巡航自动化公司发表声明说：“我们从少数用户开始，随着可用汽车的增多，我们将扩大服务。”过去几周，巡航自动化公司的员工每晚都在测试包括通用汽车在内的无人驾驶出租车并乘坐它出行，每辆自动出租车都有自己独特的名字，比如托斯塔达、迪斯科、索尔道。

　　公司首席执行官凯尔·沃格特表示，巡航自动化公司是第一家在美国大城市提供无人驾驶出租车的企业，这一成就推动了投资者的支持。软银通过愿景基金在三年前投资9亿美元之后，现在又承诺追加13.5亿美元投资。沃格特表示，增加的投资将使该公司能够招募更多员工，并在旧金山和其他城市扩展无人驾驶技术。

　　通用汽车首席执行官玛丽·巴拉表示，通用汽车拥有多数股权的巡航自动化公司得到了包括本田和微软在内的投资者的大力支持，并且不打算在短期内筹集资金。目前，该公司的估值为300亿美元。

　　在2021年12月离职的巡航自动化公司首席执行官丹·安曼曾表示，他预计在今年早些时候可以获得加州公共服务委员会关于自动驾驶汽车的收费许可。

　　据报道，巡航自动化公司于2013年在旧金山成立，2016年被通用汽车以10亿美元的价格收购。该公司是通用汽车名下的独立子公司，目前拥有2000多名员工，其中包括约900人的工程师团队。巡航自动化公司在它的网站上表示，他们已经进行了超过300万英里（约合480万公里）的自动驾驶测试。随着可用汽车数量的增加，该公司将扩大服务范围。

According to a report on the website of the Spanish newspaper El Pais on February 3, driverless taxis have become a reality in San Francisco. The service wont be limited to employees of Cruise Automation, GMs self-driving car subsidiary. The company has announced that it will open a waiting list for the public to sign up for driverless taxis. In addition, it announced additional investment by SoftBank in the commercial development of the service, which is currently free for now.

Were starting with a small number of users, and well expand our service as more cars become available, Cruise Automation said in a statement. For the past few weeks, Cruise Automation employees have been testing driverless vehicles, including those from General Motors, every night. Take a taxi and travel with it, each robo-taxi has its own unique name, such as Tostada, Disco, Soldau.

CEO Kyle Vogt said Cruise Automation was the first to offer driverless taxis in a major U.S. city, an achievement that has driven investor support. SoftBank has now committed an additional $1.35 billion after investing $900 million through the Vision Fund three years ago. Vogt said the increased investment will allow the company to recruit more employees and expand self-driving technology in San Francisco and other cities.

GMs majority-owned cruise automation company has strong backing from investors including Honda and Microsoft and has no plans to raise capital anytime soon, GM Chief Executive Mary Barra said. Currently, the company is valued at $30 billion.

Cruise Automation CEO Dan Amman, who left in December 2021, has said he expects to get a permit from the California Public Service Commission on tolls for self-driving cars earlier this year.

Cruise Automation, which was founded in San Francisco in 2013, was reportedly acquired by General Motors for $1 billion in 2016. The company, an independent subsidiary of General Motors, currently employs more than 2,000 people, including a team of about 900 engineers. Cruise Automation says on its website that it has conducted more than 3 million miles (4.8 million kilometers) of self-driving tests. The company will expand the service as the number of cars available increases.