GMs Cruise updates software, recalls 300 self-driving vehicles for crash risk
Summary
WASHINGTON — General Motors self-driving unit Cruise LLC recalled 300 robotaxis and updated their software after a March 23 crash with a San Francisco bus. In a document submitted Monday to NHTSA, Cruise said the collision was caused by "an issue related to prediction of the unique movements of articulated vehicles," such as buses and tractor trailers. Cruise said it notified NHTSA the following day in accordance with the agencys crash-report mandate and implemented the software update March 25. In a blog post Thursday, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt detailed the bus collision, stating that "it resulted in minor damage to the front fender of the AV and caused no injuries." "We do not expect our vehicles to run into the back of a city bus under any conditions, so even a single incident like this was worthy of immediate and careful study."