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GM's Cruise plans careful re-launch for driverless robotaxis

2023-11-23 05:15
(Reuters) -General Motors' robotaxi unit Cruise is planning to re-launch in one city, the company said on Wednesday. Cruise had
GM's Cruise plans careful re-launch for driverless robotaxis

General Motors' robotaxi unit Cruise is planning a slow return to service starting in one city - potentially Texas or Arizona, Axios reported on Wednesday.

It is also narrowing its engineering focus to its existing robotaxi and will lay off an unspecified number of non-engineers in multiple cities, the report said.

In October, one of Cruise's driverless cabs was not able to stop in time from hitting a pedestrian who had been struck by a hit-and-run driver, raising safety concerns around the use of robotaxis.

(Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)