Cruz announces the demobilization

The sources said that Robotaxi Company, which started dispensing with employees today. freedom. The demobilization of the workers comes two months after GM said it would work Funding cruises is no longerInstead, its spending will turn towards helping the advanced driver and independent vehicles that you own.

Cruise held a comprehensive meeting today, as it announced that General Motors has gained full control of the company. A spokesman for Cruz said 40 percent of the workforce will be lay off.

Last month, cruise staff spent forgetting, as the High Command has formed plans on how to move forward. Last week, Techcrunch I mentioned That trip began to expand the preservation offers for some employees, most of them are engineers. These employees are expected to get jobs in General Motors, and they are working on the product of a car driver, Super Cruise. The company’s council was expected to meet in early February to announce the status of the remaining workers, who numbered the number in the thousands.

Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, withdrew the plug in early December, on the pretext that the joint independent transportation service was never in its “basic business”. It was an expensive cruise She had a lot of organizational obstacles that could be overcome to make her a flow of application revenues. Instead, General Motors will work on private owned cars.

Only last week, Bara told investors that General Motors expected to provide one billion dollars annually by closing the service. “General Motors has suggested a restructuring plan that would focus the independent driving strategy on personal vehicles,” said Barra.

With additional reports by Kylie Robison