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We are going to put a driverless car on every road in America. That is not a goal — that is an inevitability.
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GM gave us $10 billion and told us to solve autonomous driving. We got close. Close is not enough.
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The Origin was designed to be the first purpose-built autonomous vehicle — no steering wheel, no pedals, no compromise. The future just came a little later than we planned.
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Self-driving is a trust problem disguised as a technology problem. We solved the technology. We failed at the trust.
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I started Cruise in my apartment with the idea that any car could become autonomous. GM bought that idea for a billion dollars. What we built with it was extraordinary, even if the ending was not.