Cruise resumes robotaxi tests
General Motors’ self-driving brand Cruise will resume tests for its robotaxi service, the company announced yesterday, months after Cruise suspended operations amid scrutiny of its driverless cars, which increased after Forbes reported a pedestrian was inadvertently dragged by one of the company’s vehicles. Cruise will evaluate its autonomous vehicles without human drivers as part of its next […]
Cruise issues statement after October accident
The leadership team of autonomous robotaxi firm Cruise has posted an update on X, following the involvement of one of their vehicles in a serious accident in October. The GM-funded company had a licence to carry passengers without human drivers throughout the city of San Francisco. Cruise, which has reportedly lost up to $6 billion […]
GM halves funding for driverless Cruise division
General Motors is cutting a billion dollars (£788 million) of spending from its driverless taxi division Cruise, but insists it remains committed to the self-driving project. Reuters has analysed the company’s finances and says Cruise spent $1.9 billion in cash during 2023, and recorded a $2.7 billion pretax loss, not including $500 million in restructuring […]
Cruise admits reaction to pedestrian collision woefully short of our own expectations
General Motors’ driverless car subsidiary Cruise has published the findings of an independent report into a collision between one of its driverless vehicles and a pedestrian in San Francisco last October. The collision involved a driverless car hitting and dragging a woman nearly 20 feet after she was first struck by a human-operated vehicle. The […]
Cruise “offers $75,000” to resolve crash investigation in San Francisco
General Motors’ driverless subsidiary Cruise has offered to pay $75,000 (£59,000) to settle a dispute with the state over whether it misled regulators about the aftermath of crash involving one of its driverless cars. The San Francisco Standard reports that a document filed last Friday (5 January) seeking to defer an order on issues raised […]
Cruise cuts a quarter of its workforce
Troubles continue for General Motors’ driverless subsidiary Cruise. The latest announcement is a cut of nearly a quarter of its workforce – around 900 people – after a crash involving a pedestrian in San Francisco. Since then it’s had its permit in California suspended, removed all its vehicles off American roads, seen its CEO and […]
Nine more Cruise execs leave company after October crash
The General Motors driverless subsidiary Cruise has parted company with nine more executives after a collision with a pedestrian in San Francisco last October led to the departure of its co-founder and CEO. A Cruise spokesperson confirmed to The San Francisco Standard newspaper that nine “key leaders” across the company departed “following an initial analysis […]
Cruise accused of “misleding” regulators over San Francisco crash
General Motors’ driverless susidiary Cruise is being accused of covering up the severity of a crash involving one of its driverless cars. The Guardian reports the California Public Utilities Commission has summoned the company to a hearing in February that could lead to a $1.5m (£1.2m) fine on top of the current suspension to its […]
GM reported to be cutting driverless subsidiary’s budget
General Motors is reported to be planning to reduce the amount it spends on its driverless vehicle division, Cruise. The Financial Times reports it announce a cut in the budget after it suspended testing of its driverless taxis following a crash involving a pedestrian in San Francisco. It says GM currently spends about $700 million […]
Cruise planning staged driverless relaunch
General Motors’ driverless subsidiary, Cruise, is reported to be planning to relaunch in an as-yet unspecified American city. The company has ceased all operations, both fully driverless and those with a safety driver, after a crash involving a pedestrian who had already been hit by another, human-driven, vehicle in San Francisco which led to California’s […]
