A law firm’s review found that executives had failed to fully explain an October crash, which the Justice Department is also investigating.
Category: Traffic Accidents and Safety
G.M. to Cut Spending on Cruise Self-Driving Unit
General Motors will “substantially lower spending” on autonomous vehicle efforts in 2024 after accidents with its self-driving taxis in San Francisco.
Cruise Grew Fast and Angered Regulators. Now It’s Dealing With the Fallout.
The company, a General Motors subsidiary, has hired a law firm to investigate how it responded to regulators, as its cars sit idle and questions grow about its C.E.O.’s expansion plans.
How Two Planes Nearly Collided in Austin, Almost Killing 131 People
Two planes were moments from colliding in Texas, a harrowing example of the country’s fraying air safety system, a New York Times investigation found.
What Driverless Waymo Taxi Rides Are Like in San Francisco
On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in its driverless cars in San Francisco. The New York Times dispatched three reporters around the city to test the service.