The ride-sharing giant announced a strategic partnership with the troubled autonomous vehicle company. This comes after Uber's own robotaxi efforts stalled out.
Uber's attempt to develop a self-driving car ended after a prototype struck and killed a pedestrian in 2018. Yet the company has continued to express interest in driverless cars as a way to cut out its chief expense: paying drivers. It's now tapping GM's Cruise—which itself had a pedestrian incident last year—to supply it with autonomous vehicles.
Cruise and authorities note that the vehicle did not initially strike the pedestrian, but that the pedestrian was thrown into the AV's path after being struck by a human driver. After detecting the incident, the Cruise vehicle allegedly attempted to pull over, dragging the victim underneath its tire. Authorities alleged that Cruise was not forthcoming with all of its video evidence of the event, and its CEO was pushed out over the incident.
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