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Cruise and parent company General Motors showed off the Generation 3 on Monday, built in GM's Orion assembly plant in Michigan. The vehicle comes with fully redundant systems, which means if one, say, computer that crunches data and determines how the car will drive dies, another stands ready to back it up—and keep human occupants safe from harm.
A truly driverless car won’t have a person up front, which means it must protect itself from mishaps. That’s the significance of the Generation 3 vehicle's redundant mechanical systems, steering systems, braking systems, sensors systems, and computer systems.
Engineers had to modify 40 percent of the Bolt's parts to accommodate autonomous driving. It should still maintain the Bolt's impressive range, though: 238 miles on one charge.
GM won't commit to a deadline, but once its vehicles are fully ready, don't expect to find them on showroom floors. The technology will be so expensive that the company will deploy them in fleets, picking up passengers like taxis. Or Lyfts.
https://www.wired.com/story/gm-cruise-generation-3-self-driving-car/
https://medium.com/kylevogt/how-we-built-the-first-real-self-driving-car-really-bd17b0dbda55

A truly driverless car won’t have a person up front, which means it must protect itself from mishaps. That’s the significance of the Generation 3 vehicle's redundant mechanical systems, steering systems, braking systems, sensors systems, and computer systems.
Engineers had to modify 40 percent of the Bolt's parts to accommodate autonomous driving. It should still maintain the Bolt's impressive range, though: 238 miles on one charge.
GM won't commit to a deadline, but once its vehicles are fully ready, don't expect to find them on showroom floors. The technology will be so expensive that the company will deploy them in fleets, picking up passengers like taxis. Or Lyfts.
https://www.wired.com/story/gm-cruise-generation-3-self-driving-car/
https://medium.com/kylevogt/how-we-built-the-first-real-self-driving-car-really-bd17b0dbda55