Cruise Stalls at Intersection in Austin

Since the end of last year, Cruise’s robot cabs have also been on the road in Austin in the US state of Texas for the first driverless rides and now, as in the past in San Francisco, the first videos are surfacing of a Cruise getting stuck and blocking the road. This vehicle had apparently blocked the intersection for at least 20 minutes.

There are a number of reasons why autonomous cars can break down, a partial list can be found here.

This article was also published in German.