2024-12-11 12:35:59
General Motors is slamming the breaks on the development of its Cruise self-driving taxi.
The automotive giant has decided to instead “refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles” like its Super Cruise.
Mary Barra, chair and CEO of GM, hailed the robotaxi “an early innovator in autonomy”
However, GM highlighted that is an “increasingly competitive market”, with Cruise having to rival Tesla’s Cybercab, which Elon Musk launched in October.
Dave Richardson, senior vice president of software and services engineering at GM, commented: “We’re fully committed to autonomous driving and excited to bring GM customers its benefits – things like enhanced safety, improved traffic flow, increased accessibility, and reduced driver stress.”
It’s not been an easy ride for Cruise, as in October 2023, one of its self-driving taxis hit a pedestrian in San Francisco, dragging a woman 20 feet across the road, leading the firm to suspend its service there.
Meanwhile, GM was forced to fork out a $500,000 fine after supplying a false record to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the accident.
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