Cruise grabs ex-Delta COO to shepherd robotaxis to the road
Chris Davies - Jan 8, 2021, 1:07pm CST
Cruise AV, the GM-backed autonomous vehicle startup aiming to replace cabs with driverless electric pods, has brought in the big guns as it readies for a broad robotaxi rollout. Gil West, former Delta Air Lines Chief Operating Officer, has joined Cruise as its new COO, where he’ll be responsible for figuring out how to launch autonomy at scale.
“Large robotaxi deployments are operationally very similar to large airlines,” Kyle Vogt, president and CTO at Cruise, pointed out in announcing the new hire today. “Just like airliners, each AV needs to be charged, cleaned, serviced, and repaired. May involve large-scale, fixed-infrastructure hubs, but will also involve large floating / distributed / outsourced infrastructure.”
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