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Podcast: IEN Radio
Episode: GM Rolls Out Robo-Taxi
Description: San Francisco autonomous driving startup Cruise’s more than six-year existence has been a wild ride even by Silicon Valley standards.The company was purchased by General Motors for nearly $1 billion less than three years later, and its ambition, fundraising and payroll skyrocketed in subsequent years.Putting autonomous cars on the road, however, proved much more difficult. A fleet of self-driving, ride-sharing Chevrolet Bolts was supposed to be on San Francisco streets already, but was delayed indefinitely last summer.This week, the subsidiary unveiled a decidedly different approach to autonomous transportation. The Origin, in...