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An accident caused an unmanned car in Silicon Valley to land overnight before liberation. This time even the mass production of new cars has stopped.

Recently, the California Motor vehicle Administration (DMV) revoked GM's Cruise's license to operate an unmanned vehicle.

GM subsequently announced that it would suspend production of its self-driving model, the Origin, its first scalable vehicle designed specifically for self-driving.

Only a few hundred cars have been produced, but they are facing the fate of stopping production, reflecting the dilemma of the entire industry this year:

Not long after the unmanned car was fully released in Silicon Valley, heavyweight players were forced to suspend operations. The car is on an awkward road, and so are the players. The road is experiencing twists and turns, and the future is bright and can't be seen for the time being.

DMV in California recently decided to revoke GM's Cruise driverless car license because of safety concerns after GM announced that mass production of its self-driving model Origin had been suspended for several accidents.

GM has also begun to reassess its self-driving business, and Cruise's CEO recently announced that it would suspend production of the self-driving Origin, saying it was a joint decision by parent companies GM and Cruise.

The Origin is a car designed by Cruise for self-driving in the real sense. It has no pedals, no steering wheel, can carry passengers, and can also deliver couriers.

The appearance and internal layout are different from the common Robotaxi operating vehicles.

Today's common Robotaxi vehicles, including the Cruise 101s that Cruise used to run in San Francisco (pictured above), look not much different from taxis. The Origin designed by Cruise looks more like a minibus:

In the ▲ diagram, the door of the black and white vehicle is an Origin passenger model, which is opened and closed by sliding to both sides, and there are two connected seats inside:

Caring models are also designed for people with mobility disabilities:

According to Cruise's website, Origin can accept up to five orders at a time. You can see from the picture that there are four locked drawers, and customers will be authenticated when they pick up the goods, but Cruise did not show more details (such as how to pick up orders from five different customers with only four drawers).

It is obvious that from the design and use, Origin can be regarded as some kind of "evolution" of traditional Robotaxi cars, and it is a future-oriented product of Cruise with high hopes.

The announcement of a halt to production, which has already been produced for hundreds of cars, is undoubtedly a "difficult decision". Cruise added:

It will be more than enough to have these hundreds.

It would be better not to speak at all.

Some media have previously reported that questioning that the Cruise self-driving car is not really self-driving requires frequent manual remote intervention, which is estimated to be required every 2.5-5 miles (4-8 km).

Cruise CEO recently responded that the media was only half right and that the truth was that it intervened every 4-5 miles.

It takes up to eight kilometers for manual remote intervention, and sometimes something goes wrong, and employees are required to run to the scene to operate the steering wheel to drive away the vehicle (now the vehicle in operation has a steering wheel).

The traditional form of unmanned cars can not be handled, and accidents have occurred frequently recently. The Origin doesn't even have a steering wheel, and there is a question mark over whether the hundreds of cars that are "more than enough" can hit the road.

Obviously, GM Cruise's current "diamond" can not do the "porcelain work". After the Silicon Valley fully liberalized the unmanned car, it did bad work every day, and even caused people's lives.

Silicon Valley driverless car accidents occur frequently, the authorities tightened regulation in mid-August this year, Silicon Valley completely lifted the ban on unmanned cars, allowing unmanned vehicles to operate and test all periods and sections of the road. There was a sensation on both sides of the ocean as a key milestone for autopilot.

The purpose of deregulation is of course to speed up the landing of unmanned vehicles, but only if unmanned vehicles can be guaranteed to be safe and reliable. As a result, only a week after opening, the Cruise unmanned car kept causing accidents:

First, 10 unmanned cars suddenly stalled, causing traffic jams. Cruise employees had to move the car manually at the scene after nearly half an hour of traffic jam.

A few days later, he crashed into a fire engine that was on duty. There were passengers in the car. The passengers were treated at the scene and taken to hospital.

DMV, which later revoked its Cruise operating license, set its sights on Cruise and began to investigate. Cruise was immediately asked to reduce the size of its operations, halve the number of vehicles, and set an upper limit for operating vehicles:

No more than 50 vehicles during the day and no more than 150 vehicles at night until the investigation is completed.

▲ source: during the sensitive period when X@friscolive415 was investigated, the Cruise unmanned car "eats the owner" again:

In September, two unmanned cars blocked the ambulance, causing the injured to miss the best time for medical treatment and eventually died. At the moment of public outcry, people gathered in front of the Cruise headquarters to demonstrate, the official investigation was not finished, and private forces participated again.

In October, the Cruise unmanned car towed another woman away, which became the trigger for DMV to stop the Cruise driverless car operation test.

DMV believes that the continued operation of Cruise will threaten public safety, and eventually withdrew the operating license by citing the relevant regulations.

Cruise is not the only autopilot player surveyed.

Tesla's latest quarterly report shows that federal authorities have stepped up potential investigations into his AutoPilot and FSD (fully self-driving) systems and received subpoenas in addition to information requests.

On the surface, it seems that, as Tesla said in the report, the official investigation of the company may have a negative impact on the company.

However, investigations and temporary restrictions are actually a good thing. Although it undermines people's confidence in autopilot in the short term, in the long run, it will help guide the rational development of new species, help autopilot adjust its direction and landing mode, and provide better services for people.

As the plane begins to take off, runway and route planning can be carried out in a targeted manner.

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