GM’s Cruise Cuts a Quarter of Workforce as Robotaxi Woes Mount

Cruise LLC is cutting 24% of its workforce, extending an overhaul of the troubled autonomous-vehicle business after it dismissed nine top executives.

The layoffs, which amount to about 900 positions, will primarily affect workers in operations roles, according to a memo to employees Thursday from President Mo Elshenawy. Some technology positions will also be affected, but engineers will largely be spared from the cuts.

The company, which is majority owned by General Motors Co., has been reevaluating its once-aggressive growth plans after an Oct. 2 incident in which one of its vehicles struck and dragged a pedestrian for 20 ...