GM's Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Unit Agrees to Cut Fleet After Two Crashes in San FranciscoPaul Sancya—APin half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city.
The development comes just over a week after California regulators allowed Cruise and Google spinoff Waymo to operate autonomous robotaxis throughout San Francisco at all hours, despite safety worries spurred by recurring problems with unexpected stops and other erratic behavior. made San Francisco the first major U.S. city with two fleets of driverless vehicles competing for passengers.
The San Francisco Fire Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the newspaper. The Cruise vehicle identified the risk of a crash and braked, reducing its speed, but couldn't avoid the collision, he wrote.