Sort of like their former governor did once in a movie to a “Johnny Cab,” the California Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday ripped the AI drivers out of GM subsidiary autonomous cab company Cruise LLC, writing in a statement that they “notified Cruise that the department is suspending Cruise’s autonomous vehicle deployment and driverless testing permits, effective immediately. The DMV has provided Cruise with the steps needed to apply to reinstate its suspended permits, which the DMV will not approve until the company has fulfilled the requirements to the department’s satisfaction. This decision does not impact the company’s permit for testing with a safety driver.”
Left unclear is what incident or incidents might have prompted the revocation, or if a cAL DMV official simply hailed one and was like “Yeah, fuck this” and got out after only a few blocks.