The plans of Cruise to bring AVs to Dubai are already several years old. Back in 2021, the company planned to deploy its ground-up robotaxi design, the Cruise Origin, in Dubai by early 2023.

Cruise had said previously that the robotaxi service in Dubai will use Cruise Origins, the company’s purpose-built all-electric shuttle that has no steering wheel or pedals. Mattar Al Tayer, the ...

Days after General Motors’ Cruise self-driving car unit pulled all of its vehicles off the roads in the U.S. for a safety review, it continues to test them on public roads in Dubai and Japan ...

The AV uses the automaker’s BEV3 platform, an Ultium lithium-ion battery and Ultium Drive electric motors. In addition to Dubai, the Cruise Origin will also eventually be put into service in Japan.

Dubai will be the first non-US city for the Cruise Origin, and GM also said that it will be built at the all-electric Factory Zero Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center. The company still intends for ...