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Cruise to Operate Autonomous Vehicle in Dubai
Cruise vehicle by Stephen Brashear for Cruise
DETROIT — Autonomous electric shuttles slated to be built in Detroit will be on the streets of Dubai after an agreement between self-driving company Cruise, which is largely owned by General Motors Co., and Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority.
April 13, 2021GM-Backed Cruise Buys Self-Driving Startup Voyage
Cruise, the self-driving technology company that’s majority-owned by General Motors Co., said it acquired autonomous-vehicle startup Voyage, which operates a service in retirement communities.
March 15, 2021GM-Backed Cruise in Talks to Buy Startup Voyage
A Cruise vehicle. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
Cruise, the self-driving vehicle company majority owned by General Motors Co., is in talks to acquire Voyage, an autonomous technology startup that operates in retirement communities, according to people familiar with the matter.
March 3, 2021Cruise Posted Most California AV Testing Miles in 2020
Cruise autonomous vehicles drove more than 770,000 miles in California in 2020. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)
Cruise clocked the most miles of any company testing self-driving vehicles in California in 2020, according to new reports from the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles.
February 10, 2021GM, Microsoft Lead $2 Billion Funding Round for Cruise
(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
General Motors Co. and Microsoft Corp. are leading a $2 billion investment round in self-driving car startup Cruise in a deal that will bring the software giant’s cloud and edge-computing capabilities to the venture.
January 19, 2021Cruise Hires Former Delta Air Executive Gil West as COO
GM's Bolt electric vehicle, with Cruise's autonomous technology installed, is displayed in Detroit. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)
Cruise, the self-driving car startup majority owned by General Motors Co., has hired former Delta Air Lines Inc. Chief Operating Officer Gil West for the same position as it prepares to start offering paid robotaxi rides in San Francisco.
January 8, 2021GM’s Cruise to Deploy Driverless Cars in San Francisco
General Motors' Cruise AV, an autonomous electric vehicle, on display in Detroit in January 2019. (Paul Sancya/AP)
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, 2020GM’s Cruise, Walmart Team Up for Driverless Delivery
Cruise is just the latest partner for Walmart, which has been doing similar self-driving car tests with Waymo and Nuro, as well as pilot programs for drone delivery. (Walmart)
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, 2020GM’s Cruise Unit OK’d for Automated Tests in San Francisco
The GM Cruise Origin electric driverless shuttle. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
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, 2020GM’s Self-Driving Unit Cruise to Lay Off Almost 8% of Staff
The Cruise Origin electric driverless shuttle is displayed during a reveal even in San Francisco on Jan. 21. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
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, 2020