GM says Cruise robotaxis back on the road with human drivers [Video]

GM subsidiary Cruise on Tuesday said it plans to get its self-driving cars back on the road without human drivers after suspending robotaxi service late last year due to safety concerns.

Vehicles driven by humans are out gathering mapping data in the Arizona city of Phoenix, which has been amenable to testing of autonomous cars deployed by Cruise and Google’s Waymo.

“Our goal is to resume driverless operations,” Cruise said in a blog post.

“At this stage, no autonomous systems are engaged and the vehicles will not carry public passengers.”

Cruise suspended all operations of driverless cars in October after California authorities halted testing of its vehicles in the state citing safety concerns following a series of accidents.

California’s decision came weeks after a self-driving …