General Motors Temporarily Halts Production and Nationally Recalls Cruise Autonomous Vehicles Over Safety Concerns

GM suspends Cruise Origin production following regulatory safety concerns about pedestrian detection, while internal documents reportedly reveal struggles to identify children and large holes on roads.

GM's autonomous vehicle unit Cruise has recalled all its cars nationwide for a software update following a pedestrian accident in San Francisco.
Cruise’s license was revoked by California regulators stating that the driverless cars pose a threat to public safety. Internally, Cruise was aware of regulatory safety issues with its cars including trouble identifying children and detecting construction pits with workers.
The CEO of Cruise, Kyle Vogt confirmed that the robotaxis require human intervention every 2.5 to 5 miles, contradicting the autonomous vehicle claim.
Production has ceased temporarily on Cruise Origin, an autonomous vehicle jointly developed by GM, Cruise, and Honda, amidst these safety concerns.
GM has paused all the Cruise robotaxi operations nationwide following the suspension of Cruise’s permit after a series of incident causing safety concerns.