The incident was all over social media as passersby witnessed the stuck vehicle on Golden Gate Avenue. The Chevrolet Bolt EV was part of Cruise’s fleet, owned by General Motors. It didn’t make it far into the construction zone before its front wheels sunk into the fresh concrete and it was stuck. Cruise confirmed the incident on social media and said it had removed the vehicle and was “in communication with the city about this.”
Where did a robotaxi get stuck in wet concrete?
Answer: San Francisco, of course.
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It’s not the best time to be a robotaxi in San Francisco. First, a group of them stopped in traffic and blocked a street for almost 20 minutes last week due to cell connectivity issues caused by a nearby concert. Then, one of them drove into a construction site and got stuck in wet concrete.
The incident was all over social media as passersby witnessed the stuck vehicle on Golden Gate Avenue. The Chevrolet Bolt EV was part of Cruise’s fleet, owned by General Motors. It didn’t make it far into the construction zone before its front wheels sunk into the fresh concrete and it was stuck. Cruise confirmed the incident on social media and said it had removed the vehicle and was “in communication with the city about this.”
The timing of this incident, as well as the aforementioned concert-caused traffic jam, which also involved Cruise vehicles, is less than ideal. The California Public Utilities Commission just last week approved Cruise and Waymo to operate their self-driving taxis in San Francisco around the clock, but these two occurrences have more than a few people wondering if maybe it was too soon.
The incident was all over social media as passersby witnessed the stuck vehicle on Golden Gate Avenue. The Chevrolet Bolt EV was part of Cruise’s fleet, owned by General Motors. It didn’t make it far into the construction zone before its front wheels sunk into the fresh concrete and it was stuck. Cruise confirmed the incident on social media and said it had removed the vehicle and was “in communication with the city about this.”
