My first fully driverless pickup! | LONG

Earlier this week, I requested a ride through our Cruise app and took several back-to-back rides in San Francisco - with no one else in the vehicle! There are lots of other Cruise employees (not just me) who are testing and refining the full customer experience as we take another major step toward the first commercial AV ridehail product in a dense urban environment.
See the full ride here: • Back-to-back driverles...

[@HeetheshVhavle]

I like how the video ID in the URL starts with "dmv"!

[@manojb8876]

Showoffs right :)

[@itunupaultaiwo4663]

This is a watershed moment in urban mobility!! Congrats, Cruise team!!

[@deehaw8212]

Incredible sir. As a AVTO in Phoenix, I am so excited to see this milestone play out. The work is exciting and to see our contributions and experiences culminating to this moment, all I can say, Thank you for this incredible ride!

[@AaronSundman]

Wow! Congrats. Love the personal connections in this vid. Feels so less corporate and more human than any 1st time video of anything. Thank you.

[@danielmartinezalonso74]

So the personal connections and the more human thing is taking a taxi without driver...

[@Zach-be3bv]

Huge milestone in transforming mobility! Great work Cruisers.

[@danielmartinezalonso74]

Which is exactly the milestone? The guy takes a taxi in one place and gets off in other place. Same as the last 50 years.

[@JordonDev]

@@danielmartinezalonso74 what?

[@danielmartinezalonso74]

@@JordonDev I am asking that what is exactly the milestone in this technology?

[@JordonDev]

@@danielmartinezalonso74 Since your the smart guy here research and figure it out lol

[@EranArkin]

Congratulations, this is amazing! "The future is already here - it's just not evenly distributed."

[@msears10]

Congrats Kyle and team, what a massive milestone for you and humanity. I really appreciated the low key and authentic way this was captured.

[@danielraffel]

What an amazing milestone! Super fun to watch. Can't wait to order one. Congrats to all the people who made this happen.

[@markprince8437]

That was incredible. Congratulations to everyone!

[@alexandersennikov3939]

Congrats to the Cruise team on this HUGE milestone!

[@janinerego6312]

So nice to see all this progress! And it’s just the beginning! Go Cruise!

[@orrdavey]

Congrats sir, rooting for you guys.

[@RahulSharma-ku5ig]

Congratulations! This is so HUGE in so many ways! WoW

[@GeorgeZoto]

Congratulations Cruise and Cruisers, impressive milestone to drive around autonomously at night in San Fransisco!

[@withOsamaNatto]

Thank you for sharing this moment with us

[@okaynils]

congrats on the great product 🔥

[@TimmyBlumberg]

As someone who used to work in the space, big congrats 🎊. Can’t wait to try one myself.

[@jimmorrisshen]

This is awesome! Excited.

[@valajonsdottir6835]

WOW! Congratulations team!

[@TravisHailston650]

Fantastic work, I hope to be part of the Cruise movement soon!

[@ericg5416]

Congrats to the Cruise and GM teams that made this happen!

[@bryanchristmas4827]

Congrats, amazing stuff!

[@sabinblake3172]

Congratulations Cruise and GM!

[@bephrem]

Beautiful. Precarious. Breakthrough.

[@MaxGrev]

Congrats! This is amazing!

[@ibrahimdiiriye2180]

Congrats Kyle wish you the best for you and the whole team

[@daniellazo888]

Congrats team!

[@mikemahlkow8746]

I have been waiting for this to happen for so long! So excited for this to become mainstream

[@brianmorecombe2726]

What if you order one and if it doesnt run you over first,the you find a pile of puke in the back seat cos there noone to clean it.Your not going to think great it is then.

[@RustyWrenches]

Wow! Fantastic work all!

[@tldr.finance8549]

Just a guy from the Midwest. Changing the world !! Been fun to watch the journey man !

[@MarcusAurelius7777]

Congratulations!!!

[@Chunkamui]

Congratulations!

[@MinhPhan-sf9hk]

Very special moment when the marginal cost of mobility approaching zero. Congratz Cruise team, hard work always pays off!

[@danielmartinezalonso74]

Approaching zero? Which world do you live in? The multinationals will impose this mobility obtaining marginal profits at the expense of the dismissal of drivers and as it is an oligopoly they will set the prices they want

[@debrabrackeen8700]

So cool! Congrats on a huge milestone. And Little Pickle is now famous. ;-)

[@windywu19516]

So excited to see this happening! Great work Cruisers!! Congrats!

[@thebee1999]

So, so, so very cool!

[@AidPast]

Amazing work. Hope the company goes public and all their employees get minted from stock appreciation. Nothing short of incredible.

