Late Sunday evening, founder CEO of General Motors’ self-driving robotaxi service Cruise Kyle Vogt resigned from his post as the head of the company following a series of issues with Cruise’s operations in San Francisco.
Vogt’s resignation comes just one day after the now-former CEO apologized to Cruise staffers for a number of accidents that ultimately caused the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ to strip the company of its rights to operate driverless vehicles in the state.
One such incident, on Oct. 2, ultimately caused critical damage to a pedestrian struck by a Cruise vehicle in San Francisco.
Despite Vogt’s departure, GM signaled on Sunday that it would continue to develop self-driving robotaxi technology with Cruise moving forward.
