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GM, Cruise and Robotaxi

In light of such difficult economics, what made robotaxi the dominant go-to-market strategy for autonomous vehicles? To understand the reasons why, let’s consider the history of AVs. The idea of autonomous vehicles has been around for decades.

TechCrunch · 17h

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 company’s

Seattle Times · 17h

GM halts funding for Cruise robotaxi program

DETROIT — General Motors’ move Tuesday to halt funding for its Cruise robotaxi program makes way for Silicon Valley rivals to take a firmer hold of the potentially multibillion-dollar business. But experts say bowing out is the right choice for the embattled Cruise.

Microsoft will take $800 million charge on Cruise investment

Gizmodo · 19h

General Motors Says It’s Pulling Cruise Out of the Robotaxi Business

Automotive giant General Motors announced Tuesday that it would be pulling funding from its robotaxi firm Cruise, though it gestured at future plans to continue developing self-driving cars.

New York Post · 1d

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

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

Geekwire on MSN · 14h

Microsoft will take $800 million charge on Cruise investment as GM exits robotaxi business

Microsoft will take an $800 million charge on its investment in the Cruise robotaxi business after General Motors announced it would no longer fund the initiative as part of a shift in its autonomous driving strategy.

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GM Is Restructuring Cruise. Tesla and Waymo Will Fight It Out for the U.S. Robotaxi Market.

Waymo has made a lot of progress with self-driving cabs. It completes more than 150,000 driverless rides a week. Tesla hosted ...

GM scraps Cruise's robotaxi service

GM announced Tuesday that it would no longer be using Cruise LLC funding for developing a robotaxi service, citing increased ...

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Microsoft Expects $800 Million Impairment Charge From GM Cruise Robotaxi Operations Shutdown

Microsoft expects an $800 million impairment charge as the result of GM's decision to end Cruise robotaxi operations, ...

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Cruise founder calls GM 'a bunch of dummies' after automaker shuts down robotaxi startup

The Cruise founder Kyle Vogt, who resigned from the company in 2023 after a suspension of its robotaxi business, wasn't happy ...

15h

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 ...

20h

GM Ends Cruise Robotaxi Efforts and Steers Its Self-Driving Tech to Passenger Cars

The Detroit auto giant says it's halting its investment in Cruise’s robotaxi project at $4.4 billion, and integrating its technology into its own vehicles' autonomous driving features.

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GM's Cruise U-turn is a sign of just how hard the robotaxi game really is

After GM pulled the plug on its robotaxi dreams, one expert says driverless cabs remain "really more hype than reality." ...

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GM shutters Cruise robotaxi project

General Motors is shutting down its Cruise robotaxi project, citing intense competition for self-driving cars and the steep ...

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