California, as most people are aware, like to think of itself as the world's capital of 'Woke,' the state's lawmakers, academics and not least it population of showbiz celebrities like to think of themselves as progressive trendsetters leading the world to a technological utopia. So today's news that The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suspended General Motors' Cruises autonomous vehicle and driverless testing permits across the state thus halting the experiment of having a fleet e driverless taxis patrolling the streets. DMV cited safety concerns and incidents in justification of the move following a series of incidents involving the electric vehicles, some of which resulted in injuries to drivers and pedestrians while others caused huge traffic jams (above).
"When there is an unreasonable risk to public safety, the DMV can immediately suspend or revoke permits," California DMV stated in a press release.
The decision to suspend Cruise's operation was based on a number of considerations, including "manufacturer's vehicles are not safe for the public's operation" and "manufacturer has misrepresented any information related to the safety of the autonomous technology of its vehicles."
DMV also cited a clause in its road safety approvals policy: " Any act or omission of the manufacturer or one of its agents, employees, contractors, or designees which the department finds makes the conduct of autonomous vehicle testing on public roads by the manufacturer an unreasonable risk to the public," in suggesting that Cruise had not been entirely honest in their presentations of safety data relating to testing of its autonomous taxis in controlled conditions and that the technology had not been ready for use on public roads.
All in all it has been a bad month for the Electric Vehicle fan club, on top of this story UK authorities are now backtracking on their initial claim by the Chief Fire Officer that he believed that the disastrous fire which destroyed 1500 vehicles in a car park at Luton Airport was started when a diesel powered Range Rover spontaneously combusted. A strong body of evidence has emerged identifying the culprit as a Land Rover Discovery Sport, a hybrid which has a powerful diesel motor as its main engine and a small electric motor and lithum ion battery pack for urban use.
Then there was the case of the £200,000 McLaren sports car which burst into flames a mile from the dealership's showroon as a prospective buyer took it for a test drive (full story: The Metro )
And another item from today's breaking news reports that Tesla are being investigated by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) for fraudulently misrepresenting performance figures relating to drive rang per charge.
All we can say to Electric Car nerds who insist these self propelled bombs are "100% safe and effective," is, Oh dear. Never mind, fossil fuels will always get you where you want to go.
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