{"id":2081269,"date":"2023-10-27T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gm-cruise-unit-suspends-all-driverless-operations-after-california-ban\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T16:02:13","slug":"gm-cruise-unit-suspends-all-driverless-operations-after-california-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gm-cruise-unit-suspends-all-driverless-operations-after-california-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"GM&#8217;s Cruise unit halts driverless operations following California&#8217;s ban."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgm-cruise-unit-suspends-all-driverless-operations-after-california-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2081269&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2\" data-testid=\"Text\">By <\/span>David Shepardson<\/p>\n<p>4:59 AM \u200dUTC \u2013 October 27, 2023<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Cruise self-driving \u2064car, which is owned by General Motors\u2064 Corp, is seen \u2063outside the company\u2019s headquarters in San Francisco\u2062 where it does most\u2063 of its testing, in California, U.S., September 26, 2018. \u2062REUTERS\/Heather Somerville\/File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 General Motors\u2019 (GM.N) driverless car unit Cruise \u2063said late Thursday it \u2064will suspend all operations nationwide after California regulators this week \u200dordered the robotaxi operator to remove its \u2062driverless cars\u200c from\u2062 state roads.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on\u200c Tuesday said Cruise driverless vehicles were \u2062a risk\u200d to the public and that the company had \u2062\u201cmisrepresented\u201d the technology\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise said \u200d\u201cthe most important thing for us \u2062right\u2062 now is to\u2062 take steps to rebuild public trust\u2026 In that spirit, we\u200b have decided to proactively pause driverless operations across all of our fleets\u200c while we take time to examine our processes, systems, \u200dand\u2062 tools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruise has driverless operations in Phoenix, Houston, Austin,\u200b Dallas and Miami.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension, following\u2064 a\u200b series of accidents involving Cruise vehicles, is a \u200csignificant setback to the self-driving business that\u2064 GM has called a major growth \u2062opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise said \u2062Thursday the decision \u2062is unrelated to any new on-road incidents, and supervised \u200cautonomous vehicle\u200d operations will\u2063 continue.<\/p>\n<p>The DMV on \u200cTuesday said Cruise driverless vehicles \u201care not safe for the public\u2019s operation,\u201d citing \u201can \u2063unreasonable\u200c risk to public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier\u200b Thursday, U.S. auto safety officials said they were investigating\u200c five additional reports of Cruise self-driving cars engaging in inappropriately hard braking that \u200bresulted in collisions.<\/p>\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety \u2063Administration (NHTSA) said in December it had opened \u2062a formal safety probe into Cruise \u2063after reports of three crashes in which its vehicles were struck from behind by\u2063 other vehicles after the \u200dautonomous vehicles braked quickly, resulting in two injuries.<\/p>\n<p>In an \u2063Oct. 20 letter made public Thursday, however, NHTSA said it was asking questions about five new crash reports\u200c involving Cruise \u200bvehicles \u2063that braked\u2063 with no obstacles\u2062 ahead and is seeking additional information\u2064 by Nov.\u200c 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInappropriately hard braking\u2062 results in the\u2063 Cruise vehicles\u2064 becoming unexpected roadway\u2064 obstacles and\u200c may result \u200bin a collision with a Cruise vehicle,\u201d NHTSA said in its letter.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise said it was cooperating with the ongoing\u2062 investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u2064welcome \u2064NHTSA\u2019s questions related to our safety record and operations,\u201d Cruise said.<\/p>\n<p>NHTSA earlier this month opened a separate probe into whether Cruise was taking sufficient precautions \u200bwith\u2062 autonomous robotaxis to safeguard pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 August, \u200cthe DMV directed Cruise to remove half\u200b of its driverless vehicles \u2064after another crash.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise said the DMV was reviewing \u200ban Oct. 2 incident where one of \u200bits self-driving \u200bvehicles braked but did not avoid striking \u200ba pedestrian who\u200c had previously been struck by a hit-and-run driver.<\/p>\n<p>The DMV order said \u200bCruise had not initially\u200b disclosed\u2062 all video \u200cfootage of the \u200daccident and that \u201cCruise\u2019s vehicles may lack the ability to respond in a safe\u2063 and appropriate manner\u200b during incidents involving a\u2063 pedestrian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruise denied the \u2062allegation\u200b saying it had shown \u200cthe \u200dDMV\u2064 \u201cthe complete video \u200dmultiple times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Rod Nickel and Christopher Cushing<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A former U.S. Attorney says\u200c the DOJ\u200c knee capped the Hunter Biden Probe. Speaking of Justice, Jamaal Bowman\u200b tears down warning signs before valiantly pulling a \u2062fire alarm .<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Multiple GOP \u2062congressmen give their\u2063 reaction on a recent report that\u200b said the state \u200cowned network- \u201cThe Voice of America\u201d \u2014 told it\u2019s reporters to stop calling Hamas \u2018terrorists.