March 11, 2016

GM buys self-driving car kit startup Cruise, plans to use tech to make driverless cars

Photo caption: General Motors President Dan Ammann (right) with Cruise Automation co-founders Kyle Vogt (center) and Daniel Kan (left). General Motors (GM) announced today it plans to snap up Cruise Automation, a San Francisco-based startup making sensors that turn regular vehicles into ones that can drive themselves, for an undisclosed sum. The move is part of a big bet for GM in the driverless car industry as several of the major car manufacturers are now racing to implement this type of technology. GM recently formed an… Read More

Source: TechCrunch