US closes one of 2 probes into behavior of General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicles after recall
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
DETROIT (AP) — 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.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents posted on its website Thursday 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.
On Aug. 9 of this year, Cruise agreed to recall all 1,194 of its robotaxis for unexpected braking and said it fixed 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.
