Six months after gutting its Cruise robotaxi business, GM is reportedly back in on autonomous vehicles
GM’s rocky relationship with autonomous vehicles is back on, according to reporting by Bloomberg.
The automaker, which shuttered its robotaxi business, Cruise, in February, is said to be courting former employees to return to the company to develop self-driving cars for personal use.
In March, GM announced a partnership with Nvidia to “build smarter vehicles” and collaborate on “advanced driver-assistance systems.”
Development costs were the primary reason GM left Cruise stranded earlier in the year, though the company also faced intense scrutiny and several executive firings following an incident in October 2023 when an autonomous vehicle seriously injured a pedestrian in San Francisco. When the company pulled the plug on Cruise, the move was expected to save it $1 billion a year.
In March, GM announced a partnership with Nvidia to “build smarter vehicles” and collaborate on “advanced driver-assistance systems.”
Development costs were the primary reason GM left Cruise stranded earlier in the year, though the company also faced intense scrutiny and several executive firings following an incident in October 2023 when an autonomous vehicle seriously injured a pedestrian in San Francisco. When the company pulled the plug on Cruise, the move was expected to save it $1 billion a year.
