Just three months after the state gave its approval, California regulators revoked self-driving taxi service Cruise's ability to charge and drive customers.
Associated Press reporter Michael Liedtke sits in the back of a Cruise driverless taxi that picked him up in San Francisco’s Mission District, Feb. 15, 2023. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday, Oct. 24, immediately suspended operation of Cruise’s …Just three months after the state gave its approval, California regulators revoked self-driving taxi service Cruise’s ability to charge and drive customers.
The DMV’s move to revoke Cruise’s operating permit comes after a complicated investigation. The agency originally opened a probe into the company this month after a viral video showed a pedestrian hit by a car and flung into the path of a Cruise vehicle that failed to stop in time. The automated vehicle proceeded to drag the pedestrian 20 feet at 7 mph.
After being alerted that part of the video was missing, the DMV requested the company provide the full video and received it on Oct. 13, the agency said.
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