Oct 30, 2023 10:55:00

Cruise announces complete suspension of unmanned driving tests for self-driving cars

Cruise, whose

permission to deploy self-driving vehicles and conduct unmanned driving tests was immediately suspended by the state of California for attempting to conceal disclosure of information about accidents that occurred during unmanned driving tests of self-driving cars, is now conducting unmanned driving tests outside of California. has announced that it will be temporarily suspended.

General Motors' robotaxi service suspends driverless operations nationwide regulators | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/cruise-robotaxi-suspends-operations-gm-73f27ef959afe1e201e61f0fd31802d5

Cruise, a subsidiary of major American automaker GM and responsible for the development and testing of self-driving cars, has announced that it will temporarily suspend testing of unmanned self-driving cars nationwide. Below is Cruise's statement.

'The most important thing for us now is to take steps to restore public trust. To do that, we need to rethink the way Cruise works, even if it is difficult and painful.'

(1/3) The most important thing for us right now is to take steps to rebuild public trust. Part of this involves taking a hard look inwards and at how we do work at Cruise, even if it means doing things that are uncomfortable or difficult.

— cruise (@Cruise) October 27, 2023

“In that spirit, we are taking time to examine our processes, systems, and tools and think about how we can operate better in a way that earns public trust. , we have decided to preemptively suspend driverless testing for all self-driving vehicles.'

(2/3) In that spirit, we have decided to proactively pause driverless operations across all of our fleets while we take time to examine our processes, systems, and tools and reflect on how we can better operate in a way that will earn public trust.

— cruise (@Cruise) October 27, 2023

“This is unrelated to a new incident on our roads, and manned and autonomous vehicle operations will continue. 'We believe this is the right thing to do at a time when we need to take steps to restore public trust.'

(3/3) This isn't related to any new on-road incidents, and supervised AV operations will continue.

We think it's the right thing to do during a period when we need to be extra vigilant when it comes to risk, relentlessly focused on safety, & taking steps to rebuild public trust.

— cruise (@Cruise) October 27, 2023

The 'accident' that Cruise is referring to is the one in which Cruise's self-driving car hit the victim of a hit-and-run accident caused by another vehicle that occurred on October 2, 2023.

An accident occurs in which a fully autonomous robotaxi further hits a hit-and-run pedestrian - GIGAZINE

The California Department of Transportation has revoked Cruise's permit to deploy self-driving vehicles and test driverless vehicles, saying in a disclosure statement regarding the accident that Cruise 'endangered public safety' by not initially releasing appropriate footage. Masu.

California immediately suspends Cruise's permission for autonomous vehicle deployment and unmanned driving tests - GIGAZINE