Bringing Robotaxi To Nashville, Cruise Now Advances Without Human Intervention

RoboTaxi service. (Doc. Cruise)

JAKARTA - Autonomous technology company Cruise recently announced that Nashville, Tennessee will be their next "robotaxi city" to be headed for.

Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt revealed that the launch of the service will take place in the next few months, while stating that more other cities will be the next destination.

While it has not been explained in detail why Nashville was chosen, it is likely that the decision relates to its status as a popular tourist destination that relies heavily on taxi and ride-hailing services to transport tourists to various bars and music venues in the city. This makes Nashville the ideal location for Cruise to thrive.

"Our theory is simple: if we can make autonomous vehicles function in cities like San Francisco - with fog, hills and traffic - then the vehicle will work almost anywhere," Vogt said, reported by Carscoops, July 28,

He also added that their autonomous technology has grown rapidly and can now learn and develop on its own without the need to be re-programd by an engineer.

Vogt also said that Cruise had conducted various trials in various cities, including San Francisco, Austin, Phoenix, Dallas, and Houston. From the results of the trial, Cruise found that their autonomous technology could work well in various conditions, including in cities with challenging conditions such as San Francisco which is famous for its fog and hilly roads.

Cruise has also removed program codes that only serve to deal with special conditions in one particular city. This makes Cruise's autonomous technology development process faster and easier. Now, Cruise can launch robotaxi services in new cities just by collecting data and training their machine learning models.

The launch of the robotaxi Cruise service in Nashville will be an important milestone for the company. If successful, Cruise could soon expand their services to other cities around the world.