The United States is now closer to a driverless future than it was even before General Motors decided to discontinue its Cruise robotaxi division earlier this month.
At least one significant American company in the autonomous car market, Waymo, which is owned by Alphabet, will be known for its progress towards commercial viability and glimpses of widespread adoption in 2024.
That followed a challenging beginning for the domestic self-driving car market. In 2020, Uber handed off its self-driving company following a deadly collision, and two years later, Ford backed out of its investment in its robotaxi developers, Argo.AI, after ten years of large venture investments in AV companies.
After collisions resulted in probes and licence suspensions in California, Cruise suspended all of its autonomous activities in 2023. GM had already invested $10 billion in Cruise when it made the decision to exit the robotaxi company earlier this month.
Source (CNBC)