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General Motors pulls plug on Cruise, its self-driving robotaxi company

The company said it would no longer fund the venture and will prioritize Super Cruise, its driver assistance program

The Guardian - US

GM-owned Cruise has lost interest in cars without steering wheels. Its competitors haven’t

Iconiq Growth is notoriously quiet with the media—until now.

Fortune

GM 'Repeatedly Fumbles The Ball' On New Technology, Ex-Cruise CEO Says

Former Cruise boss Kyle Vogt invokes GM's EV1 in a scathing tweet about the company canceling its Origin autonomous shuttle.

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In a single night, self-driving startup Cruise went from sizzling startup to cautionary tale. Here’s what really happened—and how GM is scrambling to save its $10B bet

Before October 2, Cruise was the coolest part of GM’s driverless, eco-friendly future. Now it’s a rescue mission.

Fortune

Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year

After rapidly expanding its self-driving car program, things took a disastrous turn for Cruise when one of its robotaxis struck a pedestrian.

WEKU

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

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.

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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

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

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

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

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

GM’s Cruise agrees to immediately take half its robotaxis off San Francisco’s streets

The city's fire department chief that didn't want to babysit robotaxis now saw one of her emergency vehicles collide with a Cruise self-driving car on the way to a scene.

Fortune

No one is driving this taxi. What possibly could go wrong?

An Associated Press reporter recalls the first time he took a ride in a car without sitting in the driver's seat

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When a robotaxi and bus collide...

Cruise recalled 300 vehicles after a robotaxi hit a city bus in San Francisco.

The Independent UK

Robotaxis aim to take San Francisco on ride into the future

Two trailblazing ride-hailing services are heading toward uncharted territory as they seek regulatory approval to transport passengers around the clock throughout one of the most densely populated U.S. cities in vehicles that will have no one sitting in the driver’s seat

Fortune

He was a lieutenant on a submarine for 8 years. Now Cruise's CFO is navigating big plans for driverless cars

The company's driverless vehicles have traveled over one million miles.

Fortune

Cruise: We don't need NHTSA greenlight to test Origin shuttle

The 6-passenger autonomous shuttle has no steering wheel or brakes, and Cruise says federal law allows it to begin testing on public roads without NHTSA's blessing.

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Why Cruise's CEO says you'll soon be riding in a self-driving car

Autonomous vehicles will overtake human-driven cars in ten years, the CEO of GM's Cruise predicts.

Tribune News Service

GM's Cruise starts to charge for fares in San Francisco

Cruise LLC is officially open for business, offering driverless rides to paying customers on a small scale, CEO Kyle Vogt said Thursday on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

Benzinga

GM Backed Cruise Is Giving Google, Tesla A Run For Their Money

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) backed Cruise offered tough competition to Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google in the

Benzinga

GM To Spend $2B On Self-Driving Startup Cruise This Year, Just A Permit Away From Charging Customers

General Motors Co (NYSE: GM) CFO Paul Jacobson said on Tuesday the company will spend about $2 billion on its self-driving taxi fleet Cruise this year.

Tribune News Service

Cruise founder, ex-CEO to be permanent leader of self-driving company

Cruise LLC's next chief executive officer will be Kyle Vogt, the former CEO who's been acting as interim chief of the self-driving company since the abrupt departure of Dan Ammann.

Tribune News Service

Cruise starts to offer driverless rides on the streets of San Francisco

Cruise LLC is starting to offer members of the public rides on San Francisco streets, Interim CEO and Co-Founder Kyle Vogt said in a blog post Tuesday.

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