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Kyle Vogt resigned as chief executive officer of General Motor’s (NYSE:GM) Cruise self-driving company less than a month after the company said it would pause operations of its autonomous vehicles (AVs) entirely.
Vogt announced his decision in a post on X on Sunday night.
Vogt’s decision to leave the self-driving car company comes after Cruise last month said it would pause operations of its autonomous vehicles (AVs) in San Francisco,after California suspended its deployment and driverless testing permits.
“Cruise is still just getting started, and I believe it has a great future ahead,” Vogt said in a post on X. “The folks at Cruise are brilliant, driven, and resilient. They’re executing on a solid, multi-year roadmap and an exciting product vision. I’m thrilled to see what Cruise has in store next!”
GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra announced that Mo Elshenawy, who is executive vice president of engineering at Cruise, will serve as president and CTO for Cruise, according to a TechCrunch report, which cited an email GM sent to employees on Sunday night.
Cruise’s move and the DMV’s suspension comes after an October 2 incident in which one of the company’s AVs was involved in a hit-and-run incident where a human driver collided with a pedestrian crossing the street in San Francisco.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is already investigating Cruise over allegations that its vehicles had hit pedestrians.