Self-driving
Cruise offered rides to the public for a short time in 2023, then stopped.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“The company briefly offered rides to the public in 2023 before halting service”
What it means
Cruise, from General Motors (Cruise), is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Cruise
- Cruise cut nearly half of its staff. GM took full ownership and moved the work toward self-driving tech for personal cars.
- GM said it would stop funding the Cruise robotaxi business, citing competition and high costs.
- Cruise admitted to filing a false report to influence a federal investigation, and agreed to pay a $500,000 criminal fine.
- NHTSA fined Cruise $1.5 million.
- California's DMV suspended Cruise's permits to run driverless cars, after a crash in which a Cruise car trapped a pedestrian.
- A Cruise robotaxi ended up on top of a woman who had first been hit by another car. She was trapped underneath it.