[@FM-dm3rk]

Brilliant! Congratulations 👏🏼 👏🏼 🎊

[@ginosabi4654]

Wow this is mindblowing!!

[@peters6454]

Congrats! So epic!

[@DrKnowitallKnows]

It's no accident this was done in the dead of night. Let's see one at rush hour, please.

[@newshortkick]

It is hard to tell how great this is as this video shows mostly the passenger in the backseat instead of how the car is driving and handling situations around it.

[@sUASNews]

Well done, you lot are living in the future, it won't take many years for this to mature fully. Oh and hello Kevin.

[@nipung]

Super exciting!!

[@bwoo2828]

The vehicle seems to be double parking a lot and blocking traffic lanes, even though there's empty curb to pull over. Not safe for traffic or for the passenger getting in or out.

[@niels-klement]

This is meaningful guys! Very happy to see build something like that.

[@clarkkent21964]

This is awesome!

[@ElectricFuture]

Safer than the average text messaging human driver, I’d take that ride. Great job team!

[@arcade8092]

Wow!! It's a miracle!!

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

Great job, everyone! I’m guessing most people also didn’t react because they’ve gotten used to seeing your cars around town *with* drivers.

[@shmuelgerber3628]

There should be audible announcements inside the car to tell the passengers what is happening, e.g. "Ready to go to [address]. Tap the [whatever button on the phone app]." ... "You have arrived at your destination [address]. Please exit the car and close the door."

[@TravisHailston650]

I believe that experience is currently in the app, but likely something to come in the finished production version for Origin.

[@gonzalo3553]

Awesome!

[@kunal6155]

now do it during day time with some traffic and pedestrians, 11-6 am is not a big market that too in a geofenced area.

[@re_styles]

Congratulations 🚘

[@waggaclint]

Amazing, I wonder what will vehicles do inbetween rides if there’s a long delay?

[@LarryPanozzo]

Only 16k people have seen this! I too had never heard of Cruise until today. Bravo! Great work. Keep pushing the limits! Can’t wait until this is mainstream

[@cicirunner]

Is this the same Cruise that can't handle a sharp turn on a highway? I'm confused.

[@updlate4756]

But I bet you heard of Tesla. I'd say it's crazy what the share price driven biased media chooses to inform their readers of....repeatedly.... daily....and what they choose to hide. They can't buy stock in Cruise, so they don't cover Cruise. I guess one could get in on Cruise through Honda or GM stock, but that doesn't have quite the air of "easy money" as Tesla does.

[@updlate4756]

@@cicirunner That's Ford's "Blue Cruise", which is more akin to Tesla's autopilot. GM has a similar system in Super Cruise; I think it's supposed to perform a bit better than Ford's system, but it's been around for 2-3 more years. THIS is a separate company called "Cruise". Yeah yeah... I know... I'd normally like the name... but it just doesn't work with so many other technologies using "Cruise" in their drivers assistance systems because of "cruise control". Maybe something like "Jump", "Transport", "Transfer" or "Carrier"...

[@cicirunner]

@@updlate4756 Yeah all everyone ever talks about is Waymo and Tesla. Not much about Mobile eye or this Cruise stuff

[@cryptokingz615]

YAY! let's hope there's a robot to steal your job too.

[@oneryanalexander]

Super cool!

[@rac1083]

Very cool!

[@manoharsimons46]

One short trip for a commuter. A giant leap for mankind.

[@charliechillax2036]

Awesome! Team Nly.

[@dodejat49]

So amazing! Can't wait to ride one. 6-12 months at most?

[@mohamedzakzouk8916]

2023

[@pasad335]

Fantastic! Once this becomes available in my area I can easily see getting rid of one of my cars, keeping just the larger one we use for trips. I'd be totally thrilled if a vehicle like this could run be around to all my errands.

[@nbme-answers]

YES!

[@Robin20008]

This will be the next big thing!

[@aikoyonamine]

That’s insane! I am curious about the agreement between passenger and invisible driver to keep the cars clean and sanitized after trips and in between moving forward. All the best in creating a user experience.

[@AntonAlexeevUSA]

LOL, free streets, deep night and 0% traffic. Try to do the same in Manhattan at noon.

[@surabhisubramanya]

Wow what a milestone!!! Mindblowing to see it go by itself. Unbelievably cool!!!

[@amyx3843]

can’t waitttttt!

[@silentblackhole]

When can we get this in Australia?? Looks awesome.

[@jonnymack1974]

Had that prime opportunity to call them Jonnycabs

[@ToBeyondInfinity]

Do you have driving tests in foggy conditions?

