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Cruise CEO Dan Ammann Leaves GM’s Self-Driving Car Unit

  • Shares of GM fall in postmarket trading following shake-up
  • Ammann departs ahead of plans for San Francisco service debut

Dan Ammann

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Cruise LLC, the autonomous-vehicle startup majority owned by General Motors Co., said Chief Executive Officer Dan Ammann is leaving the company, just as it’s on the verge of starting a commercial service with self-driving cars.

GM gave no reasonBloomberg Terminal for the departure of Ammann, who was president of the Detroit-based automaker before taking over the startup in 2019. GM’s stock extended declines, falling 2.7% to $56.80 in postmarket trading after slipping less than 1% during the regular session.