GM exec: Cruise to start autonomous taxi service next year

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit. General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary plans to start running a fully autonomous taxi service in San Francisco next year. Product development chief Doug Parks told analysts Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, that he has ridden in a Cruise vehicle with no driver, and the company is very close to deploying the service. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)