Supernal, CHC Helicopter, Heli-One collaborate on advanced air mobility networks On March 10, Hyundai Motor Group's (HMG's) Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company Supernal LLC announced an agreement with CHC Helicopter, the global helicopter flight services company specializing in offshore transportation and search and rescue operations, and CHC subsidiary Heli-One, a leading global provider of rotor-wing maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) serv...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/13

GM cuts 1,000 jobs as Cruise robotaxi service shuts down On February 4, General Motors confirmed it is cutting about half of the workers from the Cruise LLC driverless car unit, as it decided to halt its robotaxi service and absorb the operations into its broader business. Several of Cruise’s leaders are leaving as total staff reductions amount to about 1,000 positions. More than 80% of the employees in engineering and other technical roles are...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/08

GM acquires full ownership of Cruise, integrates tech into Super Cruise On February 4, General Motors announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of GM Cruise Holdings LLC following the approval of GM’s merger offer by the Cruise Board of Directors.  Now as a wholly-owned subsidiary of GM, Cruise will work collaboratively on autonomous vehicle technology and advanced driver assistance systems for personal vehicles.  GM w...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/06

GM halts Cruise's funding to focus on autonomous personal vehicles On December 10, General Motors announced that it will no longer fund Cruise’s robotaxi development work “given the considerable time and resources that would be needed to scale the business, along with an increasingly competitive robotaxi market”. GM now plans to realign its autonomous driving strategy and prioritize development of advanced driver assistance systems on a pat...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/11

GM’s Cruise to pay USD 500,000 fine over false crash report, enter safety compliance program On November 14, GM’s Cruise LLC admitted to withholding key details about a 2023 crash “with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence” a federal investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, and agreed to pay USD 500,000 and engage in a three-year plan to aid in the government investigation i...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/19

Avtozavod St. Petersburg's XCITE brand launches XCITE X-Cross 8 in Russia On October 31, the new XCITE brand of Avtozavod St. Petersburg LLC (former Nissan plant in St. Petersburg) of AvtoVAZ Group, announced the launch of its first all-wheel drive model on the Russian market – the new X-Cross 8. It is a modern 7-seater family crossover. It has dimensions of 4,740 x 1,860 x 1,705 mm. The model has a high ground clearance of 190 mm. The trunk vo...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/04

Cruise resumes mapping operations in San Francisco Bay Area Cruise LLC announced that it has resumed mapping operations in the San Francisco Bay Area approximately one year after an accident with one of Cruise’s autonomous vehicles and a pedestrian. Cruise deployed several manual mapping vehicles in Sunnyvale and Mountain View on September 19, all of which have drivers behind the wheel and no autonomous capabilities. The company aims to resume ...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/21

GM’s Cruise, Uber enter multi-year partnership for customers to access AV rides On August 22, GM's self-driving Cruise LLC unit and Uber Technologies LLC announced they have entered a multiyear deal for customers to book autonomous Cruise robotaxis through the Uber platform. Cruise and Uber expect to launch the service in 2025 with Chevrolet Bolt-based autonomous vehicles.  Cruise recently relaunched service with safety drivers in Houston, Pho...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/24

spokesman Kevin Kelly says GM has been working with the city to enhance the company's safety plan and is looking at possible investment in new safety equipment. With GM's proprietary Ultium propulsion system, GM and its joint venture partner LG Energy Solution produces the cells at the Ultium Cells LLC factory in Ohio.  Rather than using lithium ion battery packs that have already been assembled by a battery cell supplier, GM assembles the lithi...

News  Updated at: 2024/03/02

GM’s Cruise lays off 24% of workforce On a blog post released on December 14, Cruise LLC announced it will lay off approximately 24% of its workforce as the company undergoes a series of changes stemming from a pedestrian accident on October 2. Approximately 900 employees, primarily in the company’s commercial operations and related corporate function fields, will be affected by the layoffs. This announcement follows the departure of nine emp...

