Last month GM said that it will retreat from the robotaxi business and stop funding its money-losing Cruise autonomous vehicle unit.
WASHINGTON — U.S. automobile safety regulators are closing their preliminary investigation into General Motors’ Cruise robotaxis without taking further action.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the Office of Defects Investigation opened a preliminary evaluation in October 2023 to determine whether vehicles equipped with an Automated Driving System made and operated by Cruise LLC were using appropriate caution around pedestrians in the roadway after receiving two reports of crashes involving pedestrians. The office also identified two public reports of Cruise ADS-equipped vehicles encroaching on pedestrians in crosswalks.
GM, which bought control of San Francisco-based Cruise automation in 2016, had one incident on October 2, 2023. The crash involved one of its Cruise robotaxis dragging a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street. The crash prompted Cruise to suspend driverless operationsnationwide after California regulators found that its …