California may soon see a lot more driverless robotaxis on the road from GM’s Cruise

GM’s self-driving rideshare unit, Cruise, has applied for permission to expand testing of its robotaxi rides throughout all of California. Cruise is a startup founded in 2013 before being was purchased by GM in 2016. During its decade-long tenure, Cruise has made tremendous progress in its home state of California, more specifically the bay area. Cruise has applied for robotaxi testing throughout CaliforniaPer Market Watch, Cruise has applied for a permit with the California DMV to (eventually) expand its driverless testing throughout the state. While expansion is clearly the plan for Cruise and California has emerged as the first state to allow its driverless rides, the startup is not sharing much else at this point.