A Cruise AV robotaxi bought caught in moist concrete in San Francisco after coming into a development web site on Golden Gate Avenue between Fillmore and Steiner Road. 

The Chevrolet Bolt EV-based self-driving automotive drove solely a small distance earlier than the entrance wheels sank into the freshly poured concrete and have become immobilized.

The incident was caught on digital camera by a number of passersby and shared on social media. As you’ll be able to think about, the feedback weren’t that favorable to Cruise, with many expressing their doubts concerning the Basic Motors-owned firm’s robotaxis being prepared for a full rollout.

Resident Paul Harvey advised the San Francisco Gate that he noticed the automobile caught at a development web site with no passengers inside He mentioned the automobile in all probability couldn’t inform that it was about to drive into moist concrete.

“I can see 5 totally different situations the place unhealthy issues occur, and that is one in every of them. It thinks it is a highway, and it ain’t as a result of it ain’t bought a mind, and it may’t inform that it is freshly poured concrete,” Harvey mentioned.

Cruise confirmed the incident in a reply to a put up on the social media community X (previously Twitter) and mentioned it had retrieved the automobile. The San Francisco resident mentioned he later noticed individuals pulling out the robotaxi from the moist concrete.

“Considered one of our AVs drove right into a development space and stopped in moist concrete. This automobile has already been recovered and we’re in communication with town about this,” Cruise acknowledged.

This newest mishap involving a Cruise AV comes lower than every week after the California Public Utilities Fee (CPUC) determined to approve the growth of Cruise and Waymo’s self-driving automotive providers in San Francisco across the clock. Beforehand, robotaxis had been solely allowed to drive on metropolis streets late at evening.

The incident additionally comes a number of days after ten Cruise AVs blocked a avenue in San Francisco for about 20 minutes after a wi-fi connectivity difficulty prompted the automobiles to cease in the course of the highway.

The San Francisco Police Division confirmed that the cell connectivity points had been brought on by the big variety of individuals on the Exterior Lands music pageant.