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If successful, the merger would create the world's third-largest auto group by vehicle sales after Toyota Motor Company and ...

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General Motors announced major layoffs at Cruise, its robotaxi venture, as it moves away from robotaxis following an unfortunate event in Las Vegas last year. About 1,000 employees have been put ...

Uber customers in Austin may notice a new offer when they open the app and hail a ride: an invitation to signal their interest in a Waymo robotaxi. For now, this doesn’t translate into a Waymo ...

The automaker is also testing a similar robotaxi service in California. In those rides, a human is behind the wheel and ready to intervene if the self-driving vehicle encounters issues.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Three people suffered minor injuries after a hit-and-run driver slammed into the back of a Waymo robotaxi Thursday night in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said.

General Motors’ Cruise will lay off about 1,000 employees, including CEO Marc Whitten, as it shifts focus from robotaxi to personal self-driving vehicle development. The move follows the ...

The layoffs come nearly two months after GM said it would no longer fund the development of a commercial robotaxi business and would instead focus on building personal autonomous vehicle technology.

part of a previously announced plan to halt robotaxi service and absorb the operations into its broader business. Several of Cruise’s leaders, including Chief Executive Officer Marc Whitten ...

The company on Wednesday opened up its interest list so that curious riders can declare their interest in potentially being matched with a Waymo robotaxi, once that partnership launches "soon" in ...

The move to gut the staff punctuates GM’s rapid retreat from the robotaxi business and strategic shift on self-driving cars. As recently as late 2024, the company had been planning to take the ...