© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco where it does most of its testing, in California, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Heather Somerville/File Photo
(Reuters) – General Motors (NYSE:)’ self-driving business Cruise will slash 24% of its full-time workforce impacting about 900 employees , the company said Thursday.
The layoffs are primarily in commercial operations and related corporate functions and come after Cruise fired nine executives on Wednesday, including its chief operating officer.