Bad Internet Connection Concealed Cruise’s Pedestrian-Dragging Incident

Bad Internet Connection Concealed Cruise’s Pedestrian-Dragging Incident

Cruise, the self-driving car company whose robotaxi dragged a pedestrian, shared footage from the graphic incident with regulators using a bad internet connection, according to an independent review. Cruise didn’t explicitly say that a pedestrian was dragged 20 feet, and hoped screen sharing a video would “speak for itself.” The internet connection was so bad …

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Cruise’s Kyle Vogt resigns as CEO of the robotaxi company

Cruise’s Kyle Vogt resigns as CEO of the robotaxi company

Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt has resigned. In his announcement on X, the 38-year-old exec expressed that “the last 10 years have been amazing,” while reminding us that “the startup I launched in my garage has given over 250,000 driverless rides across several cities.” As to what Vogt is doing next, he plans on …

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