The Cruise robotaxi was operating autonomously but there were no passengers inside the vehicle.
Cruise hits 1 million driverless miles
Cruise’s fully driverless vehicles have traveled over one million miles just 15 months after the company gave its first driverless ride.
Cruise starts autonomous rides in 2 new cities
Cruise’s CEO and co-founder Kyle Vogt announced that the self-driving company has started operations in Austin and Chandler, Arizona.
Cruise expands service area as NHTSA opens investigation
Cruise announced that it expanding its service area just days after the NHTSA opened an investigation into the company’s driving system.
How safe are Cruise robotaxis?
Cruise recently released its safety report to give the public insights on what the company does to ensure its autonomous vehicles are safe.
Cruise starts daytime robotaxi rides in San Francisco
Cruise began offering daytime robotaxi rides to employees in San Francisco. The daytime operating hours could soon be open to the public.
No, autonomous vehicles aren’t dead
Autonomous vehicles have major challenges. But declaring the technology dead after Argo AI’s shutdown is foolish.
Cruise plans to roll out its own AV chips by 2025
Cruise has developed four chips for autonomous vehicles in house so far, according to Carl Jenkins, the company’s head of hardware.
Cruise expanding robotaxi service to 2 more cities
While it took Cruise 33 months to receive all the regulatory approval it needed to begin rides in San Francisco, for the company’s next deployment locations it took just three weeks to receive that approval.
Cruise hits milestone by charging for robotaxis rides in SF
Cruise hit a big milestone on Wednesday night when it began charging for public robotaxi rides in San Francisco, CA.
Cruise’s robotaxis now cover 70% of San Francisco
Cruise expanded its robotaxi services to nearly 70% of San Francisco, according to co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt.
Watch a Cruise robotaxi get pulled over by SF police
A fully driverless Cruise robotaxi was pulled over by San Francisco police. The interaction was caught on video.
Cruise’s VP of robotics on SF robotaxi operations
Rashed Haq, VP of Robotics at Cruise, talks about how to train, optimize and implement AI-based algorithms for the control of autonomous vehicles.
Cruise, Waymo can now charge for SF robotaxi rides
The permits require both companies to have a safety driver present in the vehicles at all times, however.
Cruise co-founder Vogt named CEO of autonomous driving company
Kyle Vogt has served as as interim CEO since December 2021 when Dan Ammann, who had been CEO since 2018, abruptly left Cruise.
Cruise opens driverless robotaxi service to SF public
The free service will open up to a small numbers of users and ramp up over time.
Nuro, Waymo bring autonomous deliveries to California
Today, Nuro announced it will be delivering with 7-Eleven in Mountain View, California, and Waymo announced its grocery delivery service will launch in 2022.
Watch Cruise co-founder hail first driverless robotaxi in SF
It’s been another major week for autonomous vehicle development.
Cruise, Waymo OK’d for public robotaxi rides in California
The approval from the California DMV does, however, come with major caveats.
Cruise becomes first company authorized to test robotaxi service in California
Cruise becomes the first driverless passenger service to receive a permit to operate within California.
Walmart invests in Cruise for last-mile delivery
Cruise and Walmart announced in November 2020 a self-driving delivery pilot in Scottsdale, Ariz. using Cruise’s all-electric Chevy Bolts.
Cruise buys Voyage in latest autonomous vehicle merger
A couple of weeks after a report said a deal was being discussed, Cruise is indeed acquiring autonomous vehicle startup Voyage. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The majority of Voyage’s 60-person team will join GM-backed Cruise. Voyage co-founder and CEO Oliver Cameron will become Cruise’s VP of product. Founded in 2017, Voyage has…