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2025.02.05

11:26

GM's Cruise to lay off 50% of its workforce

General Motors will lay off about half of the remaining employees of its Cruise self-driving cab project, according to CNBC.

2024.09.20

09:02

GM's self-driving unit Cruise to resume robotaxi testing in California this fall

Asia Tech Wire (Sep 20) -- General Motors' self-driving unit Cruise plans to resume testing of its robotaxis in the U.S. state of California this fall.

2023.11.10

09:06

GM's self-driving unit Cruise announces layoffs

Asian Tech Press (Nov 10) -- Cruise LLC, General Motors Co. (GM)'s self-driving unit, announced a round of layoffs on Thursday.

2022.03.21

03:26

GM buys back SoftBank's stake in self-driving unit Cruise for $2.1 billion

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 21) -- The veteran automaker General Motors Co. (GM) announced Friday that it bought back SoftBank's stake in its self-driving unit Cruise for $2.1 billion.

2021.12.17

10:30

The CEO of GM's self-driving subsidiary Cruise is stepping down

Asian Tech Press (Dec 17) -- According to The Verge, General Motors has announced that Dan Ammann, CEO of Cruise, a self-driving car company that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GM, is leaving the company. Kyle Vogt, co-founder and chief technology officer of Cruise, will take over as interim CEO.

2021.12.02

07:01

SFMTA Opposes Cruise's Self-Driving Taxi Application on Safety Grounds

Asian Tech Press (Dec 02) -- Self-driving car company Cruise's application to offer paid autonomous cab service in San Francisco has been challenged by the city's public transportation agency, according to media reports, which claim that a promotional video released by the company shows passengers getting in and out of its self-driving cabs in the middle of the street illegally, posing a threat to traffic safety.

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