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GM’s Cruise Shows Off Its Self-Driving Origin Shuttle With No Room for a Driver
- GM’s Cruise unveils the boxy shuttle at San Francisco event
- Origin costs half what it takes to build a conventional SUV
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Cruise LLC, the autonomous-car startup majority-owned by General Motors Co., unveiled its all-electric self-driving shuttle and announced that the vehicle is headed for production.
The shuttle, called Origin, is designed to be more spacious and passenger-friendly than a conventional, human-driven car. The silver, squared-off vehicle lacks traditional controls like pedals and a steering wheel, freeing up room for multiple people to share rides, Cruise Chief Executive Officer Dan Ammann said Tuesday at an event in San Francisco.