\u2019 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Weeks after Hamas \u2063terrorists attacked Israel, Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister is warning the \u2063U.S. to back \u2063away \u2063from supporting Israel. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The \u2063conservative think tank Heritage Foundation \u200dis looking \u200cto force the Department of Homeland Security to\u2064 comply with a Freedom of Information Act request regarding\u2063 a university program that tied the foundation and other Republican groups to neo-Nazis. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s communications regulator\u200d will issue a warning\u2062 to social media firms TikTok and Meta\u00a0for allegedly blocking pro-Palestinian content\u2064 on their platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried kicked off\u200d their \u2062case at his\u2062 fraud trial on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft is outstripping Alphabet in the race to make money from generative AI through early bets on OpenAI and \u2063focus on big clients.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple increased the subscription prices of Apple TV+ and Apple News+.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b How does Cruise plan to rebuild public trust during the suspension of its driverless operations?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  General Motors&#8217; driverless car unit Cruise announced on \u200bThursday that\u2064 it will\u200d suspend \u200ball \u200boperations \u200dnationwide \u2063after California regulators ordered the company \u2062to remove its driverless cars from state\u2062 roads. The California Department of \u200bMotor Vehicles (DMV) stated that \u200bCruise&#8217;s vehicles\u2064 posed a risk to \u200dthe public and accused the company of misrepresenting the technology&#8217;s safety.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise responded by stating\u200d that its top priority is to rebuild public trust and, \u2063in that\u2062 spirit,\u2064 it has decided to pause driverless operations across all of\u2063 its fleets. The company plans to use this time to examine its processes, systems, and tools. Cruise currently operates \u200bdriverless vehicles\u2064 in \u200dPhoenix, \u2063Houston, Austin, Dallas, and Miami.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2062suspension\u2063 is a\u200b significant setback for General Motors, which has \u2063viewed\u200d the self-driving business as a\u2063 major\u200d growth opportunity.\u2063 However, \u200cCruise clarified that the decision is\u2063 not related to any new on-road incidents and that supervised autonomous vehicle operations will continue.<\/p>\n<p>The DMV&#8217;s criticism came after U.S.\u200b auto safety officials revealed that they were investigating five\u200b additional reports \u2062of Cruise self-driving cars \u200dengaging in hard braking that resulted in collisions. The National Highway Traffic \u200cSafety Administration (NHTSA) previously opened a\u2062 formal safety probe into Cruise following three crashes where its vehicles were struck from behind after braking suddenly.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200ban \u200cOctober 20 letter made \u200dpublic on \u2063Thursday, the NHTSA disclosed that it\u2062 was seeking additional information about five new crash reports involving Cruise vehicles that braked\u2064 without any obstacles ahead. The agency expressed concerns that such\u2063 hard braking behavior could result in\u2063 collisions with other vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise has assured that it is cooperating with \u200bthe ongoing\u200d investigation and welcomes \u2062NHTSA&#8217;s \u200cquestions regarding its safety record and operations. The NHTSA\u2063 is separately investigating whether Cruise\u2064 is taking adequate precautions to \u2063protect pedestrians with its autonomous robotaxis.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first\u200d time the DMV\u200b has taken action \u2062against Cruise. In August, the department directed the company to remove half of its driverless \u2064vehicles following another crash. \u200bThe\u2062 DMV argued that Cruise&#8217;s\u2062 vehicles may lack the ability to \u200brespond appropriately during incidents\u2062 involving pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise denied these allegations, stating that it\u200c had\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gm-cruise-unit-suspends-all-driverless-operations-after-california-ban\/\" title=\"GM's Cruise unit halts driverless operations following California's ban.\">submitted complete video footage multiple times<\/a> to the DMV. The \u2063company remains committed to addressing these concerns and\u200d ensuring the safety of its autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u2062 the suspension of General Motors&#8217; driverless car unit Cruise&#8217;s operations \u2064in California is a significant setback for the company. However,\u2064 it \u2062provides an opportunity for Cruise to reassess its processes and rebuild public trust. The ongoing \u2064investigations by the DMV and NHTSA will play a crucial \u200crole in determining the future of Cruise&#8217;s autonomous vehicle operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Motors&#8217; self-driving car unit, Cruise, is frequently tested in California and is owned by the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1911,"featured_media":2081270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2081269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1911"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2081269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2081270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}