GM pulls plug on Cruise robotaxi after investing more than $10B in self-driving business

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GM cited “considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi market.”

at its majority-owned Cruise business, a blow to the automaker that had made the advanced technology unit a top priority.

“This is the latest in the series of decisions that GM has announced which underscore our focus on having the right technology for the future of our company and the industry and reflects our commitment to execute with speed and efficiency,” she said on Tuesday.Google parent Alphabet's shares surge after quantum computing breakthrough

Ford is still working on advanced driver assistance systems in-house different from the fully autonomous ones being developed at Argo AI.Last month, Cruise admitted to submitting a false report to influence a federal investigation and agreed to pay a $500,000 criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. The Justice Department said Cruise GM expects the restructuring will lower spending by more than $1 billion annually after the plan is completed by the end of June.

In 2022, GM filed a petition with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving Origin vehicles annually without human controls such as brake pedals or mirrors. The agency has not acted on the request and GM cited the regulatory risk for its decision.Google removes flood of 1-star McDonald's reviews after worker turns in Luigi Mangione

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