TOKYO -- Honda Motor will dissolve a self-driving vehicle partnership with General Motors after the U.S. automaker said it would pull out of autonomous-taxi development, a shift that torpedoes plans to bring the service to Japan.
GM announced its withdrawal on Tuesday, as recouping the ballooning development costs looks increasingly difficult. The company intends to buy all remaining shares of autonomous-vehicle subsidiary Cruise in the first half of next year and merge its technical team with GM's.
