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GM Cruise remembers 300 robotaxis after crash involving San Francisco Muni bus

SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit Cruise has recalled 300 robotic taxis to update software after one of them ran into a Muni bus in San Francisco.

Cruise says in government documents released on Friday that the robotaxi inaccurately predicted how the bus would move as it pulled out of a bus stop on March 23-moving vehicle.

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Cruise characterized the crash as a fender flare and said no one was hurt. The company says in documents sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it rolled out the software update on March 25.

“Cruise determined that the collision was caused by an issue related to predicting the unique movements of articulated vehicles under rare circumstances,” the company said in documents.

The company said that no more crashes have occurred due to the issue and that the same will not happen again after the update. Cruise said it conducted the recall to be transparent and to increase public understanding of the crash.

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