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GM’s Cruise Issues Recall After Robotaxi Dragged Pedestrian

  • CEO told employees Monday that there will be layoffs
  • Hiring chief safety officer, outside engineering firm
A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Cruise LLC, the robotaxi company owned by General Motors Co., recalled its automated-driving system and deployed a software update to part of its fleet after one of its vehicles dragged a pedestrian struck by another car in San Francisco last month.

The company also said in a blog post Wednesday that it will hire a chief safety officer and has taken steps to determine how the incident happened and how it was handled.