Nine Top Cruise Executives Depart Following Robotaxi Pedestrian Incident

Nine Cruise managers and executives left GM's self-driving subsidiary Cruise following an initial internal analysis of the October 2nd incident where a Cruise robotaxi dragged a pedestrian. Those who left included heads of legal, policy, and commercial operations as well as safety and systems. The initial analysis was done by the Cruise board and separately from the ongoing investigation by law firm Quinn Emmanuel. The departures come three weeks after CEO Kyle Vogt resigned and less than two months after California suspended Cruise's permits following the October incident. Without permits to operate in SF and pausing driverless fleets elsewhere, Cruise laid off contract workers. More layoffs of full-time employees are expected this month.