© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Kyle Vogt, chief expertise officer, president & co-founder of Cruise, a Honda and Common Motors self-driving automobile partnership, speaks on stage on the launch of the Cruise Origin autonomous car in San Francisco, California, U.S. January 21

(Reuters) – Common Motors (NYSE:) is ending manufacturing on a small variety of its pre-commercial totally autonomous van the Cruise Origin, after which the automaker plans to quickly pause its manufacturing, an organization spokesperson informed Reuters on Monday.

The Cruise Origin car was collectively developed by GM, Cruise and Honda (NYSE:). The Japan service will probably be launched in central Tokyo utilizing dozens of Origins earlier than increasing to a fleet of 500 automobiles, Honda mentioned final month.

The transfer was first reported by Forbes, citing an audio of Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt’s deal with at an all-hands assembly.

Vogt, in response to Forbes, informed employees throughout the assembly that the corporate has produced tons of of Origin automobiles already, and that it’s “greater than sufficient for the near-term once we are able to ramp issues again up.”

The transfer comes after Cruise, the driverless automobile unit of Common Motors, suspended all operations nationwide after California regulators ordered the robotaxi operator to take away its driverless vehicles from state roads.

California regulators suspended the corporate’s license to function driverless automobiles final month, saying self-driving automobiles had been a threat to the general public.