Thursday, January 16, 2025

NHTSA Closes Safety Investigation of Cruise Robotaxis while GM closed down Cruise. Really!

Bad news! Waymo can use some competition!

This was just one accident!!! How much was the pedestrian actually at fault? Or had a human driver avoided the accident in the same situation?

Had the NHTSA already existed when Henry Ford invented his first Quadricycle in 1896, we would still be driving in horse carriages in 2025!!! (or other countries would have developed cars)

"U.S. auto safety regulators ended a federal investigation into Cruise robotaxis without taking action, removing an overhang weeks after General Motors Co. decided to shutter the struggling business.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had opened a preliminary evaluation in late 2023 to determine potential safety risks from Cruise’s driverless vehicles. The company drew heavy scrutiny following an incident in October of that year in which a car hit and dragged a pedestrian, causing serious injuries. ..."

NHTSA Closes Safety Investigation of Cruise Robotaxis | Transport Topics




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