SAN FRANCISCO — Two months before Cruise’s driverless cars were yanked off the streets here for rolling over a pedestrian and dragging her about 20 feet, California regulators said they were confident about self-driving technology and gave the company permission to operate its robotaxi service in the city.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
How a robotaxi crash got Cruise’s self-driving cars pulled from Californian roads
The whiplash from approval to ban in just two months highlights the fragmented oversight governing the fledgling industry
October 28, 2023 at 7:06 a.m. EDT