Tag: Cruise

Honda cuts funding to robotaxi venture with Cruise and GM in Japan

Honda Motor Co. will stop funding a joint venture with General Motors and Cruise to launch a robotaxi service in Japan, now that...

Cruise employees ‘blindsided’ by GM’s plan to end robotaxi program

The news came by Slack message.  Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, who took the top post in June, posted a message Tuesday afternoon in the...

GM is giving up on Cruise robotaxis, pivots to personal autonomous vehicles

General Motors said Tuesday it will no longer fund the development of a commercial robotaxi business and will instead absorb its self-driving car...

Cruise fesses up, Pony AI raises its IPO ambitions, and the TuSimple drama dials back up

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GM CEO Mary Barra on the politics of EVs, the future of AVs, and moving away from China

“I never thought the propulsion of a vehicle would become a political issue,” GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said on stage at...

Cruise gets $1.5 million penalty for keeping pedestrian crash details from safety regulator

General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary Cruise must pay a $1.5 million penalty to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, after its initial reports to...