General Motors' Cruise has drawn the attention of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The probe of GM's Cruise comes as federal regulations for self-driving cars remain unclear and the business case for them remains unproven, Axios' Joann Muller writes.Cruise vehicles are being reviewed because they "may engage in inappropriately hard braking or become immobilized while operating," blocking traffic, theThe NHTSA said that it received reports of three rear-end collisions after Cruise vehicles braked a little too hard.
Although the two types of incidents are unrelated, they "may introduce multiple potential hazards" to passengers, traffic and Cruise vehicles, according to the NHTSA."We’ll continue to fully cooperate with NHTSA or any regulator," Drew Pusateri, a Cruise spokesperson, told Axios in an email. The company has driven at least 700,000 autonomous vehicles "with zero life-threatening injuries or fatalities," he said.
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