A decision to step down following the negligence of a pedestrian in a collision at a freeway cruiser and implications for the use of autonomous robots

Vogt’s decision to step down, announced late Sunday, follows a recent recall of all 950 Cruise vehicles to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October. The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise.

“The results of our ongoing reviews will inform additional next steps as we work to build a better Cruise centered around safety, transparency and trust,” the company said in a statement. We will continue to advance the technology necessary for transportation to be cleaner and more accessible.

Problems at Cruise could affect the use of fully self- driving cars that do not need human drivers. It also could bring stronger federal regulation of the vehicles, which are carrying passengers in more cities nationwide.

Cruise had been testing 300 robotaxis during the day when it could only give rides for free, and 100 robotaxis at night when it was allowed to charge for rides in less congested parts of San Francisco. Vogt earlier said most collisions were caused by inattentive or impaired human drivers, not the AVs.

Cruise’s vice president of engineering, Mo Elshenawy, will take over as the company’s president and CTO, according to a written statement. Craig Glidden, GM’s executive vice president of legal and policy, who was appointed last week as Cruise’s chief administrative officer, will also serve as the unit’s president. There will be no interim CEO.

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Vogt attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was a co-founder of Twitch, an interactive livestreaming service for content including gaming, entertainment, sports and music. It took the company over a year to acquire the streamer for about $1 billion.

While the status quo on our roads sucks, we have proven that there is something far better around the corner. He did not refer to the company’s recent troubles.