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GM Confirms It Will Begin Making Self-Driving Sedans in 2019

General Motors Co. is spending more than $100 million to prepare two factories to make fully robotic Chevrolet Cruise sedans beginning next year.

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General Motors Co. is spending more than $100 million to prepare two factories to make fully robotic Chevrolet Cruise sedans beginning next year.

The company hasn’t indicated how many Cruise AV it expects to make. The electric car’s cockpit is equipped with manual climate controls, but it has no steering wheel, foot pedals or instrument panel.

The Cruise AV will be produced at GM’s Orion Township assembly plant northwest of Detroit. The roof-mounted array of cameras and sensors needed for the electric car to function will be supplied by the company’s battery plant south of Detroit.
 

GM revealed a prototype of the Cruise AV in January and has been testing the car since then. The company has applied for federal approval to operate as many as 2,500 of the fully autonomous cars, which have no steering wheel, on public roads.

When the prototype was presented two months ago, GM said the Cruise AV is intended to operate with specific geographic areas and over roads with “known” operating conditions. The car is expected to be deployed by a ride-sharing/ride-hailing service.

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