GM Plans Renewed Push On Driverless Cars After Cruise Debacle (msn.com) 11
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Seeking Alpha: General Motors is reviving its autonomous driving program, tapping former Cruise employees to help design a driverless car for consumers. Under the helm of former Tesla autopilot head Sterling Anderson, GM is moving ahead with a driverless, eyes-free, vehicle with the ultimate goal of developing a car without a person at the wheel, according to a meeting between Anderson and employees revealed to Bloomberg. Anderson reportedly said plans include rehiring Cruise employees, and adding staff at GM's Mountain View, California office.
Currently, LiDAR-equipped vehicles are collecting data on public roads for the development of GM's driverless vehicles, GM spokesperson Chaiti Sen told Bloomberg, with the goal of building simulation models that will guide development. GM (GM) shuttered its majority-owned, money-losing, Cruise robotaxi business late last year and let go of ~1,000 Cruise employees, after a pedestrian accident led to the grounding of its entire fleet and regulatory scrutiny. At the time, the company said it was pivoting away from robotaxis to the development of hands-free driving for personal vehicles.
Currently, LiDAR-equipped vehicles are collecting data on public roads for the development of GM's driverless vehicles, GM spokesperson Chaiti Sen told Bloomberg, with the goal of building simulation models that will guide development. GM (GM) shuttered its majority-owned, money-losing, Cruise robotaxi business late last year and let go of ~1,000 Cruise employees, after a pedestrian accident led to the grounding of its entire fleet and regulatory scrutiny. At the time, the company said it was pivoting away from robotaxis to the development of hands-free driving for personal vehicles.
Can't wait (Score:3)
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Would the dog get pulled over for talking on the phone?
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All bout the dollars (Score:3)
GM shuttered its majority-owned, money-losing, Cruise robotaxi business late last year
The money-losing part was the real reason they shut it down. Cruise wasn't the only robotaxi to have accidents, even fatal ones. Since 2019, there have been almost 4,000 accidents of automated vehicles, with 83 fatalities. https://www.craftlawfirm.com/a... [craftlawfirm.com] If Cruise hadn't been losing money, GM probably wouldn't have hut it down.
I'm ready for this yesterday (Score:2)
As a long-time Houston resident, I'm sick of driving in traffic. If I could play games or watch movies or catch up on emails or eating or whatever I felt like doing, during that commute, I wouldn't care so much about the drive time.
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Why wait for Cruise? You can do this today. My daily commute is 20min going up 45 and around 610.. I get the worst of it all. But I don't drive, and while I don't play games or watch movies, I do text, catchup on emails, and eat breakfast. Makes that drive go so much quicker.. Waymo is here too now, so there's space for a new player...
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Waymo, unfortunately, isn't in Spring, where I live, and the nearest METRO park-and-ride is 25 minutes away from my house. I may still switch to Uber / Lyft, but not quite there yet.
former Tesla autopilot head (Score:3)
Yeah, that's the guy I would pin my hopes for a driverless vehicle on.