GM’s Cruise Dismisses Nine Executives Amid Robotaxi Probe (1)

Cruise LLC, the self-driving vehicle unit controlled by General Motors Co., has dismissed nine top executives, including Chief Operating Officer Gil West and the heads of legal and government affairs.

The company is trying to regain the trust of regulators and the public following an investigation by California regulators into an incident in which one of its cars struck and dragged a pedestrian for 20 feet. Regulators say the company withheld a key video that showed the pedestrian under the car.

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The departure of the nine executives was announced in an internal memo sent to employees. It ...