Autonomous Vehicle News
Amid safety concerns, including blocking emergency vehicles, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) granted driverless deployment permits to the Cruise and Waymo on Aug. 10. The DMV announced its investigation on Aug. 18 following a Cruise autonomous vehicle (AV) crash with a firetruck. “The DMV is investigating recent concerning incidents involving Cruise vehicles in San Francisco,” the DMV said Saturday in a statement to The Associated Press. Another Cruise AV with a passenger inside was involved in a separate crash in San Francisco the same night, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. “Cruise AVs have the ability to detect emergency sirens, which increase their ability to operate safely around emergency vehicles and accompanying scenes,” Dietrerich wrote.