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GM ego - ride car foot soldier Cruise issued a callback for950 vehiclesequipped with its autonomous vehicle package postdate a crash that left a footer , who had initially been score by a human - drive cable car , stuck under and then dragged by one of the company ’s robotaxis .
The companysaid in a blog postand in the recall notice file with the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration that it egress the recollection after an analysis of the robotaxi ’s response October 2 found the “ hit detection subsystem may cause the Cruise AV to attempt to pull over out of traffic instead of remaining stationary when a slipover is not the hope post - collision response . ”
In that October incident , a pedestrian was struck by a human machine driver and then land in the next lane where a Cruise robotaxi was drive . The robotaxi initiated its pasture brake and came to a plosive speech sound with the pedestrian under the fomite . The robotaxi then undertake to pull over , dragging the woman some 20 feet .
“ Although we decide that a similar collision with a risk of serious injury could have go back every 10 million – 100 million mile of driving on middling prior to the software update , we strive to continually meliorate and to make these events even rarer . As our software system improves , it is likely we will file extra recalls to inform both NHTSA and the public of update to enhance base hit across our fleet , ” the company drop a line in the web log office .
Cruise and its parent company GM had been under increase examination for weeks following several incidents , including a collision with an emergency response vehicle . The opposition turned into regulative action at law , however , following the October 2 event .
The California Department of Motor Vehicles and the state ’s Public Utilities Commissionpulled all permitsthat allowed Cruise to commercially manoeuver a fleet of robotaxis on public roads in San Francisco . Two years later , the companypaused all driverless examination and operationsacross its fleet , which admit Austin , Houston and Phoenix . It alsohalted productionof its custom - build Cruise Origin vehicle .
The caller has been in crisis mode ever since , in particular asnew reportshave emerged that expose the company ’s refuge drill and potential flaws in its software . Cruise is also facing federal investigations into how autonomous vehicles interact with pedestrian .
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Cruise order in its blog post , confirming earlier reports , it is conducting a search to rent a principal safe ship’s officer who will report straightaway to the chief executive officer , hired Exponent to lead a technical review and retain police firm Quinn Emanuel to examine Cruise ’s reception to the October 2 incident , include the party ’s interaction with law enforcement , regulators and the mass medium .
