Honda cuts funding to robotaxi venture with Cruise and GM in Japan

Honda Motor Co. will stop funding a joint venture with General Motors and Cruise to launch a robotaxi service in Japan, now that GM has pulled the plug on Cruise and its commercial robotaxi ambitions, reports The Nikkei.

GM said Tuesday it would cease funding Cruise and instead absorb the company and combine it with its own efforts to develop personal autonomous vehicles. 

In January 2024, Honda’s CEO said he expected the Japanese automaker to debut AVs closer to the end of the decade. Seven months later, Cruise abandoned its plans to build the Origin robotaxi. 

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