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CTOnews.com, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) General Motors' self-driving unit, Cruise, plans to relaunch its self-driving taxi service in an unspecified city, and then expand to other cities.

California banned Cruise's self-driving vehicles from the road after an accident on Oct. 2 in which one of the self-driving taxis towed a pedestrian.

"We need to take steps to improve our security indicators and rebuild trust, and our strategy is to expand after re-launching in a city and proving our performance there," the company said. "

Cruise said the strategic shift would lead to a reduction in its staffing, "mainly non-engineering positions". It also said it would provide more details in mid-December.

The department said it would focus on Bolt-based Cruise AVs in the short term, while the long-term strategy would revolve around Origin, a vehicle without a steering wheel or other human drivers.

CTOnews.com attached event history:

In August this year, ten Cruise Robotaxi cars suddenly stalled on the road, causing a traffic jam. A few days later, a Robotaxi rushed into the road construction area and got stuck in wet concrete, while a Robotaxi crashed into a fire engine at the intersection, causing passengers to be taken to hospital.

California's auto regulator announced on October 25th that Cruise's self-driving cars pose an "unreasonable risk" to public safety and "fail to meet the standards for road operation".

Cruise has suspended all driverless car operations in the public domain and will launch a recall of 950 vehicles.

Cruise is facing a number of federal investigations into the safety of its cars, including two cases in which driverless cars disobeyed pedestrians on the sidewalk.

On November 20, Kyle Vogt, co-founder and CEO of Cruise, announced his resignation.

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