Both Cruise’s CEO and head of product resign
Cruise Corp. has lost two senior staff members just weeks after the company was forced to suspend its robo-taxi service in California after the California Department of Transportation deemed its vehicles to be dangerous goods. Dangerous for operation in public places . CEO Kyle Vogt announced his resignation on Sunday. Reuters Chief product officer Daniel Kang also resigned, the company learned on Monday. Both former executives are co-founders of the company. Cruise did not provide details about the co-founder’s departure. But that likely comes after an accident in San Francisco in early October in which a female pedestrian was hit by another vehicle in an adjacent lane and thrown into the path of a cruise robot taxi, and the driver fled. This seems to be related to the fact that they are being exposed to even more intense scrutiny. scene. Cruise’s robotaxi slammed on the brakes to avoid the impact, but still hit the pedestrian. After initially stopping, the robotaxi traveled an