Cruise's autonomous transport company dismisses about half of its labor, According to the message TechcrunchThe contraction field even extends to the General Director and other best managers. This is part of the main efforts to restructure the Maternal company GM, which will ultimately see the complete closure of operations.
It is expected that these dismissals will provide more than 1000 people and include General Director Mark Witten, Steve Kenner Security Director and head of state policy Rob Grant. MO MO ELSHENAVI is also dismissed, but will remain until the end of April to help with the transition. For this purpose, labor and resources of Cruise will continue. They are pierced in a super cruise teamWhich is a GM driver assistance system.
These dismissals do not become too amazing, given that GM has already announced This refused the development of robotaxisThe company, however, did not stop pursuing the dream of autonomous vehicles. GM still plans to deploy cars without a driver for personal use at some point in the future.
Cruise has had a difficult couple of years. The company faced a check after one of its robotaxis hit the pedestrian and dragged them 20 feetThe field before the accident was quite known for the fact that it is Gluck, like it I could not recognize children repeatedlyField
The subsequent investigation made the cruise stop all operations for his manned robotaxi service. Gm was Putted by 1.5 million dollars To miss the key details about the aforementioned accident. There were also serious dismissalIn recent months, the Cruise resumed some limited activities, Although only with Human driversField