GENERAL MOTORS CONFIRMS FIRST FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BY MID-DECADE
At the recent Consumer Electronics Show, held in Las Vegas, Nevada (the SEMA of the electronics and technology world) GM and its AV subsidiary Cruise announced that they are “pursuing a comprehensive path to autonomous mobility with the aim to deliver the first personal autonomous vehicle from General Motors as soon as mid-decade”. GM hasn’t offered any specifics on this future personal AV; however, it would seem likely that such a vehicle would utilise the self-driving technology which is currently being developed by Cruise for its ‘robotaxi’.
Cadillac is at the vanguard of AV adoption at GM and aims be the first brand to adopt GM’s upcoming Ultra Cruise system, which will promise hands-free driving in all but 5% of driving situations. Ultra Cruise will be offered on the full-size Cadillac Celestiq sedan for the 2025 model year. GM also unveiled the sleek new Cadillac InnerSpace Concept last month
– a fully autonomous luxury vehicle that is aimed at personal buyers rather than fleets. The InnerSpace Concept offers seating for two in a ‘theater-style seating’ layout which is positioned around a large panoramic LED display. The InnerSpace joins two other Cadillac autonomous concepts unveiled previously at CES last year, including a single-seater flying luxury concept and a luxury ‘robotaxi’ EV with space for six passengers called the SocialSpace.