Self-DrivingCorrect
“Cruise will be giving driverless, revenue-generating rides in Phoenix and Austin within 90 days — initially small-scale, with scaled operations to follow next year: "What I'm really excited about is we're going from zero footprint, no maps, no infrastructure on the ground — to our first revenue-generating driverless rides in about 90 days. This is something people thought may take years. It doesn't."”
Said Sep 12, 2022Deadline Dec 31, 2022Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference, reported by CNBC and the Austin American-Statesman, September 12–14, 2022
Cruise soft-launched fully driverless paid rides in Austin and in Chandler, in the Phoenix area, on December 20, 2022 — about 99 days later but inside the stated calendar-year deadline. Initial riders were limited to friends and family of employees rather than the general public.