Cruise driverless cabs
are becoming somewhat of a sensation in San Francisco, where they’ve officially become available. There are of course some restrictions governing how these vehicles can operate, but regardless—Cruise driverless cars have beat all other companies to the punch. These futuristic cab rides are pretty sweet, but are they safe? And how will they compete against human drivers working for Uber, Lyft, or taxi companies? Cruise driverless cars are pretty ingenious, but when it comes to helping you save money on your car insurance
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TechCrunch
relays that official approval came from the California
Public Utilities Commission in June of 2022, allowing Cruise driverless cab rides to operate commercially. Before this approval came about, Cruise’s driverless cab rides were fare-free and had tighter restrictions. These robocabs will work only between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m on designated streets in the city. This might seem like a tight leash, but the new operating window already extends the operating window by 1.5 hours compared to those for the free driverless test services it was offering before.
Cruise driverless cab rides are only available in select portions of San Francisco
These Cruise rides are only available in an area of about 20 square miles. San Francisco is a notoriously difficult city to drive in, but the northwest corner of the city where these Cruise vehicles will operate is the least complex portion, with mostly residential areas and low-speed streets. At present, Cruise still operates free demo rides in the rest of the city, but only for a select group of users.
Do Cruise’s driverless cab rides have any competitors?
As Electrek
points out for those of us who are unaware, Cruise is actually a subsidiary of GM, which may come as a surprise. But Waymo, a division of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is hot on their heels, and they’ve also set their eyes on California. Waymo got permission from the California Public Utilities Commission in February, but has not yet started a paid robocab service. Other competitors include human drivers, as paid robocab rides
could put real drivers out of a job as Cruise driverless cab rides continue to be proven safe and reliable. MORE: The Side Effect of Driverless Cars That No One's Talking About: Organ Shortages
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