Cruise opens driverless San Francisco rides to the public
Cruise opened a limited waitlist for members of the San Francisco public to take rides in vehicles operating without a safety driver, moving its robotaxi service beyond employees and invited testers.
TOWARD DOOM50confidence 94/100
Why it moved the index
Opening real urban driverless rides to the general public materially expanded consequential physical autonomy beyond internal testing. The service remained free, geographically limited, and waitlisted, constraining deployment magnitude.
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- R1Toward 50 · confidence 94
New February 2022 public driverless-ride deployment milestone distinct from earlier permits and later paid-service authorization.
12 Aug 2026