It does seem though that there's a real opportunity for GM to sneak past Uber and Google into a first-mover advantage with this.
I'd no idea they were anywhere near this close to a working AV fleet.
http://www.autonews.com/article/20170529/OEM/170529795/googl...
General Motors on the other hand has played their cards brilliantly, and I'm baffled as to how Cruise has managed to make such steady and thorough progress in such a short amount of time. GM is the most futuristic car company out there, and at some point in the not too distant future they won't be so easy to dismiss. It doesn't fit the narrative. Shared, electric, autonomous: there's only one company that has all 3 of these on lockdown and it isn't the company everyone talks about.
[0] https://waymo.com/apply/ [1] https://www.uber.com/blog/pittsburgh/pittsburgh-self-driving...
e.g. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4763879,-80.0106331,3a,75y,2...
Not sure why it's taken so long since...my guess is that they're being super cautious on the regulatory front and also might not have an idea on go-to market strategy.