GM Cruise plans to hire 1,000 more engineers over the next nine months, TechCrunch has learned. It’s an aggressive move by the autonomous vehicle technology company to double its size as it pushes to deploy a robotaxi service by the end of the year. Arden Hoffman, who helped scale Dropbox, will leave the file-sharing and […]
View More GM Cruise snags Dropbox HR head to hire 1,000 engineers by the end of the yearCategory: Cruise Automation
Cruise and DoorDash to test food delivery using self-driving cars in San Francisco
Cruise is partnering with DoorDash to pilot food and grocery delivery in San Francisco using self-driving vehicles. The companies announced Thursday that the testing program will begin in early 2019 with an initial focus on the San Francisco market. “Delivery is a significant opportunity for Cruise as we prepare to commercialize our autonomous vehicle technology and […]
View More Cruise and DoorDash to test food delivery using self-driving cars in San FranciscoCruise Automation taps GM president Dan Ammann as its new CEO
Cruise Automation, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, is getting a new CEO. The autonomous vehicle company, which was acquired by GM in 2016 and became subsidiary GM Cruise, has tapped Dan Ammann as CEO. Ammann will step down as GM’s president, a role he’s held since January 2014. Kyle Vogt, a Cruise co-founder who […]
View More Cruise Automation taps GM president Dan Ammann as its new CEOGM looks to cut costs by offering buyouts to 18,000 employees
General Motors has offered voluntary buyouts to 18,000 salaried employees in North America who have at least 12 years of experience, as the automaker looks to cut costs all while investing in its electric and autonomous future. The company has described this as a proactive measure aimed at preparing for coming headwinds such as slow […]
View More GM looks to cut costs by offering buyouts to 18,000 employeesHonda commits $2.75 billion in partnership with GM’s Cruise
Honda will commit $2.75 billion as part of an agreement with GM’s self-driving technology subsidiary Cruise to develop a new autonomous vehicle. The vehicle will be produced at high volume for global deployment, the companies said in announcement Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Honda will invest $2 billion over the next 12 years into the effort. […]
View More Honda commits $2.75 billion in partnership with GM’s CruiseIn recruiting win, GM’s Cruise employees offered equity in Cruise
In what will be seen as a big recruiting and retention win for Cruise, employees will be offered equity in GM’s self-driving technology subsidiary rather than shares of GM. The securities offering was disclosed in a recent SEC filing for GM Cruise Holdings LLC. The filing, which also lists the initial officers of GM Cruise […]
View More In recruiting win, GM’s Cruise employees offered equity in CruiseThe well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stack
At some point in the future, while riding along in a car, a kid may ask their parent about a distant time in the past when people used steering wheels and pedals to control an automobile. Of course, the full realization of the “auto” part of the word — in the form of fully autonomous automobiles — is a long way off, but there are nonetheless companies trying to build that future today.
View More The well-funded startups driven to own the autonomous vehicle stackGM will build its production autonomous Cruise cars at Michigan assembly plant
GM revealed today that it’s going to be starting proper production of its Cruise autonomous vehicle at its Orion township assembly plant in Michigan, with the roof modules for the vehicles assembled nearby at its Brownstowne battery assembly plant. Alongside the Cruise AV, Orion will also continue to build the Bolt EV, as well as […]
View More GM will build its production autonomous Cruise cars at Michigan assembly plantGM and Cruise reveal their fourth-generation, steering wheel-free Cruise AV
GM and Cruise are making progress on their plan to deploy autonomous vehicles on roads for the public: Today, it’s showing off its fourth-generation Cruise Autonomous Vehicle (AV), which comes just a few short months after it first revealed its third-generation vehicle. The fourth generation car is production-ready, according to GM’s Dan Ammann, who discussed the new vehicle on a… Read More
GM and Cruise on track to field a self-driving ride hailing service by 2019
GM and Cruise have articulated more specifically when they want to put their self-driving service on the roads, at today’s investor call for the company from San Francisco. GM said that they can make it happen within two years, with a fleet ready to go to work by 2019 based on the company’s current rate of progress. The commercial launch was previously revealed to happen within… Read More
Cruise’s self-driving launch plan doesn’t include small-scale pilots like Waymo’s
Cruise spent some time this week detailing its plans for self-driving deployment, and one of the key features of its approach is how it differs from that of some of its competitors. “We’re not going to do small-scale pilots,” explained Cruise CEO and cofounder Kyle Vogt during a press briefing prior to a Cruise self-driving vehicle ride along. “We’re [also] not… Read More
Taking a ride through SF in Cruise’s self-driving Bolt EV
GM’s Cruise has a fleet of self-driving cars pretty much continually roving the streets of San Francisco, gathering data and improving their autonomous driving performance with the ultimate goal of underpinning future commercial self-driving products from the automaker. Thus far, employees and investors have had the chance to take rides in the test vehicles – but no one outside… Read More