Cruise is an American autonomous vehicle company founded in 2013 and acquired by General Motors in 2016. It was headquartered in San Francisco and operated driverless taxi services[3].
Operations and crash
In October 2023, a Cruise vehicle struck and seriously injured a pedestrian in San Francisco. California suspended the company's driverless passenger operations, and Cruise paused its driverless services[3].
GM ends funding
In December 2024, General Motors announced it would stop funding Cruise's robotaxi development and integrate the relevant technical team into GM, focusing on driver assistance systems for personal vehicles[1][2].