GM's shutdown of Cruise was the end of an era for them, but robotaxis are roaring ahead in the U.S. and China — in sharply ...

When GM decided to retreat from the robotaxi business earlier this month, it had already poured $10 billion into Cruise.

Last August, Friedman said on X that he would exclusively get around San Francisco via self-driving cars since Cruise and Waymo at the time were more available to the public. Related stories ...

Friedman told Business Insider that he estimated spending 4% of his waking hours in a Waymo in 2024. Friedman was also an early angel investor in Cruise, which was acquired by GM in 2016.

Domestic competitors are working to catch up to Waymo — most notably Elon Musk's Tesla and Amazon's Zoox. Despite General Motors' decision to shutter its Cruise robotaxi business earlier this ...

When GM decided to retreat from the robotaxi business earlier this month, it had already poured $10 billion into Cruise. Waymo may have outlasted Cruise to lead the U.S. market but domestic ...