The California Department of Motor Vehicles told CNBC that the start-up made the move after several road incidents involving self-driving taxis.
— this just days after California regulators gave the company and its competitor, Waymo, the green light to operate autonomous vehicles 24 hours a day.that the startup made the move after several road incidents involving self-driving taxis.The apparent safety risk posed by the autonomous taxis is fueling concern among residents and civic activists who fear that state regulators jumped the gun in granting approval to the two companies to ramp up operations in the city.
Cruise has agreed to deploy no more than 50 driverless taxis during the day throughout the city as well as a maximum of 150 in the evening hours, according to the DMV.The move comes days after a Cruise robotaxi collided with a firetruck at an intersection in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district late Thursday night.A driverless Cruise taxi collided with a firetruck in San Francisco late on Thursday night, injuring a passenger. The passenger, who was not seriously hurt, was taken to a hospital.
Last week, California regulators gave Cruise and its competitor, Google-owned Waymo, the green light to operate robotaxis 24 hours per day in San Francisco.Greg Dietrerich, the general manager of Cruise’s San Francisco operations,
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