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GM's driverless Cruise division is under investigation by both the Department of Justice (DoJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), The Washington Post has reported. The probes follow an incident last year in which a jaywalking pedestrian was struck by a Cruise autonomous vehicle and then dragged 20 feet, worsening her injuries.At the same time, yesterday Cruise released its own third-party findings regarding the accident, which took place on October 2 and involved another vehicle (a Nissan). The company said it…

A law firm hired by the General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary Cruise to investigate the company’s response to a gruesome San Francisco crash last year found that the company failed to fully disclose disturbing details to regulators, the tech company said today in a blog post. The incident in October led California regulators to suspend Cruise’s license to operate driverless vehicles in San Francisco.The new report by law firm Quinn Emanuel says that Cruise failed to tell California’s Department of Motor Vehicles that…

As one of the nation’s first owners of General Motors’ new electric Chevrolet Blazer, James Hattin was loving the SUV—before the problems began.On a trip from the mountains back to his home in Burbank, Calif., he and his wife heard weird clicking noises coming from the dashboard. A short time later, the cruise control went out. A few days after that, in his driveway, the car’s screens went blank and the car wouldn’t start.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8…

GM’s joint venture in China, SAIC-GM, delivered over 100,000 EVs in 2023, more than doubling from the previous year. GM’s China joint venture EV sales double in 2023 With 18,911 EVs handed over in December, GM’s China joint venture saw a 312% surge in deliveries over last year. SAIC-GM sells EVs under GM’s Buick, Chevy, and Cadillac brands in China. The automaker currently builds and sells five electric models in the region. The first Ultium-based Buick Electra E5 electric SUV was…

DETROIT – General Motors' U.S. vehicle sales increased 14.1% last year to represent the automaker's best year since 2019, prior to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and yearslong supply chain problems.The Detroit automaker on Wednesday reported sales of roughly 2.6 million vehicles in 2023, including 625,176 cars and trucks sold during the fourth quarter, roughly flat compared to a year earlier.The automaker sold about 2.3 million vehicles in 2022 and 2.9 million units in 2019.GM's sales are in line with…

General Motors, or GM to its friends, caused quite the stir earlier this year when it confirmed that it planned to ditch CarPlay and use its own infotainment system instead. That new system runs on Google's Android system and has dedicated apps for accessing services rather than allowing iPhone owners to plug their phone in and use CarPlay instead. Cars with the new system are starting to be tested and the early indications aren't great.The Chevrolet Blazer EV is the vehicle that is currently acting as a guinea pig for…

A fire at GM’s Factory Zero EV plant Tuesday night caused the automaker to halt production. No employees or firefighters were injured, but the building was evacuated as a precaution. The fire was non-vehicle related. Fire causes production halt at GM’s Factory Zero EV plant The fire broke out inside the plant Tuesday afternoon, sparking an evacuation. GM spokesperson Tara Kuhnen told the Detroit Free Press that there was an incident involving a fire at Factory Zero. She confirmed everyone…

General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is cutting over 900 jobs, about a quarter of its workforce, as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after a series of safety problems in San Francisco.The subsidiary announced the cuts Thursday in a letter to Cruise's 3,800 workers from President and Chief Technical Officer Mo ElShenawy, who wrote that the layoffs are not the fault of the workers.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB…

GM said last month it would cut costs at Cruise, which lost more than USD 700 million in the third quarter and more than USD 8 billion since 2016.General Motors' self-driving vehicle business Cruise will slash 24% of its workforce as it works to restructure operations following an accident that forced it to halt U.S. testing, the company said on Thursday.GM's money-losing robotaxi unit has been in turmoil for weeks. Cruise pulled all its U.S. vehicles from self-driving…

In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit. Several key leaders are no longer with General Motors’ Cruise amid an ongoing investigation into an October accident involving one of its driverless cars, the robotaxi service confirmed late Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Cruise said that nine individuals departed following an initial analysis of the October 2 incident — when a Cruise…