Cruise's withdrawal of all public road operating vehicles is called rebuilding public trust

On November 16, it was reported that Cruise, a autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, announced on Wednesday that it would recall all vehicles operating on public roads, which is a stricter measure than the suspension of self driving taxi business last month.Cruise stated in his blog: "In order to rebuild public trust, we conducted a comprehensive safety review and orderly suspended operations

On November 16, it was reported that Cruise, a autonomous vehicle subsidiary of General Motors, announced on Wednesday that it would recall all vehicles operating on public roads, which is a stricter measure than the suspension of self driving taxi business last month.

Cruise stated in his blog: "In order to rebuild public trust, we conducted a comprehensive safety review and orderly suspended operations. We will continue to operate vehicles in a closed training environment and maintain an active simulation program, focusing on promoting autonomous driving technology

Cruise has been facing safety concerns and accidents since being allowed to provide 24-hour autonomous taxi services in San Francisco in August of this year. Last week, Cruise announced the recall of 950 self driving taxis. In October, the California Motor Vehicle Management Bureau (DMV) immediately suspended the deployment and testing license of the Cruise autonomous vehicle.

The agency stated in a statement at the time that "when public safety is threatened by unreasonable risks, the Motor Vehicle Administration can immediately suspend or revoke the license

The federal automotive safety regulatory agency in the United States is also investigating Cruise, following reports of multiple pedestrian injuries.

After a board meeting held at the San Francisco headquarters on Monday, Cruise decided to withdraw all vehicles operating on public roads. The company also announced a restructuring and will accept more supervision from its parent company. General Motors' Executive Vice President of Law and Policy, Craig Glidden, will become Cruise's Chief Executive Officer, and Cruise's legal and policy, communication, and finance teams will report directly to him. Cruise stated that Gliden will also work closely with CEO Kyle Vogt and other executives to oversee transparency and community engagement workflows.

Cruise also announced that in addition to the already hired Chief Security Officer, an independent "security expert" will be hired in the coming weeks to evaluate Cruise's security operations and corporate culture. In addition, the engineering consulting company Exponent will expand the scope of the investigation and conduct a comprehensive review of Cruise's technology and security systems. Exponent has previously been hired by Cruise to analyze the collision accident that resulted in a pedestrian being seriously injured on October 2nd.

The decision to withdraw operating vehicles has had a ripple effect on Cruise's entire company. Last Thursday, Cruise announced layoffs for temporary workers. A spokesperson for the company stated in the latest statement: "Cruise has made a difficult decision to reduce some of the temporary employees who support the autonomous taxi business. These employees are responsible for cleaning, charging, and maintaining the fleet, and we appreciate their contributions

However, a temporary employee who worked for Cruise through Unifi stated that on the surface, this may be Cruise's normal description of their work. But in reality, they are often responsible for reprogramming cars, physically updating and unloading data after software updates. The temporary worker also stated that some of his colleagues learned about the layoffs through shift cancellation notices and emails.

Cruise explained that the layoffs mean the company has temporarily suspended its self driving taxi business, but will "continue to supervise operations without passengers". However, so far, Cruise has also suspended these businesses.

According to General Motors' third quarter financial report, Cruise had a loss of approximately $1.9 billion as of the end of September this year. (Small)