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 ...

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 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.

Elon Musk had a lot to say about Tesla’s upcoming Robotaxi service on Wednesday. Tesla will be launching an unsupervised Full-Self Driving (FSD) service in Austin in June. What does that mean ...

In Tesla’s 4Q24 Earnings call, which reported sales and profits below expectations, Elon Musk claimed that Tesla would launch an “unsupervised” robotaxi service in Austin, Texas by June of ...

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

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 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 ...