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Several unions and labor groups on Thursday wrote to the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) pressing for open investigations into automated vehicle operators including Waymo, Zoox and Beep. The call comes on the heels of NHTSA’s...

General Motors Co‘s (NYSE:GM) autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, has issued a recall for a subsystem within 950 of its automated driving systems after identifying its role in a recent accident involving a Cruise AV. What Happened: Following a collision, Cruise AVs are designed to either pull...

Cruise parent General Motors Co (NYSE:GM) has reportedly decided to suspend the production of its autonomous van called the Origin in light of recent safety concerns and subsequent pause on driverless operations across all Cruise fleets. What Happened: Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt held a meeting on Monday...

General Motors Co‘s (NYSE:GM) autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, said on Thursday that it will pause driverless operations across all its fleets. What Happened: The company will, in the meantime, examine its processes, systems, and tools to assess how it can operate better, Cruise said on...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on Tuesday gave an update on its self-driving technology unit Waymo during the company’s third-quarter earnings call. What Happened: Waymo, Alphabet said, is currently onboarding more riders to its commercial ride-hailing service. It is adding 100,000...

General Motors Co‘s (NYSE:GM) autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, said on Tuesday that it will be pausing autonomous vehicle operations in San Francisco following a directive from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). DMV Suspends License: California DMV suspended Cruise’...

The future launch of robotaxis from Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) is one of the reasons some investors such as Cathie Wood see the valuation of the electric vehicle maker growing. A new survey covering the robotaxi sector might not help the thesis of future adoption of robotaxis. What Happened:...

Automotive giants Cruise, General Motors (NYSE:GM), and Honda (NYSE:HMC) have announced plans to initiate a driverless ride-hail service in Japan. According to the Cruise blog post, the three companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to ...

General Motors Co‘s (NYSE:GM) autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, has implemented several changes to enhance the interaction of its autonomous vehicles with first responders. What Happened: Cruise vehicles will now proactively reduce their speed to 70% of the posted...

A female pedestrian in San Francisco suffered severe injuries after being trapped underneath a self-driving Cruise car on Monday night. What Happened: The San Francisco Fire Department responded to a 911 call at approximately 9:35 p.m., which reported an incident involving a woman and...

General Motors Co‘s (NYSE:GM) autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, asserts that its self-driving cars outperform humans, despite a plethora of reports about the vehicles bringing traffic to a standstill. What Happened: CEO Kyle Vogt said Cruise’s autonomous vehicles were...

California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Friday instructed General Motors Co’s (NYSE:GM) Cruise to withdraw 50% of its operating vehicles off roads after one of its autonomous cars crashed with an emergency vehicle. What Happened: Cruise will now have no more than 50...

Ten Cruise autonomous vehicles brought traffic on Vallejo Street in California to a halt, creating a roadblock that inconvenienced human drivers. This occurrence took place on a Friday night, shortly after California’s decision to extend driverless robotaxi operations ...

As automakers and tech companies chase the holy grail of autonomous driving, an analyst said two companies will likely reap a windfall from the potential implementation and adoption. What Happened: Tesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) are the two companies that...

Alphabet Inc‘s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) autonomous driving tech unit Waymo and General Motors‘ (NYSE:GM) Cruise said on Thursday that they received driverless deployment permits for 24×7 fared operation in San Francisco from the California Public Utilities Commission despite...