Motorcyclist hit by self-driving car in San Francisco sues General Motors


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

A self-driving GM Bolt EV is seen during a media event where Cruise, GM's autonomous car unit, showed off its self-driving cars in San Francisco, California, U.S. November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

SAN FRANCISCO: A motorcyclist who collided with a General Motors self-driving car after it aborted a lane change while driving autonomously in San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against the car maker. 

General Motors and its Cruise subsidiary have had a permit to test autonomous vehicles on California roads since June 2015, and have 110 vehicles and 300 test drivers approved for testing, according to the DMV. 

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