The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said on Friday that it is investigating “recent concerning incidents” involving autonomous vehicles operated by General Motors unit Cruise in San Francisco.
The regulator also said it has asked Cruise to immediately reduce its active fleet of operating vehicles by 50 per cent until the investigation is complete and Cruise takes appropriate corrective actions to improve road safety. Cruise has agreed to a 50 per cent reduction, it added.
“The DMV reserves the right, following investigation of the facts, to suspend or revoke testing and/or deployment permits” if it is determined to be an unreasonable risk to public safety, the regulator said in a statement.
A Cruise robotaxi was involved in a crash with an emergency vehicle in San Francisco late on Thursday, the latest accident involving the self-driving cars.