GM exec: Cruise to start autonomous taxi service next year

General Motors' Cruise autonomous conveyance subsidiary plans to commencement moving a afloat autonomous taxi work successful San Francisco adjacent year.

Doug Parks, GM's product development and purchasing chief, told analysts Thursday that helium has ridden successful a Cruise conveyance with nary operator and the institution is precise adjacent to deploying the service.

"The exertion is truly coming," Parks said astatine the Deutsche Bank AutoTech Conference. "We're connected our way, targeting commercialized deployment adjacent year."

Parks besides threw cold water connected speculation that the institution would rotation disconnected the majority-owned Cruise, saying that GM believes the companies make much worth arsenic a combined entity.

He besides said that GM's afloat electrical Chevrolet Silverado pickup motortruck volition spell connected merchantability successful 2023 arsenic GM accelerates plans to rotation retired 30 caller electrical models globally done 2025.

The company volition unveil the Silverado E and different models astatine the CES gadget amusement successful January, Parks said. Two different caller electrical vehicles volition spell connected merchantability successful 2023 arsenic well, helium said. "We'll beryllium disconnected to the races astatine that point," helium said.

Parks besides said that a $30,000 tiny electrical Chevrolet SUV that volition person much than 300 miles of scope per complaint is coming retired soon, but gave nary specifics.

GM already has announced that the GMC Hummer pickup and SUV volition spell connected merchantability adjacent year, on with the Cadillac Lyriq SUV.

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