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"Last week, GM CEO Mary Barra said her company would "substantially" reduce its spending on Cruise after earlier pausing its production of Cruise-branded "Origin" autonomous vans. GM has invested around $2 billion in Cruise since it bought the company in 201."

Damn, didn't know autonomous vehicles have been around since the year 201.

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Technically, horses were able to operate in autonomous mode, and did have automatic collision avoidance features.

They were popular for millenia, but feel out of fashion when the internal combustion engine was invented. Some say the autonomous operation was limited and esily distracted by oats.

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