Cruise (autonomous vehicle)

Cruise LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySelf-driving car
FoundedOctober 2013; 11 years ago (2013-10)
Founders
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
,
U.S.
Key people
Marc Whitten (CEO)
Mo Elshenawy (president & CTO)[1][2]
ProductsCruise AV, Cruise Origin
Number of employees
1,800[3] (2020)
ParentGeneral Motors
Websitegetcruise.com

37°46′12″N 122°24′35″W / 37.7699°N 122.4098°W / 37.7699; -122.4098 Cruise LLC is an American self-driving car company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2013 by Kyle Vogt and Dan Kan,[4][5][6] Cruise tests and develops autonomous car technology. The company is a largely autonomous subsidiary of General Motors.[7] Following a series of incidents, it suspended operations in October 2023, and Kyle Vogt resigned as CEO in November 2023.[8] The company began returning its vehicles to public roads in May 2024.[9]

On June 25, 2024, the company named Marc Whitten as its new CEO.

  1. ^ "Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt resigns". TechCrunch. November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  2. ^ "Cruise CEO Vogt Resigns at GM's Troubled Self-Driving Car Unit". Bloomberg. November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  3. ^ Wayland, Michael (May 14, 2020). "GM's self-driving unit Cruise to cut 8% of staff". CNBC. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Waters, Richard (November 29, 2018). "General Motors president to control Cruise self-driving unit". Financial Times.
  5. ^ Clifford, Catherine (April 26, 2016). "This 29-Year-Old Entrepreneur Was Rejected by 35 Potential Employers. Now, He's the Co-Founder of a $1 Billion Startup. Here's How". Entrepreneur.
  6. ^ Gardner, Greg (April 15, 2016). "Former Cruise partner fires back in fight over GM deal". Detroit Free Press.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Thadani, Trisha; Duncan, Ian (May 24, 2024). "Major robotaxi firms face federal safety investigations after crashes". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved May 26, 2024.