GM-owned robotaxi service Cruise continues to broaden its attain of driverless rides all through the US, asserting a begin of companies in Houston – its fourth main metropolis. Houston locals can now be part of the waitlist to take a spin in one among Cruise’s EVs, see beneath.

Cruise is a robotaxi startup based within the San Francisco Bay space a decade in the past. In that point, the corporate (together with loads of assist from GM) has made great progress in its house state of California, the place it continues to try to broaden.

The Bay Space has acted as an preliminary proving floor for Cruise’s electrical robotaxis, with its hilly, congested terrain servicing 24/7 robotaxi operations, a lot to the chagrin of a number of the locals wielding site visitors cones to discourage them. From there, we’ve seen the corporate broaden to new cities, together with Phoenix and Austin, alongside job posts hinting at eyes on Dallas quickly as nicely.

Earlier than then nonetheless, Cruise will start operations to the east in Houston, asserting a begin of driverless rides quickly.

Cruise opens waitlist for driverless rides in Houston

Cruise introduced entry into Houston by way of its X account, sharing that it’s now welcoming public rides in its driverless EVs. As you’ll be able to see within the picture above, the robotaxi operator will start in a particular however signifcant portion of Houston to start and is now accepting reservations.

Houston locals can now be part of the waitlist to check out Cruise’s robotaxi service by signing up right here. Rides will function from 9 p.m. to six a.m. to begin. With a present inhabitants round 2.3 million, Houston is arms down probably the most populous metropolis within the Lone Star State, so it will likely be fascinating to see how the Cruise automobiles fare.

We’ve already seen some robotaxi site visitors congestion in Dallas, however that seems to have been an remoted incident attributable to development and higher-than-anticipated foot site visitors. For those who occur to be in Houston and go for a journey, tell us the way it went!