GM’s Cruise recalls 300 self-driving vehicles after bus crash to update software

General Motors’ (GM.N) robotaxi unit Cruise LLC is recalling the automated driving software in 300 vehicles after a driverless vehicle crashed into a San Francisco bus on March 23.

The collision, which did not result in any injuries, was the fault of software in a Cruise automated vehicle (AV) inaccurately predicting the movement of an articulated San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority bus, Cruise said in a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) filing made public on Friday.

Cruise said the self-driving software in the 300 vehicles was updated on March 25 to address concerns the system “may inaccurately predict the movement of articulated vehicles such as buses and tractor trailers.”

In a separate filing with California, Cruise said the self-driving vehicle was traveling on Haight Street when a bus stopped ahead of it.

“Shortly thereafter, the Cruise AV made contact with the rear bumper of the MUNI Bus, damaging the front fascia and front fender of the Cruise AV,” Cruise said.

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