GM Indicates It Will Probably Fail To Deliver Robo-Taxi Fleet As Promised

Halfway through 2019, General Motors is running short on time to meet its goal of launching a large-scale fleet of robotaxis by the end of the year.

Dan Ammann, the company's former president who now leads its autonomous- vehicle unit in San Francisco, has GM Cruise cranking away to meet the ambitious plans, but it may be too little too late to overcome unexpected government hurdles and reported technical issues to launch the service on time, at least how the automaker initially planned. GM has yet to submit an application to the State of California to get approval for the service, a process that has never been done and could take weeks, if not months.

wilfred - 7/1/2019 12:28:51 PM

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Good for GM that’s actually holding off due to technical issues.

Don’t worry about the state, these are undocumented vehicles therefore they are exempt from all laws.

TomM - 7/1/2019 6:21:48 PM

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While as pre-production vehicles Or as Test Vehicles - they are indeed exempt from some laws - they are NOT exempt from all laws. Not even close to that.

MDarringer - 7/1/2019 6:36:36 PM

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These are NOT undocumented vehicles. While they are not required to meet all motor vehicle guidelines, the manufacturer has 100% of the liability for the operation of the car should something go wrong.