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Self-driving startup Cruise is launching fully driverless testing in San Francisco this year
CEO Dan Ammann has heralded the end of car ownership and advocated for self-driving ride-hailing as…
Matthew DeBord
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GM President Dan Ammann is taking over as CEO of the Cruise self-driving division as the company pushes toward a commercial launch in 2019
Ammann, a former investment banker who previously served as GM's CFO, has led the automaker's effor…
Matthew DeBord
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Why Exxon Mobil is spending $4.9 billion on a company that pumps carbon dioxide back into the earth
Exxon Mobil's deal to acquire oil company Denbury shows the oil giant's interest in getting ready f…
Catherine Boudreau
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Matthew DeBord
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Self-driving startup Cruise is bankrolled by GM, but it just revealed a new vehicle that envisions the end of cars
Vogt pointed out that, while the box-like Origin might seem large, it's really no bigger than a typ…
Matthew DeBord
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Walmart is investing in Cruise, GM's self-driving car company
Walmart says it wants to use the technology to bring self-driving delivery to customers and aid in …
Tim Levin
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Speculation about an IPO of GM's Cruise self-driving division is premature
Somewhat lost in the chatter about an IPO or a sale was GM's logic in setting up Cruise as a separa…
Matthew DeBord
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Cruise CEO says the company isn't going to move fast and break things in San Francisco as it shifts commercial rollout past 2019
However, for a full autonomous service to be viable, it likely needs to operate in a dense, custome…
Matthew DeBord
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Cruise adds a chief legal officer as the nearly $20 billion self-driving startup bolsters its executive ranks
Cruise has hired prominent California lawyer Jeff Bleich, a former US Ambassador to Australia, as i…
Matthew DeBord
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GM's former president is now running the self-driving-car company Cruise. He says it's time to move past the automobile.
"'It will congest our cities to the point of inciting rage in its users. Its human operators will b…
Matthew DeBord
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The $20 billion self-driving startup Cruise is adding to its leadership team even as autonomous-vehicle companies are hitting the brakes during the pandemic
Regina Dugan, a veteran of DARPA, Google, and Facebook will be Cruise's first independent director …
Matthew DeBord
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GM is realigning its top leadership to take Cadillac to the next level and to expand its Cruise self-driving business
Ammann, who joined GM in 2010, has been overseeing the company's push into new technologies, as wel…
Matthew DeBord
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How GM went from bankrupt and on the brink of death to being one of the world's best-run car companies
While the banking crisis that had triggered the Great Recession had largely been resolved in 2010, …
Matthew DeBord
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GM's CEO Mary Barra just shared some interesting insight into how the company's self-driving division is run
The explanation for Cruise losing less than anticipated? The management skills of Kyle Vogt, Cruise…
Matthew DeBord
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GM's self-driving business Cruise is now worth $19 billion after a new $1.15-billion funding round
However, Cruise's valuation is more specific than any of its competitors, and the company benefits …
Matthew DeBord
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The cofounder and CTO of the $20 billion self-driving car company Cruise just ran 7 marathons on 7 continents. Here's exactly how he did it.
Vogt stepped down as CEO in 2018 and former GM President Dan Ammann assumed the role, freeing up Vo…
Matthew DeBord
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Self-driving cars could massively increase GM's revenue if it gets them on the road by 2019
"General Motors' executives clearly showed their sense of urgency to lead the autonomous vehicle ma…
Matthew DeBord
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In the self-driving car competition, it's a 2-horse race between Cruise and Waymo - but the companies have differing objectives
Waymo is part of Alphabet and has been semi-independent since 2016. But for nearly a decade prior, …
Matthew DeBord
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Lyft's slumping stock price cost General Motors $214 million last quarter
GM's shrinking stake‚ which was also affected by a drawdown in its partnership with PSA, doesn't ne…
Graham Rapier
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Cruise is now focused on marketing - here's why that's a good sign for the robo-taxi service
Autonomous mobility is a much more difficult problem than strapping a motor onto a horse carriage a…