Microsoft will take $800 million charge on Cruise investment

Microsoft Expects $800 Million Impairment Charge From GM Cruise Robotaxi Operations Shutdown
Microsoft expects an $800 million impairment charge as the result of GM's decision to end Cruise robotaxi operations, redirecting Cruise to personal vehicles.
Microsoft will take $800 million charge on Cruise investment as GM exits robotaxi business
Microsoft will take an $800 million charge on its investment in the Cruise robotaxi business after General Motors announced it would no longer fund the initiative as part of a shift in its autonomous driving strategy.
General Motors Says It’s Pulling Cruise Out of the Robotaxi Business
Automotive giant General Motors announced Tuesday that it would be pulling funding from its robotaxi firm Cruise, though it gestured at future plans to continue developing self-driving cars.
GM halts funding for Cruise robotaxi program
DETROIT — General Motors’ move Tuesday to halt funding for its Cruise robotaxi program makes way for Silicon Valley rivals to take a firmer hold of the potentially multibillion-dollar business. But experts say bowing out is the right choice for the embattled Cruise.
Microsoft to Incur $800 Million Charge Tied to Cruise Robotaxi Program
Microsoft said it will record an $800 million impairment charge tied to its minority investment in General Motor’s now-scrapped robotaxi program Cruise.
Microsoft expects $800 million impairment charge in Q2 2025 over General Motors' Cruise exit
Microsoft expects to record an impairment charge of around $800 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025 over General Motors' exit of the Cruise autonomous driving business, the tech giant said in a filing on Wednesday.
Microsoft Sees $800 Million Charge on Stake in GM’s Cruise
Microsoft Corp. plans to take an $800 million charge after General Motors Co. said it was shutting down its autonomous taxi initiative.
Microsoft will take an $800M hit over Cruise robotaxi shutdown
GM’s decision to shut down its Cruise robotaxi program continues to ripple through the market, extending to the self-driving car company’s minority investors. Microsoft, which in 2021 made an investment into Cruise,
Cruise employees ‘blindsided’ by GM’s plan to end robotaxi program
The news came by Slack message. Cruise CEO Marc Whitten, who took the top post in June, posted a message Tuesday afternoon in ...
Cruise founder calls GM 'a bunch of dummies' after automaker shuts down robotaxi startup
The Cruise founder Kyle Vogt, who resigned from the company in 2023 after a suspension of its robotaxi business, wasn't happy ...
GM Is Restructuring Cruise. Tesla and Waymo Will Fight It Out for the U.S. Robotaxi Market.
Waymo has made a lot of progress with self-driving cabs. It completes more than 150,000 driverless rides a week. Tesla hosted ...
GM Halts Cruise’s Robotaxi Development
In light of such difficult economics, what made robotaxi the dominant go-to-market strategy for autonomous vehicles? To ...
Honda cuts funding to robotaxi venture with Cruise and GM in Japan
Honda Motor Co. will stop funding a joint venture with General Motors and Cruise to launch a robotaxi service in Japan, now ...
GM's Cruise robotaxi exit a result of 'serious problems' from scaling too fast and continued high costs
General Motors pulled the plug on its Cruise robotaxi business on Tuesday night, a move marking a dramatic step back in its ...
GM scraps Cruise's robotaxi service
GM announced Tuesday that it would no longer be using Cruise LLC funding for developing a robotaxi service, citing increased ...
GM Ends Cruise Robotaxi Efforts and Steers Its Self-Driving Tech to Passenger Cars
The Detroit auto giant says it's halting its investment in Cruise’s robotaxi project at $4.4 billion, and integrating its technology into its own vehicles' autonomous driving features.
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GM quits 'robotaxi' business but others push on
After admitting, less than a month ago, that it lied to federal Investigators about one of its robotaxis dragging a woman in ...