Cruise Origin: GM ends production of custom-designed driverless car
General Motors have indefinitely suspended production of its self-driving Cruise Origin robotaxi. The company will refocus on using the Chevy Bolt EV, which Cruise has already been using. A modified version will go into production next year. The Origin created “regulatory uncertainty” owing to its design, GM CEO Mary Barra said in her letter to shareholders […]
Cruise to soft-launch in Dallas after San Francisco recall
Cruise have announced a soft-launch in Dallas, although they will not be using their autonomous systems. Instead, the vehicles will be operated by a human, will only drive through a limited geographic area and will be measured against predetermined safety benchmarks. The GM subsidiary was set to launch in Dallas at the end of last […]
GM patent driver mental well-being assessment system
General Motors has applied to patent a technology that takes driver-monitoring to a new level. The automaker outlined a system that analyzes the driver’s behavior by reading data sent by onboard sensors — and can have the car take over if it detects unsafe behavior. Filed in November 2022, and published this month, the patent describes a “vehicle […]
Cruise settles with pedestrian injured in robotaxi incident
General Motors Co.’s autonomous-car unit reached an $8 million to $12 million settlement with a pedestrian who was dragged by one of its vehicles in San Francisco, according to Claims Journal. The settlement was struck earlier this year and the injured pedestrian is now reported to be out of hospital. In the October incident, the […]
GM aiming for personal driverless vehicles this decade
The American carmaker GM is aiming at offering customers self driving vehicles later in the 2020s. American broadcaster CNBC reports that while autonomous vehicles for deliveries and ride-hailing services are currently undergoing rigorous testing, manufacturing them for retail customers hasn’t been a priority for automakers because the technology needed for the systems is “prohibitively expensive”, […]
