GM’s robotaxi startup plans to expand to Phoenix and Austin within 90 days, following its launch in San Francisco earlier this year An autonomous taxi startup backed by GM aims to expand its service to two new US cities, its CEO said. Cruise plans to expand to Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas, within 90 days, per Reuters. The startup first began trialing its evening ride-hailing service in San Francisco in January. Cruise, a General Motors-backed autonomous taxi company, aims to add Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas, to its ride-hailing network this year, its CEO said. The company aims to expand to the cities within the next three months and hopes the new service could help it hit revenues of $1 billion by 2025, Kyle Vogt told attendees at Goldman Sachs'' Communacopia Technology Conference, on Monday, per Reuters . For the first time in eight years, the technology for automated vehicles "is no longer the bottleneck," Vogt said at the event, according to Bloomberg . "We''re in a position to grow and to do it very quickly," he added. Vogt said Cruise had been testing a self-driving delivery service with Walmart in Phoenix and already obtained permits for using self-driving cars in the city.