Cruise Origin Autonomous Electric Vehicle Unveiled
Cruise revealed Origin, the autonomous electric people mover it thinks will rule the ride-hailing business in the future, once its guidance technology proves it is superior to a human driver.
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What Mary Barra’s National EV Mandate Plan Says — And Doesn’t Say — About General…
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, has a plan for a national ZEV policy. What does that mean?
Dying Is Easy. Making A Self-Driving Car Is Hard. Tesla & Waymo At The Crossroads.
Building a car that drives itself in all circumstances is really, really hard. So why are so many autonomous cars testing on public roads?
Honda Invests $2.75 Billion In Cruise Automation
Honda has agreed to invest $2.75 billion in Cruise, the autonomous car division of General Motors, over the next 12 years. What will the cars they develop together look like? That’s a deep, dark secret.
Annual Autonomous Car Disengagement Report Shows Waymo & GM Leading The Pack. Tesla Reports 0…
Annual reports filed with the California DMV show Waymo leading all other autonomous car companies in most miles driven and least number of “disengagement events.” Tesla reported if conducted no autonomous driving testing on public roads in California last year.
GM Leads, Tesla & Apple Trail Deeply In Navigant Research Self-Driving Report
Navigant Research has issued its annual report on self driving cars. It says GM is in the lead and Tesla is in last. Does that surprise you?
GM Execs: Self-Driving Vehicles To Launch In Dense Urban Environments In 2019
GM execs are reportedly expecting that self-driving vehicles will be first commercially deployed in the US in 2019 — though, initially, just in dense urban environments. Robotaxis will be the primary application, as you’d expect.
Taco Truck Stumps GM/Cruise Self-Driving Car During San Francisco Media Demonstrations
GM’s self-driving car development unit, Cruise Automation, gave a number of media figures rides through the crowded downtown San Francisco metropolitan area on Tuesday, giving us a chance to check in on the state of the company’s tech.
So, how did the GM/Cruise self-driving car do on its first media demonstration (non-employees riding in the car)?
Cruise Automation Buys Strobe LIDAR Startup — “Elon Is Full Of Crap,” GM Exec Says
Startup Strobe says its LIDAR costs 99% less to produce, so General Motors buys it, while taking a swipe at Elon Musk.
GM’s Self-Driving Test Vehicles Involved In 6 Crashes During September
Self-driving vehicles from GM’s Cruise Automation were involved in a total of 6 auto crashes in California during the month of September, the company has reported to regulators in California.
