NHTSA Probes 16 Avride Crashes — Risks for Partnership with Uber

Colleagues, an update from the autonomous vehicles sector: NHTSA is investigating Avride after 16 crashes and one injury.

- The ODI pointed to system failures: erroneous lane changes and failures to detect other vehicles and obstacles. All incidents occurred with a safety monitor present; operator intervention was recorded only once.

- Avride says it notified NHTSA and implemented technical and operational mitigations, noting a decline in incident frequency as operations scaled.

- Crashes were concentrated in Dallas and Austin; at least one involved a passenger and one resulted in a minor injury.

Why this matters: the probe undermines public trust, affects regulatory practice, and complicates robotaxi scaling.

Can companies quickly restore passenger and regulator confidence?

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