Toyota has moved to suspend testing of its ‘Chauffeur’ automated taxi prototypes. This follows the collision between a Volvo XC90 operated by Uber which killed a woman in Arizona.

Chauffeur is an experimental service run by the US-based Toyota Research Institute. One of its cars, a modified Lexus LS 600hL, has been operating on roads in Michigan and California.

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“We cannot speculate on the cause of the incident or what it may mean to the automated driving industry going forward. Because we feel the incident may have an emotional effect on our test drivers, we have decided to temporarily pause our Chauffeur mode testing on public roads”, Toyota’s media release announces.

Elaine Herzberg, a 49 year old woman, died on Sunday after sustaining injuries as a result of being struck by one of Uber’s Volvos as she attempted to cross a road with a bicycle in the city of Tempe.

See also: Uber suspends driverless testing after fatal accident

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