Cruise nationwide driverless vehicle halt

San Francisco Cruise Robotaxi Folds Following $10 Billion In Losses

December 11, 2024 2:45 amDecember 11, 2024 2:46 am

General Motors, the parent company of the San Francisco-based robotaxi firm Cruise, announced on Tuesday that Cruise would be folding following $10 billion in losses and a disastrous rollout attempt in San Francisco over the last few years. In 2022...

CPUC Announces Expansion of Paid Robotaxis in Bay Area & LA

March 2, 2024 6:42 amMarch 2, 2024 6:43 am

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced on Friday that Waymo, a Google-backed self-driving car service, would be able to expand their paid car service from just San Francisco into several other cities on the Peninsula, highways in San Francisco,...

City Of San Francisco Sues CPUC Over August 2023 Robotaxi Expansion Decision

January 26, 2024 12:31 pmJanuary 26, 2024 12:33 pm

The City of San Francisco filed a lawsuit against the California Public Utilities Commission on Friday, asking them to review their decision made in August of last year to great expand robotaxi companies within the city. In 2022 and most...

San Francisco Sued For $121 Million By GM Over Seven Years Of Back Taxes, Interest

December 28, 2023 1:15 pmDecember 28, 2023 1:15 pm

General Motors sued the City of San Francisco this week, looking to recover $108 million in back taxes accrued over the past seven years, as well as $13 million in penalties and interest charged against the company. Throughout 2023, GM...

Driverless Cruise Lays Off Over 900 Employees Following Months Of Turmoil, Incidents

December 15, 2023 2:30 amDecember 15, 2023 2:31 am

Cruise, the San Francisco-based driverless car and robotaxi subsidiary of General Motors, announced on Thursday that they would be laying off over 900 employees, due in large part to the company’s ongoing problems in California. In 2022 and most of...

Cruise Robotaxi Accused Of Misleading CPUC In Investigation Of October Crash In San Francisco

December 4, 2023 5:01 pmDecember 4, 2023 5:01 pm

Cruise, the driverless car and robotaxi subsidiary of General Motors, was ordered to appear in court in February by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) over the weekend because of allegedly covering-up an accident involving one of their cars in...

Cruise Halts All Robotaxi, Driverless Car Operations Nationwide Following California Suspension Earlier This Week

October 27, 2023 1:30 pmOctober 27, 2023 1:31 pm

General Motors, the parent company of driverless car subsidiary Cruise, announced on Friday that they would be suspending operations nationwide because of safety concerns, only days after the California DMV ordered the company to stop all driverless car operations in...