GM's Cruise to deploy its autonomous vehicles on Uber platform

(Reuters) -Uber and General Motors-backed Cruise said on Thursday Cruise will deploy its autonomous vehicles on the ride-hailing company's platform as part of a multi-year deal.

The partnership, which will be launched next year, will allow Uber (NYSE:UBER ) riders to choose a trip using a Cruise autonomous vehicle.

Shares of GM rose more than 1% in extended trading, while Uber fell 3%.



Uber has been offering driverless cars in Phoenix on its platform since October last year through an agreement with Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL )'s Waymo. The latest partnership with Cruise comes as Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA ) CEO Elon Musk is set to unveil its delayed plans for a robotaxi product in October amid slowing demand for electric vehicles. Cruise is looking to find its way back to U.S. roads after a major accident last year forced the company to halt operations.

Earlier this year, it resumed testing with safety drivers while it works to reassure state and federal officials of the safety of its vehicles. Separately, Cruise on Thursday agreed to recall nearly 1,200 robotaxis over hard braking issues, the U.S. auto safety regulator said, agreeing to close a probe into the issue. Waymo, which has about 700 vehicles in its fleet, is the only U.S. firm operating uncrewed robotaxis that collect fares.

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