News  Updated at: 2023/12/15

Honda, GM, GM Cruise to start Level 4 autonomous taxi service in Odaiba, Tokyo Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda), General Motors Company (GM), and GM Cruise Holdings LLC (GM Cruise) will jointly start a “Level 4” autonomous driving (fully autonomous driving under certain conditions) taxi service in the Odaiba area (part of Minato and Koto wards, Tokyo) from January 2026, as they previously announced in October. The three companies will gradually ...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/20

GM’s Cruise suspends supervised and manual robotaxi operations Following a quarterly board meeting on November 13, Cruise LLC announced several measures designed to improve safety and transparency regarding its robotaxis and technology. Specifically, Cruise announced that it would pause its supervised and manual autonomous vehicle operations in the U.S. Supervised operations are when the vehicle is operating autonomously, but with a safety driv...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/16

Haval starts sales of crossover M6 in Russia On July 21, Havale Motor Rus LLC started sales of crossover HAVAL M6 in Russia. It has a 1.5-liter gasoline engine that generates 143 hp power and a maximum torque of 202 Nm. It will be available with a choice of manual and dual-clutch transmissions. The 6-speed manual transmission model is priced at RUB 1,949,000, and the 7-speed DCT is priced at RUB 2,099,000.The car has features like automatic clima...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/24

Honda completes prototype of Japan-spec Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) announced on September 29 that it has completed a prototype of the Japan-spec version of its “Cruise Origin” mass-market autonomous vehicle and that it has started tests in the U.S. Honda will manufacture multiple Japan-spec prototype vehicles to check driving functions and safety. The Cruise Origin has been jointly developed by Honda, Gener...

News  Updated at: 2022/09/30

GM’s Cruise adds 2 cities, targets USD 1 billion in robotaxi revenue by 2025 Cruise LLC, the self-driving car startup majority owned by General Motors, plans to expand its robotaxi business to Phoenix and Austin in the next three months.The autonomous-vehicle service firm began charging fares in its ride-hailing business in June with a pilot in San Francisco. GM’s autonomous subsidiary has a target of creating USD 1 billion in revenue by 2025...

News  Updated at: 2022/09/17

Cruise recalls vehicles and updates autonomous software after crash According to documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Cruise LLC recalled all of its autonomous vehicles and updated their software after a crash with another vehicle that occurred on June 3.The report submitted by Cruise said that one of its autonomous vehicles was making an unprotected left turn when it was hit by an oncoming vehicle that ...

News  Updated at: 2022/09/02

Cruise driverless robotaxis block traffic on San Francisco road A group of autonomous Cruise LLC robotaxis blocked traffic in San Francisco this week when a group of them appeared to be stuck on a road. Cruise LLC spokesman Drew Pusateri confirmed the incident in a statement: “We had an issue earlier this week that caused some of our vehicles to cluster together. While it was resolved and no passengers were impacted, we apologize to anyone who ...

News  Updated at: 2022/07/07

GM's Cruise starts to charge fares for driverless rides in San Francisco On June 23, Cruise LLC CEO Kyle Vogt announced the company is now officially offering driverless rides to paying customers in San Francisco, California.Cruise received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission earlier in June to charge fares, making Cruise the only company with a commercial, driverless ride-hail service in a major U.S. city.Users have to sign ...

News  Updated at: 2022/06/25

ocus on initiatives aimed at helping to close equity gaps in the transition to EVs. The company's focus on equitable climate action is rooted in four key areas:     • The Future of Work, including the support of the UAW’s efforts to organize employees at the Ohio and Tennessee Ultium Cells LLC battery cell manufacturing plants      • EV Access, though offering a wide selection of EVs across a range of price points, the Cruise Orig...

News  Updated at: 2022/04/29

GM buys out SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s stake Cruise LLC for USD 2.1 billion On March 18, General Motors announced it is acquiring SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s equity ownership stake in Cruise for USD 2.1 billion and separately will make an additional USD 1.35 billion investment in Cruise, replacing a previous commitment made by the fund in 2018. Since GM acquired a majority ownership stake in 2016, Cruise has made self-driving cars a reality and is...

News  Updated at: 2022/03/22