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GM Calls It Quits on Mary Barra’s $50 Billion Robotaxi Dream

  • Automaker cites growing competition, costs to scale business
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A Cruise vehicle in San Francisco.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra, clad in her signature leather jacket and masked up pandemic style, climbed into a Cruise robotaxi named Tostada for her first autonomous ride almost three years ago.

“Oh my God,” she exclaimed in a moment GM promoted with a video. “This is incredible.”