Overview

• Cruise, General Motors' autonomous vehicle subsidiary, continues to test its vehicles on public roads in Dubai and Japan despite being deemed unsafe in the U.S.
• Cruise paused its autonomous vehicle operations in San Francisco in October following a directive from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), citing 'unreasonable risk' to public safety.
• The company is also pausing supervised and manual AV operations in the U.S. while it undergoes a full safety review.
• Cruise has been embroiled in safety concerns after one of its AVs got involved in an accident in early October, where a pedestrian was dragged by the vehicle.
• In Japan and Dubai, the vehicles are being tested in what is known as Level 2 autonomy, which requires a safety driver to be present at all times.