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California immediately suspends Cruise driverless permits

California's DMV immediately suspended Cruise's deployment and driverless-testing permits after finding its vehicles unsafe and its safety representations incomplete.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM63confidence 99/100

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A regulator halted consequential autonomous deployment immediately after safety and disclosure failures, demonstrating enforceable human control over a scaled physical system.

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  1. R1
    Away 63 · confidence 99

    New October 2023 binding autonomous-deployment suspension.

    12 Aug 2026
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