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Cruise employees ‘blindsided' by GM's plan to end robotaxi program
GMGM(GM) TechCrunch·2024-12-11 02:11

The news came by Slack message. Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, who took the top post in June, posted a message Tuesday afternoon in the company’s announcements channel along with a link to a press release entitled “GM to refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles.” GM, which acquired the self-driving car startup in 2016, would no longer fund the company, ending a mission that hundreds of Cruise engineers had worked on for years.  Minutes later, during an all-hands meeting, Cruise employees learn ...