At GM global headquarters, the self-driving Cruise AV was displayed. GM hopes to mass produce the car for a driverless taxi fleet in a yet-to-be-named city that would launch sometime next year.
Last week a request was filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to deploy the car, which doesn’t have a human at the controls for steering, accelerating or braking.
“If NHTSA grants GM’s request, the automaker could build up to 2,500 per year, but GM said it is not committing to production volumes at this time. A GM spokesman said Wednesday it’s likely they will be built at the Orion Assembly plant, where the test Cruise AVs are built, but the automaker is not committing to anything yet.”
Read the article at The Detroit News
