Cruise will dispatch some of its trouble-ridden robotaxis to join Uber's ride-hailing service
Cruiseโs trouble-ridden robotaxis are on the road to joining Uberโs ride-hailing service next year as part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for passengers.
GM brings in new CEO to steer troubled Cruise robotaxi service while Waymo ramps up in San Francisco
General Motors has named a veteran technology executive with roots in the video game industry to steer its troubled robotaxi service Cruise.
GM board approves another $6 billion share repurchase as the automaker gains momentum
The board of General Motors has approved another $6 billion share repurchase as the Detroit automaker adds to its 2024 momentum.
GM's Cruise to start testing robotaxis in Phoenix area with human safety drivers on board
General Motorsโ troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will start testing robotaxis in Arizona this week with human safety drivers on board.
GM's troubled robotaxi service faces another round of public ridicule in regulatoryhearing
General Motorsโ troubled robotaxi service Cruise has endured a public lashing from a California judge.
GM's Cruise robotaxi service targeted in Justice Department inquiry into San Francisco collision
General Motors is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a gruesome collision that critically injured a pedestrian and derailed its self-driving car ambitions.
GM's Cruise robotaxi service faces fine in alleged cover-up of San Francisco accident's severity
California regulators are alleging a San Francisco robotaxi service owned by General Motors covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars, raising the specter they may add a fine to the recent suspension of its California license.
General Motors' autonomous vehicle unit recalls cars for software update after dragging a pedestrian
GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update its software after one dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street last month.
Cruise, GM's robotaxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide
General Motorsโ Cruise says it's suspending its driverless operations nationwide as the robotaxi service works to rebuild public trust.
Driverless cars are multiplying on Texas roads. Hereโs what you should know.
Autonomous vehicles, or AVs, are here. Tribune journalists took a ride in one recently and answer the biggest questions about whoโs driving the driverless trend and how the state regulates them.
Two rival robotaxi services win approval to operate throughout San Francisco despite safety concerns
California regulators have approved an expansion that will allow two rival robotaxi service to operate throughout San Francisco at all hours.
Recalling a wild ride with a robotaxi named Peaches as regulators mull San Francisco expansion plan
An Associated Press reporter recalls the first time he took a ride in a car without sitting in the driverโs seat.
Passenger dies on Virgin Voyages cruise after falling over balcony onto passenger on lower deck
A woman died Sunday after falling from the balcony of a Virgin Voyages cruise ship onto the deck below.
Hundreds fall ill on Galveston-based cruise ship, prompting CDC investigation
A gastrointestinal illness spread to over 300 people on a cruise ship out of Galveston, and now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the cause.
US opens probe of Cruise robotaxi braking, clogging traffic
U.S. safety regulators are investigating reports that autonomous robotaxis run by General Motorsโ Cruise can unexpectedly come to a halt, potentially stranding passengers.
Sail away with Kesha and a bunch of drag queens on the Kesha Cruise in 2022
Just like Kesha said in her hit song โTik Tok,โ well, โthe party donโt start till I walk in,โ and that goes for her Kesha Cruise that is setting sail in 2022.
โIt is quite a euphoric moment:โ First cruise sets sail from US port in more than a year
The cruise line industry is making a comeback after the first ship with paying passengers on board set sail from a U.S. port in more than a year.
The one where they set sail: โFriendsโ-themed cruise is now available for booking
For โFriendsโ fans everywhere, being able to witness Monica, Rachel, Ross, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe reunite felt like a real blessing.
San Antonio couple hopeful to travel again one year after the coronavirus crashed their cruise
SAN ANTONIO โ Wednesday marks one year since a San Antonio couple was allowed to return home after a period of quarantine at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The order to stay on the military base came after the couple and other U.S. citizens were pulled from a cruise ship where some passengers tested positive for COVID-19. The couple was told to stay inside their cabin on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship as it sat off Japanโs coast. Some of those passengers, including Don and Natty, were able to board a plane back to the United States. Don remembers when he was finally able to go back to his home in San Antonio.
GM teams up with Microsoft on driverless cars
This image provided by General Motors shows the new company logo. (General Motors via AP)DETROIT โ General Motors is teaming up with Microsoft to accelerate its rollout of electric, self-driving cars. โMicrosoft is a great addition to the team as we drive toward a future world of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion,โ said GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. It wants to be seen as a clean vehicle company, rather than a builder of cloud-spewing gas-powered pickups and SUVs. GM scrapped its old square blue logo for a lower case gm surrounded by rounded corners and an โmโ that looks like an electrical plug.
GM's Cruise to deploy fully driverless cars in San Francisco
The move announced Wednesday by GM-owned Cruise come two months after the company received California's permission to fully driverless cars in the state. โYouโre seeing fully driverless technology out of the (research and development) phase and into the beginning of the journey to being a real commercial product," Cruise CEO Dan Ammann said Wednesday. California regulators also recently approved new rules allowing ride-hailing services to pick up passengers in self-driving cars, but Cruise isn't going down that road yet. Instead, Ammann pledged the company will move cautiously while dispatching up to five fully driverless cars into parts of San Francisco initially. Ammann declined to provide a timeline when asked if Cruise planned to use its driverless cars in ride-hailing service within San Francisco next year.
GM to run robot cars in San Francisco without human backups
General Motors' Cruise autonomous vehicle unit says it will pull the human backup drivers from its vehicles in San Francisco by the end of the year. Cruise will go neighborhood-by-neighborhood in San Francisco and launch the driverless vehicles slowly before spreading to the entire city, he said. Progress toward autonomous vehicles slowed markedly after an Uber autonomous test SUV ran down a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, in 2018. Both Cruise and Waymo program their vehicles to drive more conservatively than humans, but still need to progress safely, Shladover said. He noted that Cruise will tackle easier areas in San Francisco first before venturing into more complex traffic situations.
Grandfather cries as he recounts toddler falling to her death from a cruise ship
Port Authority officials said Anello sat the girl in the window and lost his balance, and the girl fell to her death. The family attorney "says the video that he showed us was the same format he received from prosecutors," Begnaud added. Noting a discrepancy in how long Anello was holding Chloe, Begnaud said, "the grandfather actually looks out the window for about eight seconds. "Not knowing that there wasn't a glass there, if somehow I thought that she was going beyond the glass, I wouldn't have done it. The chargesIn October, Anello was charged with negligent homicide in his granddaughter's death, Puerto Rican authorities said.