Watch folks react to first ride in Cruise's driverless car

General Motors autonomous car unit, Cruise, has started to offer driverless rides to residents of San Francisco as it moves toward the launch of a full-fledged robo-taxi service. Following a test run of the service last week, Cruise has released a video (below) showing the reaction of the very first passengers as they rode through the streets of the Californian city in a vehicle that had nobody behind the wheel. With most riders in the video experiencing autonomous trips for the first time, the reactions were understandably upbeat, ranging from, "This is so cool" to "It's just weird," along with comments such as, "The car drove better than most of the drivers I've been in the back of a car with." In a blog post on Tuesday, February 2, Kyle Vogt, Cruise interim CEO and co-founder, announced a new sign-up page for folks interested in taking a free ride through the streets of San Francisco in one of Cruise's autonomous Chevy Bolts. Vogt said the service will begin with a "small number" of users, but it will gradually increase as it deploys more of its driverless cars on public roads.