GM’s Cruise to deploy fully driverless cars in San Francisco

A self-driving car from GM Cruise waits at an intersection in the Mission District of San Francisco. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) SAN RAMON, Calif. — General Motors‘ self-driving car company is sending vehicles without drivers into the streets of San Francisco as it navigates its way toward launching a robotic taxi service that would compete against Uber and Lyft in the hometown of the leading ride-hailing services.