GM Cruise to delay commercial launch of self-driving cars to beyond 2019

FILE PHOTO: A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco where it does most of its testing, in California, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Heather Somerville

General Motors Co's self-driving unit, Cruise, said on July 24 it was delaying the commercial deployment of cars past its target of 2019 as more testing of the vehicles was required.

Cruise chief executive officer Dan Ammann said the company would expand testing in San Francisco, and added in a blog post that Cruise was working with Honda Motor Co and General Motors Co to develop purpose-built autonomous vehicles.