GM's Cruise to Deploy Human-Driven Fleet for Robotaxi Service in Phoenix

General Motors' Cruise self-driving vehicle unit is relaunching vehicles with human drivers in Phoenix, marking the first deployment since an October accident in San Francisco. The redeployed vehicles will not operate as robotaxis but will gather road information and create maps. Cruise aims to resume driverless operations but has not provided a timeline for doing so. The relaunch follows a third-party probe into the October incident, which found culture issues, ineptitude, and poor leadership at the center of regulatory oversights. Cruise has accepted the probe's conclusions and is cooperating with investigations by state and federal agencies.