California suspends GM Cruise self-driving car

High risk: A GM self-driving car being tested in the United States. The firm’s nascent autonomous vehicle segment has suffered a major setback with the suspension of the Cruise vehicle. — Reuters

SAN DIEGO: California’s auto regulator says it has suspended General Motors’ (GM) Cruise autonomous vehicle (AV) deployment and driverless testing permits, saying it had misrepresented information related to the safety of the autonomous technology.

Cruise’s AVs posed “an unreasonable risk to public safety,” and “are not safe for the public’s operation” California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said in a statement.