Cruise has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city.
SAN FRANCISCO -- General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has agreed to cut its fleet of San Francisco robotaxis in half as authorities investigate two recent crashes in the city.
The decision Aug. 10 by the Public Utilities Commission made San Francisco the first major U.S. city with two fleets of driverless vehicles competing for passengers. Also Thursday night, a Cruise car without a passenger collided with another vehicle in San Francisco, the newspaper reported. At the intersection, visibility is occluded by buildings, and it's not possible to see objects around a corner until they are very close to the intersection, Dietrerich's statement said. The Cruise autonomous vehicle detected the siren as soon it was distinguishable from background noise, he wrote.
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