An nameless reader shared this report from TechCrunch:
Kyle Vogt, the serial entrepreneur who co-founded and led Cruise from a startup in a storage by its acquisition and possession by Common Motors, has resigned, in line with an e-mail despatched to staff Sunday night…
The manager shakeup comes a lower than a month after the California Division of Motor Autos suspended Cruise’s permits to function self-driving automobiles on public roads after an October 2 incident that noticed a pedestrian — who had been initially hit by a human-driven automobile and landed within the path of a Cruise robotaxi — run over and dragged 20 ft by the AV. A video, which TechCrunch additionally seen, confirmed the robotaxi braking aggressively and coming to a cease over the lady. The DMV’s order of suspension acknowledged that Cruise withheld about seven seconds of video footage, which confirmed the robotaxi then trying to tug over and subsequently dragging the lady 20 ft…
[M]ore layoffs are anticipated on the firm that employs about 4,000 full-time staff.
TechCrunch notes that Vogt beforehand co-founded Justin.television Socialcam, Twitch, and shares this quote from an e-mail that Vogt despatched to all staff Sunday night. “The startup I launched in my storage has given over 250,000 driverless rides throughout a number of cities, with every journey inspiring individuals with a small style of the longer term…
“The established order on our roads sucks, however collectively we have confirmed there’s something much better across the nook.”
