oct. 2 accident in San Francisco that concerned one other car and ended with one in every of its self-driving taxis dragging a pedestrian.
“As soon as we now have taken steps to enhance our security tradition and rebuild belief, our technique is to re-launch in a single metropolis and show our efficiency there, earlier than increasing,” the corporate mentioned.
Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt resigned on Sunday, a day after apologizing to workers as the corporate undergoes a security evaluation of its US fleet, adopted by its co-founder and chief product officer Daniel Kan leaving the corporate.
Axios had first reported the information of the re-launch on Wednesday.