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GM is giving up on Cruise robotaxis, pivots to personal autonomous vehicles

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General Motors said Tuesday it will no longer fund the development of a commercial robotaxi business and will instead absorb its self-driving car subsidiary Cruise and combine it with the automaker’s own efforts to develop driver assistance features — and eventually fully autonomous personal vehicles. The pivot is a remarkable step for the automaker, which […]

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GM is giving up on Cruise robotaxis, pivots to personal autonomous vehicles

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General Motors said Tuesday it will no longer fund the development of a commercial robotaxi business and will instead absorb its self-driving car subsidiary Cruise and combine it with the automaker’s own efforts to develop driver assistance features — and eventually fully autonomous personal vehicles. The pivot is a remarkable step for the automaker, which

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GM’s Cruise to pay $500,000 fine to DOJ, admits submitting false report

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Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit of General Motors, has admitted to submitting a false report with the goal of influencing a federal investigation into a safety incident last year. In penance, the company will pay a $500,000 criminal fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement, per the Department of Justice (DOJ).  This is one

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Mary Barra still thinks GM will make an AV with no steering wheel

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General Motors CEO Mary Barra still believes an autonomous vehicle with no steering wheel and pedals is “definitely” in her company’s future, despite recently cancelling the purpose-built Origin. Barra told the crowd at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 on Tuesday that she still has an eye on a purpose-built robotaxi, but that she made the call to

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GM partners with startup Forge Nano to improve EV battery life, performance, and safety

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General Motors is working with Forge Nano, a materials science startup, to find new ways to enhance the performance and lifetime of electric vehicle battery cells.  The automaker’s investment arm, GM Ventures, on Wednesday injected $10 million into Forge Nano, which is developing a thin coating the startup says will help improve safety and increase

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Cruise’s robotaxis are coming to the Uber app in 2025

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Cruise, General Motors’s self-driving subsidiary, said it has signed a multi-year partnership with ride-hailing giant Uber to bring its robotaxis to the ride-hailing platform in 2025.  Cruise didn’t say when exactly customers would see its vehicles on Uber’s platform, but a spokesperson told TechCrunch that this partnership will follow the re-launch of Cruise’s own driverless

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Cruise recalls robotaxi fleet to resolve federal safety probe

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General Motors’ AV company, Cruise, has recalled its fleet of 1,194 self-driving cars to resolve long-standing trouble with unexpected braking. Cruise has shipped software updates to those vehicles that should mitigate the braking problems, and as such, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its nearly two-year probe into the issue. The recall and

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GM cuts 1,000 software jobs as it prioritizes quality and AI

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General Motors is cutting around 1,000 software workers around the world in a bid to focus on more “high-priority” initiatives like improving its Super Cruise driver assistance system, the quality of its infotainment platform and exploring the use of AI. The job cuts are not about cost cutting or individual performance, GM spokesperson Stuart Fowle

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Redwood Materials is partnering with Ultium Cells to recycle GM’s EV battery scrap

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Redwood Materials, the battery recycling startup founded by former Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, will be recycling production scrap for batteries going into General Motors electric vehicles.  The company announced Thursday that it’s working with Ultium Cells, the joint battery manufacturing venture between GM and LG Energy Solution, to recycle cathode, anode and cell scrap from

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