Cruise Automation Reveals Its First Fully-Driverless Car
GM’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary, Cruise Automation, recently debuted its first 100 percent driverless car. It’s called Cruise Origin. GM intends this model for production sometime in the future. Here’s what we know about the Origin so far. Go Green in 2020: Tips for observing a more eco-friendly lifestyle A progressive achievement Up till now, Cruise […]
GM’s Cruise Automation Plans to Hire More Than 1,000 New Employees
Earlier this week, The News Wheel reported that General Motors was looking to expand operations of its Cruise Automation division to Pasadena. Now, new information reveals that GM is preparing to invest even more money and resources for Cruise Automation. GM is reportedly set to hire more than 1,000 new employees for its Cruise Automation […]
Cruise Automation Expands Operations to Pasadena
Cruise Automation, General Motors’ self-driving technology subsidiary, already has a major presence in Northern California, seeing as how its headquarters is located in San Francisco. According to reports, GM is looking to expand Cruise’s presence in Southern California as well. That is why Cruise Automation is leasing space in a two-story building located in Pasadena. […]
Dan Ammann Named CEO of Cruise Automation
General Motors on Thursday announced that Dan Ammann will take the reins as the CEO of Cruise Automation, the company’s autonomous vehicle development branch. Ammann was a key figure in GM’s acquisition of Cruise in 2016, and he has remained tied into its progress over the past two years, including his involvement in Cruise’s $2.25 […]
GM Invests an Additional $1 Billion in Cruise Automation
General Motors recently announced it will halt production of some underperforming models at five of its North American facilities to shift investments and resources toward its developing electric vehicles and autonomous technologies. What exactly does that investment look like? According to GM’s earnings call for the third quarter, the automaker is spending approximately $1 billion on […]
GM Poised to Open Cruise Automation Office in Seattle
GM’s autonomous vehicle branch Cruise Automation just announced plans to open a new office in Seattle. Per GeekWire, this new location is set to hire as many as 200 engineers before the close of 2019. Cruise’s CEO and co-founder Kyle Vogt articulated the reason behind choosing Seattle as a home base for the new office. “To […]
GM and Cruise Automation’s Self-Driving Bolts Head to the Big, Bad City Next Year
Self-driving cars have been rolling around the streets of our country for some time now, and today’s self-driving fleet of Cruise Automation’s Chevy Bolts is a long cry from the adorable sub-25-mph koala-faced Google Pods. However, starting next year, those same Bolts will be facing a brand new challenge. New York City. Here We Go: […]
GM Investing $14 Million in Cruise Automation for SF Facilities, 1,100 New Jobs
General Motors announced that it will be investing $14 million toward the development of a new Cruise Automation R&D facility in San Francisco. In addition to aiding Cruise Automation in the research and development of self-driving technology, GM’s investment will facilitate the creation of more than 1,100 new jobs. Cruise Automation and GM engineers are currently […]
GM Announces $1 Billion Acquisition of Cruise Automation
General Motors has announced its acquisition of Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based tech startup that has been developing autonomous vehicle technology. According to reports, GM spent over $1 billion to add Cruise’s software talent and development capability to its own efforts to create self-driving cars. “Fully autonomous vehicles can bring our customers enormous benefits in […]
Cruise Automation Converts Audis into Self-Driving Cars
Fully self-driving cars will make their way into production sometime around the year 2020, but if you live in California and just can’t wait that long to get a bit of autonomous action, Audi may have just the thing for you. A San Francisco start-up called Cruise Automation is launching an aftermarket autopilot system called […]
Ford Facing Lawsuit from GM Over BlueCruise Name
Back in April, Ford renamed its new hands-free driving technology BlueCruise. Fast forward to today, and that new name will face a challenge in court from General Motors. The Game Has Changed: Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning coming in spring 2022 Just after midnight on Saturday, GM released a statement claiming that Ford’s new technology infringes […]
Study Shows Drivers Stay Alert When Using Super Cruise
Semi-autonomous driving technologies work to make it safer and less stressful to be behind the wheel. Despite this, critics worry that drivers will lose focus and drop their guard when using these technologies, leading to more collisions. A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology study found that these worries are baseless, at least as far as […]
Drivers Disobey Speed Limits With Adaptive Cruise Control
Adaptive Cruise Control is designed to make driving on the highway more enjoyable and less stressful. The system not only allows you to set your speed and following distance, but it also automatically monitors traffic patterns ahead of you and automatically changes your speed so you keep the pre-set distance between you and the car […]
GM Cruise to Test Driverless AVs in San Francisco
Autonomous vehicle technology just gained a small victory on the Pacific Coast. The California Department of Motor Vehicles gave GM Cruise the green light to test autonomous vehicles on San Francisco roads without a safety driver. Efficient Transportation: Meet the 2020 Equinox San Francisco embraces AVs Currently, 60 companies have the state’s permission to perform […]
GM Ultra Cruise Will Bring Hands-Free Driving to City Streets
Despite the production delays that the auto industry has been hit with this spring, some automakers are still making steady progress on driverless car technology. GM recently announced an extension of its Super Cruise hands-free system that would help bring autonomous vehicle technology to city streets. An Electric Horizon: Learn more about Cadillac’s electrification goals […]
GM Cruise Updates Launch Timeline
Back when GM Cruise stepped into the self-driving car spotlight, it forecasted that it would launch a self-driving fleet of electric taxis in San Francisco by the end of 2019. As we head into the second half of the year, the company announced that it was setting aside its original timeline in the interest of […]
New DOT Guidelines Benefit GM’s Cruise AV Initiative
Earlier this year, GM announced its goal to start producing the self-driving Cruise AV. Now, the updated guidelines from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will bring the company one step closer to this objective. Last week, the DOT released an 80-page update titled “Automated Vehicles 3.0.” One of the new provisions allows vehicles designed […]
Self-Driving Cruise Car Receives Ticket for Driving Too Close to Pedestrian, Cruise Hotly Denies Charge
It seems that people are getting a little jumpy around self-driving vehicles in the days after a self-driving Uber struck and killed a woman in Arizona, as in San Francisco a police officer has pulled over and ticketed a self-driving Cruise Bolt EV because he said it drove too close to a pedestrian. Looking Closely: […]