Cruise, autonomous vehicle unit General engines (GM) will suspend operations of its managed and manual cars across the United States After an accident in October that caused their autonomous vehicle, or robotaxi, to be suspended and perform a security review.
“Next days, We will also suspend our manual and supervised AV operations It will affect approximately 70 vehicles in the US,” the company said in a statement this Tuesday.
To wander He described this decision as “an orderly pause”.and “one more step in rebuilding public trust as we undergo a full security review.”
At the beginning of November, Cruise recalls 950 of its autonomous vehicles, or robotaxis, after detecting a problem with its software After California decided in October to suspend licenses to operate its cars in the state.
Cruise later stated that he decided to recall his robotaxi after an accident that occurred on October 2 to analyze the software. It controls the vehicle’s behavior when it detects an impact.
According to the story collected in documents from the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in that incident a conventional vehicle driven by one person ran over a pedestrian In San Francisco, USA.
The impact pushed the bystander in front of a Cruise vehicle. Although the autonomous vehicle detects the person in its lane and tries to avoid a collision, Robotaxi hit a pedestrian.
The problem occurred when the robotaxi software was run. incorrectly classified the event as a side effect and instead of preventing any movement, he tried to move the vehicle out of the lane by pushing the injured person.
Cruise was running an Uber-like service It provided service with unmanned vehicles in San Francisco, but disabled this service after the accident.
According to the statement, additional measures the company will take to increase security and transparency include: “Employing an independent expert to conduct the evaluation comprehensive security”.
“We will continue to operate our vehicles in closed course training environments and We will maintain an active simulation program The company said Tuesday it will continue to focus on advancing AV technology.