Cruise announces layoffs as GM acquires defunct robotaxi company

The sources said that Robotaxi Company, which started dispensing with employees today. freedom. The demobilization of the workers comes two months after GM said it would work Funding cruises is no longerInstead, its spending will turn towards helping the advanced driver and independent vehicles that you own.
“We are grateful for their passion and contributions to help us reach this stage, and our focus on supporting them in their next semester with service packages and job support,” said Cruz, Sarah Utiu, a spokeswoman for Cruz. “Although it is not an easy decision, we focus on combining efforts with General Motors to accelerate the autonomy on a large scale on personal self -compounds.”
“Our focus is on their support in the next chapter with separation packages and job support.”
Maritime flight staff has spent the past few months for forgetfulness, as the High Command has created plans on how to move forward. Last week, Techcrunch I mentioned That trip began to expand the preservation offers for some employees, most of them are engineers. These employees are expected to get jobs in General Motors, and they are working on the product of a car driver, Super Cruise. The company’s council was expected to meet in early February to announce the status of the remaining workers, who numbered the number in the thousands.
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, pulled the plug on the trip in early December, on the pretext that the joint independent movement was never in its “basic business”. It was an expensive cruise She had a lot of organizational obstacles that could be overcome to make her a flow of application revenues. Instead, General Motors will work on private owned cars.
“By combining specialized technology and talent in Cruise with our team, developing Super Cruise, we will have the ability to accelerate our work on both supported leadership and independent leadership,” Dave Richardson, Vice President of Software and Services in General Motors and said in a statement. “We look forward to cooperating with Cruise to accelerate our work together.”
Just last week, Barra told investors that General Motors expected to provide one billion dollars annually by stopping the service. “General Motors has suggested a restructuring plan that would focus the independent driving strategy on personal vehicles,” said Barra.
Cruise also started notifying its customers to close the Robotaxi service. “Unfortunately, we will not restart our Ridehail service,” says the message, according to a screenshot that was posted on X.
With additional reports by Kylie Robison