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The Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle is displayed in the Honda Motor Co. booth during the Japan Mobility Show at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan on October 25, 2023., Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt held an all hands meeting Monday to explain how the company was planning to address concerns that its autonomous vehicles are not yet safe enough to operate.
The Origin pause is a major setback for Cruise, which has been under fire from regulators after they learned one of its cars had hit and dragged a woman who had been struck by another car, as firstthat the Origin was set to hit U.S. streets in 2023, and act as an autonomous delivery vehicle when robotaxi demand was low. In September,that the company was “days away” from mass production.
Vogt told staff during the meeting that the company has produced hundreds of Origin vehicles already, and that is “more than enough for the near-term when we are ready to ramp things back up.” “During this pause we’re going to use our time wisely,” he added, noting that Cruise was in active discussion with partners and regulators.
“And so if we want to rebuild trust with these groups, we have got to make sure that we are having those discussions and they hear things from us first and not from the press,” he explained. “So, candidly because we’ve had some leaks about information coming out of this meeting we have got to be careful what we share from this meeting, or these efforts to rebuild trust could backfire.”
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