( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “San Francisco street.” Cruise’s trouble-ridden robotaxis are on the road to joining Uber’s ride-hailing service next year. [CutID: <Cuts> CRUISE-UBER-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 25s Title: CRUISE-UBER-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: San Francisco street] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Cruise’s robotaxis are still sidelined in California, but some of its Chevy Bolts are giving […]
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Cruise teams up with Uber to provide robotaxis
( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “San Francisco street.”
Cruise’s trouble-ridden robotaxis are on the road to joining Uber’s ride-hailing service next year.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Cruise’s robotaxis are still sidelined in California, but some of its Chevy Bolts are giving autonomous rides in Phoenix and Dallas with humans behind the wheel to take over if something goes wrong.
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VERBATIM: It’s part of a multiyear partnership bringing together two companies that once appeared poised to compete for passengers. The alliance is the latest change in direction for Cruise since its license to provide driverless rides was suspended in October 2023. The suspension came after one of its robotaxis dragged a jaywalking pedestrian who had been struck by a human-driven vehicle across a darkened San Francisco street.