SAN RAMON, Calif. — General Motors’ self-driving car company is sending out vehicles with nobody behind the wheel in San Francisco as it navigates its way toward launching a robotic taxi service that would compete against Uber and Lyft in the hometown of the leading ride-hailing services.
December 9, 2020BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
GM’s Cruise, Walmart Team Up for Driverless Delivery
Walmart Inc. is about to team up with Cruise, the self-driving car unit majority-owned by General Motors Co., to experiment with delivering customer orders using driverless vehicles.
November 10, 2020GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous
GM’s Cruise Unit OK’d for Automated Tests in San Francisco
General Motors Co.’s Cruise unit will be allowed to test autonomous vehicles on public roads in San Francisco without a safety driver, joining Amazon .com Inc.-backed Zoox Inc. and a handful of other self-driving startups.
October 15, 2020BusinessTechnologyAutonomous
GM’s Self-Driving Unit Cruise to Lay Off Almost 8% of Staff
Cruise, the self-driving car unit majority owned by General Motors Co., is laying off almost 8% of full-time employees to cut costs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
May 14, 2020GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomousTCA
California OKs Passengers for GM’s Cruise Autonomous Vehicle Test
Cruise, the autonomous-vehicle unit of General Motors Co., has been cleared to carry passengers in California.
February 27, 2020