Good morning! It’s Thursday, December 14, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. 1st Gear: Critics Say Autopilot Recall Won’t Fix The Issue Tesla’s decision to recall over 2 million of … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, December 15, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Tesla Vs. Sweden Intensifies The mounting pressure on … Read more
In an aerial view, Cruise autonomous vehicles sit parked in a staging area on June 8, 2023, in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Cruise is laying off almost a fourth of its workforce, the San Francisco-based autonomous car company said Thursday. The embattled startup’s president and chief technology officer, Mo Elshenawy, announced the 900-person layoff in … Read more
Chevrolet Cruise autonomous vehicles sit parked in a lot on June 8, 2023, in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Cruise had an expensive but fairly successful operation going in San Francisco until October, when the General Motors-owned startup lost its state permits to run its driverless vehicles as paid taxis and to test them without human … Read more
Good morning! It’s Monday, November 20, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. I Need A Project Car For A Tall Dude | WCSYB? 1st Gear: Cruise Boss Quits While facing … Read more
Cruise vehicles sit parked in a lot on June 8, 2023, in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images San Francisco’s Cruise cars may not be as self-driving as they appear. The company’s empty vehicles, which have been zooming around the city since 2020, were stalled last week when the California DMV revoked Cruise’s permits to test and … Read more
Image: Andrej Sokolow (AP) It seems like residents of San Francisco’s frustrations with Cruise and their malfunctioning robotaxis have come to a head. Unfortunately, it’s a bit violent. SFGATE reports on a video that shows an unknown individual allegedly hitting one of the robotaxis with a hammer. People Are Relying on ADAS to Do Things … Read more
A masked assailant winds up to swing at a Cruise autonomous vehicle at the intersection of Haight St. and Buchanan St. in San Francisco on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Photo courtesy of Catery Villela A person clothed in all black smashed one of the company’s cars with a hammer in the Lower Haight, according to … Read more
FILE: Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt speaks onstage during the 2023 SXSW Conference and Festival on March 14, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Stephen Olker/Getty Images for SXSW In a newly published interview, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt speaks up for the robots. The executive downplayed his cars’ problems, criticized human drivers and took issue with the local backlash in … Read more
What do you get when you have a company create, develop and test a technology no one asked for with obvious technical issues in the fifth largest city in the country? Annoyed residents and city officials, plus a clueless CEO who doesn’t think the problems are a big deal. The Washington Post sat down with … Read more