Cruise Origin reimagines the driverless car as a spacious box made for ride-sharing

While everyone is stuck in traffic, trapped in the driver seat, banging their head against the steering wheel during the frustrating evening commute, autonomous vehicle company Cruise envisions a serene, shared, comfortable experience for riders in its new robo-taxi vehicle. Some yoga maybe? 

The Cruise Origin is the brainchild of Cruise, its parent company General Motors, and investor-partner Honda. It's an all-electric six-seater box of a car with no steering wheel, pedals, or any of the usual driver seat buttons and knobs. It's actually really hard to tell which side is the front without the steering wheel. Screens inside the car inform passengers what's going on and who is getting picked up and dropped off. Read more...