Honda to end self-driving tie-up with GM as Cruise unit founders

U.S. partner's exit from robotaxis strands plans for Japan launch

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Honda Motor had planned to launch a robotaxi service in Tokyo using the Cruise Origin, a vehicle it developed with General Motors. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)

SHOYA OKINAGA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Honda Motor will dissolve a self-driving vehicle partnership with General Motors after the U.S. automaker said it would pull out of autonomous-taxi development, a shift that torpedoes plans to bring the service to Japan.

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