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    Cruise sidelines entire US robotaxi fleet to focus on rebuilding 'public trust'

    by Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times Oct 27, 2023 4 minutes
    A pedestrian crosses in front of a Cruise autonomous vehicle on Gough Street in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, one week after a state agency gave both Cruise and Waymo the green light to begin accepting paid customers.

    In the wake of California withdrawing Cruise's permit to operate self-driving cars in the state, the company announced that it's suspending all U.S. robotaxi operations.

    The move comes after the California Department of Motor Vehicles alleged that Cruise withheld from regulators video footage of a Cruise robotaxi dragging a person down a city street.

    The future for the company is uncertain. Its parent company, , has lost $1.9 billion on Cruise so far this year, including a $732-million loss in the third quarter, according to its latest earnings report. Competitor Ford shut down its unit in 2022, concluding that the possibility of

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