U.S. auto safety regulators have closed one of two investigations into the performance of General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicles after the company agreed to do a recall.
FILE - Cruise AV, General Motor’s autonomous electric Bolt EV, is seen on Jan. 16, 2019, in Detroit. DETROIT — U.S. auto safety regulators have closed one of two investigations into the performance of vehicles from General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit after the company agreed to do a recall.that the probe began in December of 2022 after the agency received reports of inappropriate hard braking and complete stops by Cruise vehicles.
The agency said it analyzed 7,632 reports of hard braking in the nearly two-year probe and found 10 crashes with four injuries. There were no crashes associated with inappropriate stopping.for unexpected braking and said it would fix the problem with a software update. The agency said in documents that the updates reduced the risk of unexpected braking with improvements to perception, prediction and planning.
“In view of the recall action taken by Cruise and ODI’s analysis of available data, including data presented by Cruise demonstrating a reduced occurrence of hard braking incidents after the software updates, ODI is closing this preliminary evaluation,” the agency wrote.GM promotes 2 former Apple executives to key roles in developing software and digital services
“We are committed to building trust and increasing transparency with respect to autonomous vehicle technology, and look forward to our continued work with NHTSA toward that end,” Cruise said in a statement.nationwide after California regulators found that its cars posed a danger to public safety. The state’s Department of Motor VehiclesIn the crash, another vehicle with a person behind the wheel struck a pedestrian, sending the person into the path of a Cruise autonomous vehicle.
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