The CEO of Cruise, a General Motors-owned autonomous car firm, said today that the company would debut a robotaxi service in Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas, by the end of 2022.
The business now runs a ride-hailing service in just one city, San Francisco, where it got the approval early this year to begin charging passengers for trips. It took years to ramp up that service; Cruise now claims it can do the same in two more locations in 90 days.
Through a delivery relationship with Walmart, the business has conducted autonomous testing in Phoenix. However, no cars have been deployed in Austin, which Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt described as unusual.
