GM's Cruise Attempts To Build Better Relations With Emergency Responders After Its AV's Involvement In An Accident Last Year
GM's Cruise Attempts To Build Better Relations With Emergency Responders After Its AV's Involvement In An Accident Last Year
General Motors Co's (NYSE:GM) autonomous driving unit Cruise is attempting to better interactions with emergency responders with the formation of a new Cruise Emergency Responder Advisory Council following the involvement of one of its autonomous vehicles in an accident last year.
通用汽车公司（NYSE: GM）自主驾驶部门Cruise正在成立一个新的Cruise Emergency Responder咨询委员会，以改善其自主驾驶车辆去年参与事故时与应急响应人员之间的互动。
What Happened: Cruise announced on Thursday that it is introducing the Cruise Emergency Responder Advisory Council, a group dedicated to enhancing collaboration with public safety professionals.
发生了什么：Cruise于周四宣布引入Cruise Emergency Responder咨询委员会，一个致力于加强与公共安全专业人士合作的团体。
The council includes the International Association of Fire Chiefs, the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the National Sheriffs' Association, OnStar, and the Texas Police Chiefs Association.
该委员会包括国际消防局，全国女性执法高管协会，全国黑人执法高管协会，全国治安协会，OnStar和德克萨斯州警察局长协会。
These experts in the field of road safety will engage directly with Cruise's internal teams including engineering, safety, operations, and more to help better the company's autonomous vehicle product development, and incident and safety processes, the company said.
该公司表示，这些道路安全领域的专家将直接与Cruise的内部团队（包括工程，安全，运营等）接触，以帮助提高公司的自主驾驶汽车产品开发以及事件和安全流程。
"Given their expertise, they have meaningful feedback on how autonomous vehicle companies, including Cruise, can improve our operations and interactions with emergency responders in the field. Cruise shares their mission to make roads and communities safer, and know we can and must take their experiences into account as we resume operations," Cruise said in a statement
“鉴于他们的专业知识，他们对自主驾驶汽车公司（包括Cruise）如何改善我们在现场与应急响应人员的操作和互动有着有意义的反馈意见。Cruise有责任使道路和社区更加安全，并且我们知道必须考虑到他们的经验，以便我们恢复运营，”Cruise在一份声明中表示。
Why It Matters: GM's autonomous driving unit Cruise suspended operations in the U.S. late last year following the involvement of one of its robotaxis in an accident in San Francisco. The company resumed manual driving in the city of Phoenix to gather road information in April and in Houston and Dallas, Texas in June.
为什么这很重要：通用汽车公司的自主驾驶部门Cruise去年晚些时候在旧金山的一起机器人出租车事故后暂停了在美国的运营。该公司于4月在菲尼克斯市恢复了手动驾驶，并于6月在德克萨斯州的休斯顿和达拉斯也恢复了手动驾驶，以收集路况信息。
Cruise accrued expenses of $400 million in the first quarter as compared to the $800 million in the quarter before. The company said in April that it expects the unit's full-year expenses to be around $1.7 billion.
与上一季度的8亿美元相比，Cruise在第一季度累计支出4亿美元。该公司在4月份表示，预计该部门全年的支出约为17亿美元。
In June, GM's CFO Paul Jacobson said at Deutsche Bank's Global Auto Industry Conference in New York City that the company is investing $850 million to cover operating costs at Cruise. The company is also reportedly scouting for external financing from investors to beef up the unit's financial position.
今年6月，通用汽车公司的首席财务官保罗·雅各布森（Paul Jacobson）在德意志银行全球汽车行业会议上表示，该公司将投资8500万美元以支付Cruise的运营成本。该公司还据报道正在寻找投资者进行外部融资，以加强该部门的财务状况。
The company also appointed Marc Whitten as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) late last month, replacing Cruise co-founder Kyle Vogt who left his CEO position last year following the safety incident.
该公司还于上个月晚些时候任命Marc Whitten为其新的首席执行官（CEO），取代了去年在安全事故后辞去首席执行官职务的Cruise联合创始人Kyle Vogt。
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