Microsoft shows driverless intent with Cruise investment

Microsoft has increased its stake in race to monetise autonomous car technology by investing an undisclosed amount in General Motors’ driverless division Cruise. The Telegraph reports that it’s joined a $2 billion (nearly £1.5 billion) funding round which has increased Cruise’s valuation to $30 billion (around £22 billion). The paper adds that the deal also […]

Cruise begins driverless testing

General Motors’ driverless vehicle division, Cruise, has begun on-road testing in San Francisco. It announced back in October that it’d been given a permit to test, and was planning to begin the trials before the end of the year. Forbes reports that it’s achieved this with about three weeks to spare, and that it is […]

GM’s Cruise to test driverless cars in California

General Motors driverless vehicle subsidiary Cruise has been given a permit to test its vehicles on the streets of San Francisco. Its CEO Dan Ammann says the company will be allowed to remove the human backup drivers from its self-driving cars, and while they’re not the first to get such a permit, they’re going to […]