Other than electric vehicles (EVs), the next big thing on its way to revolutionizing the car industry is what is known as autonomous vehicles (AVs). If they work, drivers can sit back, read, sleep or have a cocktail. The trouble is that the early versions of these keep crashing. This threatens their passengers, other drivers, pedestrians and property. (These are the world’s most innovative car companies.)<\/p>\n
Most of the crashes of AVs have had benign effects. A dented bumper here and there is nothing compared to fatalities. However, regulators have taken serious harm and damage into consideration. GM\u2019s autonomous vehicle operation, called Cruise, had robotaxies operating in San Francisco. One hit a firetruck and injured a passenger in the Cruise vehicle. GM has been ordered to chop its fleet of these cars in half, a blow to the huge American car company\u2019s aspirations.<\/p>\n
The San Francisco Department of Motor Vehicles wants what it calls \u201ccorrective action.\u201d According to Bloomberg, one flaw of autonomous cars is that they have trouble detecting emergency vehicles. It is hard to imagine a bigger problem, beyond the vehicles not working entirely.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t