Autonomous Vehicle News
Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of General Motors, has agreed to reduce its fleet after the US regulators told the company to immediately cut its robotaxi fleet by 50 per cent following a crash of one of its EVs with a fire truck. Cruise said it is cutting its San Francisco robotaxi fleet by half, reports said on Saturday. The automaker said that Cruise AVs have the ability to detect emergency sirens, which increase their ability to operate safely around emergency vehicles and accompanying scenes. “In this instance, the AV identified the siren as soon as it was distinguishable from the background noise,” said Cruise. Last week, regulators in California gave the green signal to autonomous car companies Cruise and Waymo to run commercial robotaxi services across San Francisco 24/7.