Cruise, Uber enter partnership for customers to access AV rides

General Motors Co.'s self-driving unit Cruise LLC and Uber Technologies LLC have entered a multiyear deal for customers to book autonomous Cruise robotaxis through the Uber platform, the companies said Thursday. Cruise and Uber expect to launch the service in 2025 with Chevrolet Bolt-based autonomous vehicles. Specific details of the partnership weren't released. GM over the last few months has been focused on relaunching Cruise service, changing its leadership and rethinking its safety strategy after one of the unit's Bolt autonomous electric vehicles in October 2023 dragged a San Francisco...