CEO of GM's Cruise robo-taxi unit resigns amid US safety review
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.
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GM-Backed Cruise Robotaxi CEO Resigns Amid Chaotic Self-Driving Controversy
Kyle Vogt, founder of GM-backed self-driving company Cruise, has resigned as CEO of the firm. The 38-year-old shared the news on X in a series of tweets but failed to address the ongoing crises the business is grappling with publicly.
GM’s Cruise Rethinks Its Robotaxi Strategy After Admitting a Software Fault in Gruesome Crash
In August 2016, WIRED visited the San Francisco offices of a young startup recently snapped up by a surprising buyer. General Motors acquired three-year-old Cruise for a reported $1 billion in hopes the straitlaced Detroit automaker could coopt the self-driving technology tipped to disrupt the auto industry. Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt—a scrappy Twitch cofounder who competed as a teen in BattleBots—said he intended to stick around, but to keep running the driverless-car tech developer like a startup. He’d be out of a job, he predicted, if he couldn’t hack the self-driving thing in 10 to 15 years.
Cruise puts robotaxi operations on pause following California license suspension
Cruise has paused all its driverless operations, the company has announced on LinkedIn and X. The GM-backed self-driving firm explained that it's taking time to examine its «processes, systems and tools» and that it will «reflect on how [it] can better operate in a way that will earn public trust.» Cruise has been thrust under the spotlight recently after the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) suspended its permits to operate driverless vehicles in the state due to several safety related issues. The California Public Utilities Commission also suspended the license giving Cruise the right to charge passengers for robotaxi rides.
Honda and GM Have Ambitious Plans to Launch Robotaxis in a Major City
GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is one of two robotaxi developers that have the advantage right now, after months of operations in San Francisco. But Cruise isn't content to keep its robotaxi tech stateside. Cruise is teaming up with Honda to form a joint venture to bring driverless ride hailing service to Japan. The two companies have signed a memorandum of understanding this week with plans to form a new company during the first half of 2024, with operations expected to start in early 2026. Related StoryCruise Robotaxis Are Coming to These Two Cities But it's not the Chevy Bolt, which has become the face of Cruise's San Francisco fleet, that the