Citing public safety concerns about Cruise‘s robotaxi line operating in San Francisco, California DMV officials announced Tuesday that the agency had suspended permits for the driverless cars deployed by General Motors’ autonomous vehicle subsidiary. In response to the Department of Motor Vehicles’ decision, Cruise pulled its driverless vehicles from the road in California. Cruise officials, in a statement to The Times, denied that they did not share all of their video with investigators. Business Massive expansion of driverless robotaxis approved for San Francisco despite public safety concerns Gov. This month, one of Cruise’s top competitors, Waymo — owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company — expanded its driverless vehicles into Los Angeles amid growing concern.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 25, 2023 13:15 UTC