General Motors’ self-driving subsidiary, Cruise, has acquired autonomous vehicle start-up Voyage.
Voyager co-founder Oliver Cameron said: “After being intimately involved with the autonomous vehicle industry for the last five years, I can say with certainty that Cruise – with its advanced self-driving technology, unique auto-maker partnerships, and all-electric purpose-built vehicle with no human controls – is posed to be the clear leader.”
To date, Cruise has completed driverless vehicle testing on streets in San Francisco. Voyage has tested its autonomous taxi within a 4,000-resident retirement community in San Jose, California, as well in a 40-square-mile retirement city in Florida.
“Voyage’s approach has always been to leverage its limited resources to deliver a product that restores mobility to those who need it most: senior citizens,” added Cameron.
“We’ve made tremendous progress toward this goal, moving countless senior citizens – some as old as 92! – around their communities.
“Now at Cruise, we are thrilled to have the substantial resources to eventually serve not just senior citizens, but every possible demographic who stands to benefit from self-driving services.”
The majority of Voyage’s 60-person team will move over to Cruise and Cameron will take on a new role as vice president of product.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
