Cruise Played Fast And Loose With Self Driving. Now Its CEO Is Out GM's Cruise suffers the loss of its co-founder after CEO Kyle Vogt resigns from self-driving startup. InsideEVs · Nov 20, 2023
Cruise CEO And Co-Founder Kyle Vogt Steps Down Plus, BMW expects the electric 5 Series to account for half of the model's European sales. Motor1 · Nov 20, 2023
GM boss Mary Barra’s high-tech bet unraveling after Kyle Vogt departs as CEO of embattled Cruise robotaxi unit Kyle Vogt departs the company he founded, marking a stunning fall from grace for a tech startup that only this summer celebrated a major victory for the fledgling industry. Fortune · Nov 20, 2023
GM’s Cruise CEO resigns amid concerns over driverless car safety Kyle Vogt exits as Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear appointed as interim boss of OpenAI The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2023
Vogt resigns as CEO of Cruise following safety concerns over self-driving vehicles Vogt's decision to step down follows a recent recall of all 950 Cruise vehicles to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October. WEKU · Nov 20, 2023
Vogt resigns as CEO of Cruise following safety questions, recalls of self-driving vehicles Kyle Vogt has resigned as CEO of Cruise, General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023
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Cruise's Troubles Continue: Recall, Layoffs, Alleged Issues Detecting Children GM's Cruise is recalling 950 robotaxis, laying off driverless operations-supporting staff, and facing allegations its AVs have difficulty detecting children. InsideEVs · Nov 10, 2023
General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit recalls cars for software update after dragging a pedestrian GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update its software after one dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street last month The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023
GM to Halt Production of Cruise Origin Robotaxi After Repeated Incidents GM's production stoppage of the Cruise Origin comes days after Cruise announced a pause of all driverless operations nationwide. InsideEVs · Nov 7, 2023
TechScape: Crypto in the dock, Musk in the frame and fiendish puzzles – three chilling tales for Halloween Gather round and hear three of the latest scary stories from Silicon Valley and beyond that will frighten you long after the candy is eaten The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023
Cruise, GM's robotaxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide General Motors’ Cruise says it's suspending its driverless operations nationwide as the robotaxi service works to rebuild public trust The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023
California Suspends GM’s Cruise Robotaxis Citing Safety Risks California’s state agency’s decision comes after a woman was critically injured at the beginning of the month when she was hit by a human-driven car and was then thrown in front of a robotaxi. InsideEVs · Oct 25, 2023
California hits pause on GM Cruise self-driving cars due to safety concerns Decision is latest instance of regulatory agencies expressing concern over safety of autonomous vehicles. Al Jazeera · Oct 24, 2023
WEKU · Oct 24, 2023 California orders Cruise driverless cars off the roads because of safety concerns The state issued the immediate suspension of the self-driving cars after one struck a pedestrian.
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023 California regulators suspend recently approved San Francisoc robotaxi service for safety reasons California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous menace
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023 California suspends Cruise driverless taxi test after accident GM-owned AV company can still operate cars with test driver onboard
InsideEVs · Oct 17, 2023 More Headaches For GM's Cruise As NHTSA Probes Pedestrian Risks NHTSA said its Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received two reports of incidents involving Cruise autonomous vehicles where pedestrians were injured.
InsideEVs · Oct 16, 2023 Cruise Robotaxis Upgraded After Fire Truck Crash In San Francisco Cruise says that it worked closely with police and fire units to get notifications for emergencies in San Francisco, setting up email alerts directly from the city’s Emergency Services for scenes that need to be avoided.
The Texas Tribune · Oct 5, 2023 Driverless cars are multiplying on Texas roads. Here’s what you should know. Autonomous vehicles, or AVs, are here. Tribune journalists took a ride in one recently and answer the biggest questions about who’s driving the driverless trend and how the state regulates them.
InsideEVs · Oct 3, 2023 Woman Critically Injured After Being Hit By Car, Then Run Over By Cruise Robotaxi This is the latest and most serious in a series of incidents involving Cruise robotaxis in San Francisco in recent months.
InsideEVs · Sep 22, 2023 Cruise Robotaxi Fleet Causes Gridlock On Austin Street Rather ironically, Cruise ran a full-page advertisement in the New York Times in July where it said that “Humans are terrible drivers.”
The Guardian - US · Sep 5, 2023 Self-driving car blocking road ‘delayed patient care’, San Francisco officials say Cruise, the robotaxi firm, denies the city’s claims its vehicle blocked ambulance which resulted in injured person’s death
WEKU · Aug 26, 2023 Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.
Fortune · Aug 24, 2023 Nvidia's rocketship has room for more passengers The A.I. chipmaker, which just delivered blowout earnings, is on a hiring spree.