Uber Partners With Cruise to Deliver Driverless Rides From Next Year

Published on August 23, 2024

Uber is teaming up with General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, Cruise, to offer users autonomous vehicles on the ride-hailing platform, the two companies announced on Aug. 22. Uber and Cruise said in a statement that the companies will launch the “multiyear strategic partnership” on an unspecified date next year and use Chevy Bolt-based autonomous vehicles. Once up and running, Uber users who request a “qualifying” ride on the app will be presented with the option of choosing one of Cruise’s autonomous vehicles. It is not clear what will count as a qualifying ride on the Uber app. The two companies did not provide details regarding which locations the new service will be available in....

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