Cruise resumes operations in California, thankfully with human drivers

The return comes almost a year after a robotaxi dragged a pedestrian. Autonomous vehicle outfit Cruise is slowly returning to operation in California following an incident in which a pedestrian was by a robotaxi for approximately 20 feet in October 2023. The company on X that it is reintroducing human-operated mapping vehicles to the streets in Mountain View and Sunnyvale. Its next stated goal is to progress to supervised testing with up to 5 AVs later this fall. The past year has not been a pretty picture for Cruise, which was by GM in 2016.