12:46 PM EST, 01/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with General Motors' ( GM ) response in the fourth paragraph.)

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed a preliminary evaluation of whether vehicles with an automated driving system that General Motors' ( GM ) Cruise manufactured and operated were taking necessary precautions around pedestrians.

On its website, the auto safety regulator noted Cruise's November 2023 recall to address safety defects, adding that Cruise has since stopped business operations.

In December 2024, GM said it was stopping the development of its Cruise robotaxi program because of "the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi market."

"We're pleased with NHTSA's decision," GM said in a statement emailed to MT Newswires.

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