Self-driving taxis are about to ‘take’ San Francisco

San Francisco, and Silicon Valley, of course, have been known for decades for the many technical and earth-shattering innovations and innovations that originated there. San Francisco was once the cradle of Flower Power and the sexual revolution, during the summer of love. Today, of course, we mainly know the region from Tesla, Google, Apple, Meta and other tech giants.

Free unmanned taxi rides
As a result, San Francisco is increasingly also the stage for the first steps in the field of technological innovations that are making their entrance into everyday life. The next example is Cruise’s self-driving taxis. The CEO of that company announced in a blog that, also to his own surprise, the time has come when Cruise’s self-driving taxis can also transport real passengers for the first time. In recent months, dozens of test drives have taken place, in which employees of Cruise and its partners, including GM, have been driven through San Francisco.

Cruise introduces the self-driving taxi in San Francisco.
From now on, passengers can register online for a ride in the unmanned taxi. For the time being there is no need to pay for this. It will start with a limited number of trips and passengers, but Cruise expects to be able to further increase both the number of taxis and the number of trips in the coming months.

Additional investment
Cruise had more good news to report. One of the major investors, The Softbank Vision Fund, has decided to invest an additional $1.35 billion in the initiative, on top of the 900 million it invested earlier.

San Francisco, and Silicon Valley, of course, have been known for decades for the many technical and earth-shattering innovations and innovations that originated there. San Francisco was once the cradle of Flower Power and the sexual revolution, during the summer of love. Today, of course, we mainly know the region from Tesla, Google, Apple, Meta…