…is happening faster than I realized. Cruise, a subsidiary of GM, has test limited driverless taxi service in parts of San Francisco and is expanding to Phoenix and Austin by the end of the year. https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/12/23349699/cruise-av-robota…
The next generation Cruise autonomous car is set for commercial deployment in 2023. The Cruise Origin looks very practical. https://topelectricsuv.com/news/cruise/cruise-origin-latest/…
GM is going to beat Tesla to this.
GM is going to beat Tesla to this.
I think they’re trying to do two different things.
Tesla’s trying to sell Level 5 autonomy to individual end users. They want to sell a self-driving package to individual people that they will be able to activate no matter where they live, and no matter where they want to get to. Since they’re selling a product, not a service, they need it to work without being geofenced, time-restricted, or limited to certain roads/conditions.
GM (and several others) are trying to sell Level 4 autonomy to fleets - whether their own or a robotaxi company. Those fleets will be selling transport services to end users, not the cars. There’s a market for, say, selling rides only within 10 miles of the downtown CBD that wouldn’t exist if you were trying to sell a car that could only drive itself within 10 miles of the downtown CBD.
Albaby
No robotaxi for the Wolf. I’ve seen what can happen when you use a robotaxi.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eWgrvNHjKkY
Forewarned is forearmed.
AW
GM is going to beat Tesla to this.
GM beat Tesla to EVs! 
Nokia and Blackberry beat Apple to smartphones.
The Captain
I think they’re trying to do two different things.
They are also doing two different things since Cruise is geofenced and limited speed, etc., etc. while Tesla is aiming at covering as much space and driving conditions as possible.
As nephew said this last Christmas we already have self driving cars.
GM can loose a lot of money if the deaths and dismemberments add up into a major class action suit later on.