Cruise robotaxis keep stalling on SF streets, how upset should we be?
Numerous reports have emerged of multiple robotaxis from GM’s Cruise unit stalling on San Francisco streets, sometimes blocking intersections and on a few occasions boxing cars in. A report from an alleged anonymous Cruise employee and other reports suggest the problem involves Cruise cloud servers failing or not communicating with the vehicles making them stop in a “safe state.” Obviously this should not happen and Cruise should do better, on the other hand, hiccups are to be expected in any prototype project and must be tolerated to some degree. On the other hand, Cruise recently tried to move to graduating from prototype status by charging customers for rides and expanding operations.