Honda, GM and Cruise to Begin Driverless Ride Service in Tokyo in 2026 -- Update
19 Oktober 2023 - 5:56AM
Dow Jones News
By River Davis
General Motors, its self-driving unit, Cruise, and Honda plan to
begin offering a driverless ride service in Japan in early 2026,
the companies said in a joint briefing Thursday.
With the service, customers will be able to use an app on their
smartphone to call a self-driving vehicle to pick them up and drop
them off at a designated destination. It will start with a few
dozen self-driving vehicles operating in central Tokyo and later
expand to a fleet of 500.
The companies plan to establish a joint venture to provide the
autonomous ride service in the first half of 2024 and aim to
eventually expand beyond Tokyo.
"If we can satisfy customers in Tokyo we will be able to spread
to other cities," Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe said. Cruise currently
offers rides in several U.S. cities including San Francisco and
Austin.
While other car companies have largely pulled back on their
autonomous-car ambitions, GM CEO Mary Barra said the companies
remain committed to bringing the technology and "its significant
safety benefits" to the world.
Federal regulators in the U.S. said in a Tuesday filing that
they had opened up an investigation of Cruise after reports of its
autonomous vehicles exhibiting risky behavior around
pedestrians.
Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said Thursday that safety is Cruise's top
priority. The company is in regular communication with regulators
with the aim of helping familiarize them with the emerging
technology, he said.
Write to River Davis at river.davis@wsj.com
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