GM's Cruise fires 9 executives after robotaxi incident safety probe

DETROIT, Michigan: Amid an ongoing safety investigation, Reuters reported this week that General Motors' (GM) robotaxi unit, Cruise, dismissed nine executives, including Chief Operating Officer Gil West.

The investigation comes after a woman was struck and dragged by a Cruise vehicle in San Francisco on October 2, which led the robotaxi unit to pull all its vehicles from testing in the U.S. to conduct a safety r