Cruise lays out its plan for 'how' it will make robotaxis a reality – TechCrunch

The string of engineers who spoke Thursday night during a deep dive into Cruise's autonomous vehicle technology never mentioned Tesla's name. They didn't have to, although the message was clear enough. GM's self-driving subsidiary Cruise presented a technical and deployment roadmap -- at a granular level -- that aimed to show how it has built autonomous vehicles that are safer and more scalable than any human-driven vehicle, including those equipped with advanced driver assistance systems. While Cruise was clearly making a case for its own technology (not to mention trying to recruit fresh talent), the event was also an argument for autonomous vehicles in general. Each engineer or product lead who spoke Thursday presented various components, from how it uses simulations and the development of its own chips and other hardware to the design of its app and the vehicle itself.