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I inserted the details into my comment to save you the trouble, and accidentally didn't edit out that sentence. I have to be careful not to reveal my identity by saying too much.

Cruise is a mess internally. The product is unreliable garbage.

For more details, see this recent whisteleblower account of the situation: Cruise robotaxi service under review following anonymous letter (https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/14/cruise-robotaxi-under-revi...)

I work directly with the employee who submitted the complaint. He is understating the problem.

The letter also states that Cruise ... intentionally hides from the majority of employees the results of investigations into collisions involving Cruise vehicles and other sensitive, potentially damaging matters.

Cruise has been covering up safety incidents since before the GM acquisition, including an early incident where an engineer suffered a concussion due to violent cabin motion caused by bad motion control code.

I work directly with the employee who submitted the complaint. He is understating the problem.

The letter also states that Cruise ... intentionally hides from the majority of employees the results of investigations into collisions involving Cruise vehicles and other sensitive, potentially damaging matters.

Cruise has been covering up safety incidents since before the GM acquisition, including an early incident where an engineer suffered a concussion due to violent cabin motion caused by bad motion control code.

The failure to launch in 2019 was shortly after Ammann took over (late 2018).

Ammann inherited Vogt's mess, and at that time nobody in management fully understood how bad the situation was. Ammann promptly began fixing things and we see the fruits of that today.

Ammann's departure, to the best of our knowledge, is a result of a conflict with GM's CEO regarding the future of Cruise as a business.

Hopefully Vogt can preserve, and successfully build on, what Ammann accomplished.

Kyle Vogt was removed from the CEO position in late 2018 after Cruise failed to make progress toward a number of milestones. The milestones were outlined as part of the Cruise acquisition.

Dan Ammann took over and made really substantial progress. Ammann is widely considered to be the reason Cruise is where it is today. His record of success was in sharp contrast to Vogt's consistent record of failure.

Unfortunately, Ammann disagreed with GM's CEO about Cruise's future as a business. Employees at my level of seniority don't know the details, but many of us are skeptical that Kyle is the right man for the job.

With Dan Ammann leaving, Kyle Vogt will take over as interim CEO.

Kyle was removed from the CEO position at Cruise in late 2018 after failing to make adequate progress toward various technical milestones.

In contrast, Dan Ammann was an effective leader. He will be missed.

A sad day for Cruise and its parent company, GM.

It's like when Kyle Vogt was forcibly removed from the CEO position at Cruise and replaced by Dan Ammann.

You need someone with brains and decency (not just luck) to run the company.