Autonomous vehicle (AV) company Cruise is acquiring Voyage, which specialises in providing AV community transit services to elderly people.
Voyage co-founder Oliver Cameron says the move will provide the substantial resources to “eventually serve not just senior citizens, but every possible demographic who stands to benefit from self-driving services”.
Cameron insists Cruise vehicles are adept at handling the most complex driving in San Francisco, positioning the company to expand into other complex cities around the world.
“Just recently, Cruise reported that in the second half of 2020, their self-driving technology improved to more than 60,000 miles between reportable disengagements,” he continues.
“And in the final three months of 2020, Cruise had zero reportable disengagements.”
Earlier this year, Cruise and its parent company General Motors announced a partnership with Microsoft to accelerate the commercialisation of self-driving vehicles.
"Driverless testing — with no one in the driver’s seat — continues on the streets of San Francisco. Soon those same vehicles will be carrying passengers to their destinations anywhere in the city,” Cameron adds.
Voyage team members will use their experience in vehicle deployment to work on the Cruise Origin, “delivering a better and safer future for our roadways”, he insists.
