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GM to Deploy Thousands of Self-Driving Test Cars Next Year?
General Motors Co. plans to begin testing thousands of self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric sedans next year, sources tell Reuters.
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General Motors Co. plans to begin testing thousands of self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric sedans next year, sources tell Reuters.
Most of the cars will be deployed by ride-hailing service Lyft Inc., in which GM holds a $500 million minority stake. Reuters says none of the cars will be available for purchase by the general public. GM and Lyft declined to comment on the report.
GM said in December it would begin making fully automated versions of the Bolt early this year. The company currently is testing about 40 of the cars in San Francisco and Scottsdale, Ariz., and expects to expand the fleet to Detroit this year.
A fleet of several thousand autonomous vehicles would be by far the largest announced by any company to date. Other carmakers, including Ford Motor Co., have said they expect to deploy fleets of automated vehicles by about 2020.
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