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Barra and GM may have escaped the turbulence and costs of its Cruise robotaxi episode, but its self-driving car problem has not gone away. This story was originally featured on Fortune.com Show ...
The automaker invested more than $10 billion in Cruise since taking control of the self-driving startup in 2016. Along with Google-backed rival Waymo, Cruise moved quickly to get its fleet of ...
Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars from the roads across the United States and may withdraw more following an accident involving one of its robotaxis, General Motors' self-driving unit and ...
Cruise control (also known as speed control, cruise command, autocruise, or tempomat) is a system that automatically controls the speed of an automobile. The system is a servomechanism that takes over the car's throttle to maintain a steady speed set by the driver.
A General Motors Cruise self-driving car, often referred to as a robotaxi, drives in front of the Ferry Building on the Embarcedero, San Francisco, Calif., Aug. 17, 2023.
Electronic throttle control, throttle position sensor fault or cruise control failure (see drive by wire) [11] Stuck throttle (unrelated to pedal position) [12] [13] Shorting of tin whiskers [14] [15] Diesel engine runaway: Diesel engine power is governed by the amount of fuel supplied. Excessive pressure in the crankcase can force mist of ...
Adaptive cruise control does not provide full autonomy: the system only provides some help to the driver, but does not drive the car by itself. [3] For example, the driver is able to set the cruise control to 55mph, if the car while traveling that speed catches up to another vehicle going only 45mph, the ACC will cause the car to automatically brake and maintain a safe distance behind the ...
GM had invested more than $10 billion in Cruise since 2016. The merger will result in the reduction of 50% of Cruise's staff, said a Cruise spokesperson, who declined to specify the total number ...