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☆ GM’s Cruise Draws Plans to Resume a Downsized Robotaxi Service
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Mike Colias | Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Cruise self-driving vehicle. Photo: Poppy Lynch for The Wall Street JournalGeneral Motors ’ Cruise driverless-car unit plans to eventually reintroduce its robotaxi service following safety mishaps, but will narrow the focus to one city and shelve plans for the Origin, a GM-built driverless taxi. Cruise’s new co-president, Mo Elshenawy, outlined in an employee email Wednesday the plan to scale back future operations to one market, a change from an earlier strategy to deploy service in more than a dozen cities, according to people familiar with the matter.

Persons: Poppy Lynch, Mo Elshenawy Organizations: The Wall Street, GM

☆ CEO of GM's Cruise robo-taxi unit resigns amid US safety review
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Greg Bensinger | Thomson Reuters | Greg Bensinger Joined Reuters As A Technology Correspondent In Focusing On The World'S Largest Technology Companies. He Was Previously A Member Of The New York Times Editorial Board | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Nov 19 (Reuters) - - Kyle Vogt, the CEO of General Motors' robot-taxi unit Cruise, has resigned from the company a day after apologizing to staff as the company undergoes a safety review of its U.S. fleet. The Cruise board met on Nov. 13 and the next day named GM general counsel Craig Glidden as Cruise's chief administrative officer. The board also said it would retain a third-party safety expert to assess safety operations and culture. Former Tesla President Jon McNeill, a GM director since 2022, was named vice chairman of the Cruise board alongside Barra, who is the chair. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in October opened an investigation into pedestrian risks at Cruise and the Cruise board hired law firm Quinn Emanuel to review Cruise management's responses to regulators investigating the Oct. 2 accident.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Vogt, Cruise, Vogt's, Craig Glidden, Stephen Lam, Mary Barra, Glidden, Mo Elshenawy, Jon McNeill, Barra, Quinn Emanuel, Greg Bensinger, David Shepardson, Kenneth Li Organizations: General Motors, Reuters, GM, Cruise, Honda, REUTERS, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Traffic Safety Administration, Thomson Locations: United States, San Francisco , California, U.S, San Francisco

Cruise founder and CEO Kyle Vogt has resigned from his role at the autonomous vehicle venture owned by General Motors, according to a company statement sent to CNBC on Sunday. Cruise CEO and co-founder Kyle Vogt has resigned from his role at the autonomous vehicle venture owned by General Motors , according to a company statement sent to CNBC on Sunday. Mo Elshenawy, who previously served as executive vice president of engineering at Cruise, will now serve as president and CTO for Cruise, the company said. Vogt confirmed his resignation Sunday night in a social media post on X, formerly known as Twitter. The departing CEO also offered words of encouragement, writing: "Cruise is still just getting started, and I believe it has a great future ahead.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Mo Elshenawy, Vogt, Cruise Organizations: General Motors, CNBC, Sunday, Cruise, Twitter, California Department of Motor Vehicles, California DMV Locations: San Francisco, California

☆ Cruise CEO resigns after all of the company's robotaxis were forced to stop operating
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementKyle Vogt has resigned as CEO of Cruise, General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit, as questions build about the safety of self-driving cars. Since then, the autonomous vehicles have drawn complaints for making unexpected, traffic-clogging stops that critics say threaten to inconvenience other travelers and imperil public safety. Late last year, U.S. safety regulators said they were investigating reports that autonomous robotaxis run by Cruise can stop too quickly or unexpectedly quit moving, potentially stranding passengers. Problems at Cruise could slow the deployment of fully autonomous vehicles that carry passengers without human drivers on board.

Persons: Cruise, —, Kyle Vogt, Vogt, Mo Elshenawy, Craig Glidden, Twitch Organizations: Service, General Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, GM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amazon Locations: California, San Francisco, Cruise

☆ Founder and CEO of GM’s self-driving car unit resigns in wake of safety problems
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Kyle Vogt, the head of General Motors’ self-driving car unit Cruise, resigned from the company late Sunday. Despite the myriad of problems and the turnover at the top, GM said Sunday it was sticking with Cruise and its efforts to develop self-driving cars. Besides the safety issues at Cruise, the unit has cost the company $5.9 billion before interest and taxes since the start of 2020. The most serious accident involving Cruise was one on October 2 involving a pedestrian in San Francisco who was critically injured when hit, first by a traditional human-driven car, then by a Cruise driverless car. Two weeks later the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that accident and reports of other accidents involving Cruise vehicles and pedestrians, prompted it to launch a safety probe into Cruise vehicles.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Cruise, robotaxis, ”, Vogt, ” Vogt, Craig Glidden, Mo Elshenawy, “, ” – CNN’s Peter Valdes, Dapena Organizations: New, New York CNN, General Motors, Honda, GM, Cruise, Ford, Volkswagen, Traffic Safety Administration, Cruisers, Reuters, “ Locations: New York, San Francisco, Japan, California

Kyle Vogt has resigned as CEO of Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit, as questions build about the safety of self-driving cars. The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise. Since then, the autonomous vehicles have drawn complaints for making unexpected, traffic-clogging stops that critics say threaten to inconvenience other travelers and imperil public safety. Problems at Cruise could slow the deployment of fully autonomous vehicles that carry passengers without human drivers on board. It said Craig Glidden also will serve as president and continue as chief administrative officer for Cruise, an appointment announced earlier.

Persons: Kyle Vogt, Cruise, ” Cruise, Vogt, Mo Elshenawy, Craig Glidden, Twitch Organizations: Motors, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, ”, GM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amazon Locations: San Francisco, Cruise

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