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Title: GM Plans Renewed Push On Driverless Cars After Cruise Debacle

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/2142...

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.

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