Cruise redeploys some of its self-driving cars to make food deliveries in San Francisco

Cruise, the self-driving subsidiary of General Motors, has brought some of its autonomous vehicles out of their coronavirus-imposed dormancy to make deliveries for a pair of food banks in San Francisco, the company announced today.

Starting April 16th, the company has helped deliver 3,700 meals for the SF-Marin Food Bank and SF New Deal, two food banks serving low-income families in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Cruise’s deliveries have only taken place over eight days, though the company says it is interested in scaling up in the near future. The company says the city of San Francisco is “aware of what we’re doing and supports the effort.” (A spokesperson for Mayor London Breed’s office did not immediately respond to a request for...

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