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The US automaker General Motors (GM) continues to strengthen in the field of autonomous cars by buying a “start-up” Californian who has developed advanced technologies that enable you to recover ground to Google.
the amount of the transaction, which will be completed in the second quarter after the green light from competition authorities, was not disclosed according to the statement released on Friday.
the goal, Cruise Automation Inc., founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, has developed a software whose adoption would allow GM to make cars that can be driven completely on their own, said the giant Detroit (north).
“fully autonomous vehicles will provide our customers with many advantages, (especially) in terms of reducing costs and improving safety in daily mobility,” he stressed the President GM, Dan Ammann, cited in note.
GM is completing parallel development of a semi-autonomous system called “Super Cruise” (Super Cruise), who will make his debut with the Cadillac CT6 promised for sale by 2017.
like other manufacturers, these efforts the world’s third largest automotive group aim to anticipate changes in the relationship of consumers with cars in a more or less near future.
also he recovered assets Sidecar, reservation service car driver by smartphone competitor Uber.
General Motors (GM) announced in early February profit records in 2015, as result of good sales of SUVs and pickups in North America and China, with an annual net profit rose to 9.700 billion 6,300 million in the fourth quarter.
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