[@aaronknight1009]

this will be great for seniors when they lose their driver license

[@rodolfoyoshii8345]

Congrats. But I feel 90% of the time we were looking at this guy and 10% or less we saw the car actually driving and moving around the streets. Can someone take ride #2 and this time only record the trip facing the camera forward to the street and steering wheel?

[@ibrahimabdulhafiz9523]

They posted the raw video of this same trip as well (and with birds-eye-view too, pretty cool!)

[@updlate4756]

This company's social media game is weak. Checkout the other video of the full ride they posted right before this one. They should have referenced that in this video.

[@jasonsaler8537]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qafIk4ZjqrdqrcU You're welcome

[@angel_auto]

@@updlate4756 It's referenced in the description.

[@kev16]

Awesome

[@Bjottis]

I remember seeing my first driverless car. I was at a cross walk and I was a bit perplexed that I couldn't see a driver in the car approaching. Then the car hit the speed bump and a head popped up. I think I prefer the type of driverless car shown in the video.

[@jackbehseresht7362]

It drove safer than I do!

[@chrismctague6699]

Change comes quickly

[@arturomorro62]

I am looking forward to see statistical data on failures, accidents, other possible events .. after 12-24 months in operation. Anyway, a lot of work and great achievement !

[@mackaroo]

Got here after seeing one of these cars get pulled over by cops. The cops look like they have no idea what to do next, its absolutely hilarious.

[@TennisGvy]

Hopefully it's outfit on cars better than the bolt. Idk if the Origin looks good tbh

[@partyk1d24]

When can I retrofit my Bolt?

[@JeanSchiller]

Mind blown.

[@chandramouliramachandran4217]

Hats off to technical Marvel

[@BrandonDriver]

Imagine in 10 years when we don’t need driver’s licenses anymore how iconic this video will be

[@shak7185]

More like 20 yrs. We’re always too optimistic about self driving. It a really hard problem for all streets. Still a lot of work ahead both technically and in terms of regulations, insurance, etc.

[@MinhPhan-sf9hk]

@@shak7185 not anymore, self-driving is safer in almost every aspect compared to human driving. 10 years in it's likely that most drivers on the street will be out of job.

[@shak7185]

@@MinhPhan-sf9hk I agree that autonomous is already lot safer than humans BUT only in certain circumstances. Time will tell. I think there will be some drivers out of a job, but not most in 10 yrs since there will be limited routes that are autonomous friendly. In 20 yrs, maybe we’ll have some cars without steering wheels and we’ll be thinking about scenarios where a drivers license is not needed. Engineers always underestimate the time it takes to actually widely deploy automation, esp life threatening automation. The last 10% takes 90% of the time.

[@tinathalacker3021]

Not sure that is a good thing- already there are so many not accounted for

[@Knines]

So technically, if I bought one, I could be doing just eat, deliveroo, Amazon etc, from home 🤔or is it just taxi service ?

[@EvanMooreZ]

Right turns only

[@eswyatt]

Seven or eight years ago people were saying it's impossible? Funny I seem to remember everyone saying "any day now."

[@ToniThompson]

So cool!!! So, um, no one in the car was filming you?

[@Kitemangek]

great, but id still like to be in the drivers seat, sensors might be blinded or the computer could be confused by a given situation. what happens if a lorry suddenly ignores a red light?

[@JohnBrooksProducer]

AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN!

[@jonassteinberg3779]

Terrifying, but very intriguing.

[@anthonyrappa7741]

“Mr. Watson, come here; I want you.”

[@tashu1638]

Great start but still lot of work to be done in deployment of these cars in SF street.......huge task.... Self driving is still a hard problem.... Let see how cruise deploy these in upcoming days/month/years......Good luck

[@ooleary2]

Increasing traffic by reducing the number of humans per vehicle by 1!

[@DonalD1982]

When can I expect this to happen in EU area? I definitely wanna try that :)

[@happysmash27]

Day or night, it's so hard to see inside cars, and I look into them so rarely, that I think what would make me notice it wouldn't be the lack of driver itself, but the LIDAR on top typical of autonomous vehicles.

[@Americanoutcast_]

Man I hope to god that nobody try to scrap this car in an area that’s bad

[@jan8919]

Is it a driverless delivery service or a taxi or both i’m just curious.

[@jamesscdow]

Thanks for making the first ever ride at night when it's impossible to see anything. #History

[@TheMInecraftKeskas]

They're not legally allowed to drive during the day; I'm sure they would of if they could.

[@kersplatte]

Where does the cruise go after a ride?

[@updlate4756]

Wondering the same thing.

[@JS-tg4zp]

sick