GM's Cruise starts charging for driverless rides in San Francisco

General Motors Cruise has started charging passengers for driverless ride from San Francisco.

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The company announced on Thursday that it had taken the company took a step toward commercializing the service.

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The company started charging riders for rides, marking an important step in the company's plans to grow its services.

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Cruise in the month of March became the first business to get an authorization to charge for self-driving vehicle rides within the U.S. city.

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Self-driving test vehicles with human safety driver have become an everyday sight throughout San Francisco and completely driverless vehicles are now becoming increasingly popular.

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The transformation into a thriving business in a large U.S. city marks a significant milestone in the long delay-filled journey to driverless taxis.

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Cruise will keep "expanding our paid service in alignment with the smoothest customer experience possible,".

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Cruise tests driverless, free rides to the public within San Francisco since February.

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The price for taking a cruise in one of Cruise's driverless cars will differ in accordance with the length of the trip as well as the time of the day.

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Cruise also allows passengers to take a guest to their cruise.

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The company's "Cruise -- Driverless Rides" iOS application is now available on the Apple App store.

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It is available via an invitation code to users who had previously signed up for the waitlist that is open to the public.

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