Cruise To Halt Driverless Operations Across Austin, Phoenix And Houston After San Francisco Permit Suspension

General Motors Co‘s GM autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise, said on Thursday that it will pause driverless operations across all its fleets.

What Happened: The company will, in the meantime, examine its processes, systems, and tools to assess how it can operate better, Cruise said on X, formerly Twitter. Supervised autonomous vehicle (AV) operations will continue.

The suspension is not related to any new on-road incidents but follows the company’s pause in operations in San Francisco. Besides San Francisco, Cruise also operated in Austin, Phoenix and Houston.

“The most important thing for us right now is to take steps to rebuild public trust. Part of this involves taking a hard look inwards and at how we do work at Cruise, even if it means doing things that are uncomfortable or difficult,” Cruise wrote.

Why It Matters: Cruise paused its AV operations in San Francisco on Tuesday following a directive from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). California DMV suspended Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment and driverless testing permits on Tuesday citing ‘unreasonable risk' to public safety. The authority further alleged that the company misrepresented information on the safety of its autonomous technology.

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