GM's Cruise Autonomous Taxis Ride Again

by TTAC News Staff

Published: August 23rd, 2024

Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company backed by General Motors, is set to launch its self-driving cars on Uber's ride-hailing platform starting next year.

This multi-year partnership will allow Uber users to choose rides in Cruise’s autonomous vehicles, marking a significant step in Cruise's efforts to return to U.S. roads after halting operations following a major accident in San Francisco last year. The incident involved one of Cruise’s self-driving cars that failed to detect a pedestrian pinned underneath the vehicle and dragged her for about 20 feet, causing serious injuries.

The companies plan to launch the partnership next year with a dedicated number of Chevy Bolt-based autonomous vehicles. Once launched, when an Uber rider requests a qualifying ride on the Uber app, they may be presented with the option to have that trip fulfilled by a Cruise autonomous vehicle.

Cruise has been manually operating and autonomously testing with safety drivers since June of this year, and is currently working to regain the trust of regulators.

“Cruise is on a mission to leverage driverless technology to create safer streets and redefine urban life,” said Marc Whitten, CEO of Cruise. “We are excited to partner with Uber to bring the benefits of safe, reliable, autonomous driving to even more people, unlocking a new era of urban mobility.”

This article was co-written using AI and was then heavily edited and optimized by our editorial team.

Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by subscribing to our newsletter.

TTAC News Staff

More by TTAC News Staff

Comments

Join the conversation

2 of 8 comments

Ilo65710513 on Aug 23, 2024
Fully support it along with autonomous trucks driving in convoys across the USA. I recently drove across North America and was stunned by the volume of truck traffic - all of which could have been autonomous with a lead and tail vehicle with enormously savings in fuel and labor costs - and safer!

1 Reply
Redapple2 on Aug 24, 2024
Stupid idea. Will not go anywhere. And -gm-, well: what s the point.

Like Reply

Recent Comments

Redapple2 Why does it sit so high. Perv level mods?
Redapple2 Golden age
Redapple2 I have love for the Challenger, Wrangler (untarted up) and the best Pig Ups on the market. Ram. Thats it.
Jalop1991 I had the Chrysler van, PHEV, 3.5 years old. We were going to go a different direction, and get a Bronco. I asked Carvana and Carmax, how much will you buy this from me for? They each gave me a number--the same number. I drove the van to the CDJR dealer and asked; he gave me a number significantly lower, something like 19% lower. I said hmmm, ok. I told him I was looking at Bronco; he said let's go look at Jeeps. Sure. WOW, those prices. What, made of gold? ✔️ So: lower trade by far, higher price by far. Yep. We went and got the Bronco. Ford knows how to unweld those tires from the lot.
Ajla They were not perfect but FCA was a healthy company in 2018. The Challenger, Wrangler and Ram truck had its best year ever in 2018. In 2019 the Charger had its best year since 2008. The Grand Cherokee had sales increase every year from 2011-2018. Unfortunately Sergio died in the 2nd half of 2018 and Elkann & Tavares f*cking suck. They took an efficient company and turned it into something with Ford-tier cost overruns, which lead to huge price increases. And now they are overcompensating by cost-cutting to the bone, which in turn is killing product quality and employee morale.