After losing its permit to operate in California, and halting all autonomous operations, Cruise is now pausing production of its completely autonomous pod, the Origin. Just the most recent blow for the business, the move is a sign of how badly the previous month has bruised the GM-owned company’s reputation.

Earlier this year, items have been seeking rosy for Cruise, which received higher freedom to test its autonomous technologies in California. The predicament rapidly turned, following a quantity of very publicized accidents, like 1 that involved its autonomous test automobile dragging a pedestrian (who had initial been hit by an additional, human-driven automobile) a number of feet ahead of it came to a cease.

Although the automobile in these incidents was a modified Chevrolet Bolt, the influence of it has been important sufficient for Cruise to pause production of the Origin, which it is making with GM and was supposed to hit the streets this year.

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“Because a lot of this is in flux, we did make the decision with GM to pause production of the Origin,” Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt told employees in a meeting on Monday, the audio from which was obtained by Forbes. “During this pause we’re going to use our time wisely.”

General Motors confirmed to the outlet that it was pausing production of the Origin following placing the finishing touches on a little quantity of “pre-commercial vehicles.” It was emphatic that the halt was only short-term, although it was not clear when the businesses planned to resume production.

The automaker reiterated that the Origin is an essential automobile for each it and Cruise. The new automobile is a goal-constructed AV that can be employed as each a robotaxi and parcel delivery automobile, and it will permit the business to make very good on its promises of enhanced accessibility.

In the employees meeting, Vogt stated that the business was in active discussions with partners and regulators, and seeking to “rebuild trust with these groups.” He stated that in order to create that trust, they required to “hear things from us first and not from the press.”