GM revives driverless car program with focus on personal vehicles instead of robotaxis after pausing Cruise operations due to ...

This time around, the project would be focused on autonomous cars for personal use, rather than a robotaxi service.

GM is reigniting its autonomous vehicle efforts by seeking to rehire former employees from its shuttered Cruise unit.

General Motors is planning a renewed offensive in autonomous driving despite the collapse of its robotaxi subsidiary Cruise.

GM is currently operating human-driven vehicles on public roads to collect data for the self-driving technology development.

GM is an autonomous driving pioneer as Super Cruise was introduced in 2017 and the company was working on an autonomous ...

GM plans to develop hands-free, eyes-free autonomous driving system for personal vehicles, hiring former Cruise employees.

General Motors has invested more than $10 billion in Cruise. REUTERS In 2023, GM CEO Mary Barra said the Cruise business could generate $50 billion in annual revenue by 2030.

GM CFO Paul Jacobson has said the company expects to spend $1.7 billion on Cruise operations this year, down slightly from GM’s spend on Cruise in previous years of around $2 billion.

For GM, that will include slashing spending at Cruise “by hundreds of millions of dollars” in 2024, an action that is expected to result in widespread layoffs at the San Francisco-based ...