Driverless cabs? Would you ride one? GM thinks so, has been ferrying riders out West, and sees them a future big revenue stream. Will it face hostility from cabbies and Uber drivers? The ongoing saga of mobility transformation rolls on...

In June, Cruise started operating its self-driving taxi service in San Francisco where it charges for rides in Chevrolet Bolt EVs that operate without a human safety driver. Cruise uses a fleet of 30 Bolts to ferry the paying passengers around parts of the city. Those Bolts are currently built at Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township.

Now the San Francisco-based Cruise, of which GM owns an 80% stake, will bring a driverless taxi fleet to Austin, Texas, and Phoenix, Arizona, in the next three months, Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said Monday...
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