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Title    GM Will Test Self-Driving Cars in New York City
Date    Wednesday October 18 2017, @01:33PM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the Pedestrians-Bolt! dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/10/18/0218250

takyon writes:

Despite strict rules, General Motors will test its self-driving cars in New York City:

Cruise Automation, the self-driving unit of General Motors, announced today that it will test its autonomous Chevy Bolts in one of the most torturously congested cities in the world: New York City. According to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, the company will be the first to test Level 4 autonomous vehicles in the state.

The testing will be in Manhattan, where Cruise has begun mapping a geofenced area, Cuomo's office said. All testing will include an engineer in the driver's seat to monitor and evaluate performance, and a second person in the passenger seat. As part of the agreement with the state, Cruise will also set up an office in New York City and begin building a team of employees.

"Autonomous vehicles have the potential to save time and save lives, and we are proud to be working with GM and Cruise on the future of this exciting new technology," Cuomo said in a statement.


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Links

  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "strict rules" - https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/10/15614864/new-york-self-driving-car-test-applications
  3. "test its self-driving cars in New York City" - https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16488330/gm-cruise-nyc-self-driving-car-test-cuomo
  4. "According to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo" - https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-cruise-automation-applying-begin-first-fully-autonomous-vehicle
  5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=22824

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