Autonomous Vehicle News
A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company's headquarters in San Francisco (Image: Reuters)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 state Department of Motor Vehicles asked for the reduction after a Cruise vehicle without a human driver collided with an unspecified emergency vehicle on Thursday. "The DMV is investigating recent concerning incidents involving Cruise vehicles in San Francisco," the DMV said Saturday in a statement to The Associated Press. The Cruise autonomous vehicle detected the siren as soon it was distinguishable from background noise, he wrote. The Cruise vehicle identified the risk of a crash and braked, reducing its speed, but couldn't avoid the collision, he wrote.