General Motors announced Thursday that it aims to introduce driverless cars and will be testing the technology with autonomous Chevrolet Volts by late 2016 on its Warren Technical Center Campus in Michigan.
The announcement is part of the company's numerous initiatives to recover from the recent recall scandal it got itself into this year, an issue previously covered by HNGN.
GM has expressed interest in driverless cars for more than a year now, campaigning on how street safety would be raised if human error was eliminated, reported CNN Money.
Other companies are also creating this technology. Google is testing electric self-driving pods at its headquarters in California and already has 48 robot cars test driving on private tracks. Apple Car rumors are out. German and Japanese automakers are developing autonomous cars, and even Uber has a lab in Pittsburgh that is working on this kind of technology, reported Fox News.
Aside from driverless cars, GM is also working on a New York City ride-sharing project and an electric bicycle, all in its efforts to provide plenty of mobility options for people.
"We're working to redefine customer's choices and the future of mobility. The convergence of rapidly improving technology and changing consumer preferences is creating an inflection point for the transportation industry not seen in decades," said Mary Barra, General Motors CEO, according to USA Today.
