Robot types: Robotaxi. Risk band: High
RobotRisk index 73.5/100 (severity- and time-weighted incidents) · ranked 4 of 17 among Autonomous vehicles and trucking companies with incidents (141 tracked).
Analyst brief
The record contains ten entries spanning December 2022 through December 2024, covering hard-braking and immobilization investigations, a pedestrian-dragging injury, multiple regulatory fines and permit suspensions, a nationwide operations halt, a software recall, a false-report admission, and the eventual wind-down of the standalone robotaxi business. The dominant pattern is regulatory: three entries are explicitly regulatory actions (NHTSA fines, DMV suspension) layered on top of injury, recall, and shutdown events, indicating sustained enforcement scrutiny following the pedestrian-dragging incident rather than a single isolated failure. Severity is concentrated at the high end, with five of ten entries coded severity 3 or 4, and the trajectory runs from an initial investigation through escalating regulatory and injury events to eventual business termination. The record as a whole documents a multi-year pattern of recurring safety, disclosure, and regulatory events culminating in the shutdown of the robotaxi operation.
Risk index
73.5/100RobotRisk index
36.1/100Median index across the 17 Autonomous vehicles and trucking companies with incident history (141 tracked, 124 with none)
4 of 17Rank in Autonomous vehicles and trucking (of 17 with incident history)