Robotaxis Are Coming to Los Angeles. Everywhere Could Be Next.

This article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. Cruise is expanding its self-driving taxi operation to Los Angeles amid a year of huge growth for autonomous driving. The GM subsidiary's entry into the second-largest city in the U.S.--which I reported first today at Big Technology--comes as it's increasing its autonomous rides by 49 percent per month and already doing more than 10,000 rides per week. In L.A., Cruise will begin testing soon and then expand to self-driving ride-hailing. It will be the company's eighth city of operation, up from one at the start of this year.