On Tuesday, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt tweeted a brief video of passengers from these two cities raving about its totally driverless autos as proof of a promise delivered. “Of us, we’re coming into the golden years of AV growth,” he added.
To start out out, solely “family and friends” of Cruise workers could have entry to the corporate’s ridehail service, together with its totally driverless autos. However that may progressively develop to incorporate folks unaffiliated with Cruise. The corporate opened waiting lists for each cities this week and expects to start providing rides as soon as it has sufficient autos to fulfill the demand, a spokesperson stated.
To start out out, solely “family and friends” of Cruise workers could have entry to the corporate’s ridehail service
Earlier this yr, the corporate boasted that it will solely take “90 days” to go from “zero to driverless” as an indication of its capacity to launch in new cities with out as a lot testing wanted as its authentic market, San Francisco. Certainly, it did take years for Cruise to launch its paid driverless taxi service in San Francisco.
The corporate had initially deliberate to unveil a business service there in 2019 but failed to do so after figuring out the know-how wasn’t fairly prepared. The service later launched in 2022.
Cruise presently is working totally driverless autos in any respect hours in San Francisco — though it is just permitted to cost for these journeys at night time. The corporate was permitted this week for a allow by the California DMV to develop its service space to incorporate the complete metropolis of San Francisco.
Final week, the Nationwide Freeway Visitors Administration stated it had opened an investigation into incidents wherein arduous braking by Cruise autos has resulted in rear-end collisions and blocked site visitors. The corporate stated it welcomed the scrutiny, noting that its autos have prompted “zero life-threatening accidents or fatalities.”