Robotics Business Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Cruise is restarting operations in Phoenix, but not in San Francisco where the company is based. Source: Cruise After a bumpy end to 2023, Cruise, the self-driving unit of GM, is restarting manual driving in Phoenix. Restarting in manual mode is an important step, the company says.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

At the height of its success, Cruise was running robotaxi services in San Francisco, Austin, Houston, and Phoenix. Source: Cruise General Motors Co. today announced that it will no longer fund Cruise LLC’s robotaxi deployment work. billion in 2023.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

At the height of its success, Cruise was running robotaxi services in San Francisco, Austin, Houston, and Phoenix. Source: Cruise General Motors (GM) today announced that it will no longer fund Cruise LLC’s robotaxi deployment work. billion in 2023.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Cruise has resumed some operations in three cities. Source: Cruise Despite a bumpy 2023, Cruise LLC isn’t nearing the end of the road yet. To date, GM has invested more than $8 billion into Cruise and hasn’t yet seen much of a return. It began manual operations in Phoenix in April.

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AUGUST 20, 2024

Waymo rolled out its 6th generation robotaxi on Geely’s all-electric Zeekr vehicles. Source: Waymo Waymo has released its 6th generation robotaxi. Waymo’s vehicles are already serving more than 100,000 paid trips every week across its deployment sites using its 5th-generation robotaxi, which was released in March 2020.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Waymo’s 6th generation robotaxis have 13 cameras, 4 lidar, 6 radar, and an array of external audio receivers. First, Waymos robotaxis are currently only available in urban areas. Secondly, the cities where Waymo operates are characterized by dry, sunny, and warm weather conditionsideal scenarios for self-driving technology.

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