CEO of GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit to leave company

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Dan Ammann, CEO of General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary, is leaving the Detroit company. GM didn't give a reason in a short statement Thursday but said that Kyle Vogt, president and chief technical officer, would be Cruise's interim CEO.

DETROIT — Dan Ammann, CEO of General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary, is leaving the Detroit company.

The leadership change comes just as Cruise is about to start a fully autonomous ride-hailing service without human safety drivers. GM product development chief Doug Parks said last week that commercial autonomous ride-hailing would start next year in San Francisco. When Ammann moved to Cruise, many analysts believed that GM was preparing for a public stock offering with the majority-owned subsidiary.

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