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Self-Driving Car Firm Argo Cuts 100 Employees at Newly Acquired Audi Unit

By Amir Efrati
· · Source: The Information

Argo AI, a self-driving car company that is majority owned by Ford and Volkswagen, has cut about 100 employees from Munich-based Audi Autonomous Intelligent Driving, a 300-person firm it acquired in June, The Information has learned. The move came as a surprise to some people in the Audi unit, including those who had recently moved to Munich to work there, according to an employee. When VW...

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