Honda will be importing test versions of the Cruise autonomous, electric vehicle from the US to Japan this year for use in its Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) business there. Meanwhile, Cruise and its owner GM have signed a deal with Microsoft to further commercialise autonomous vehicles through the computing giant’s Azure application.
Cruise, which was set up as a self-driving car company in 2013, was bought by GM in 2016 and is now central to the OEM’s development of autonomous vehicle technology. This ties in with development of the Chevrolet Bolt, the electric car which it uses as a base for its autonomous driving development vehicles.
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