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'Germany plans “black box” recorder rule for Autopilot-cars' http://www.techinsider.io/gms-first-autonomous-car-will-be-electric-and-launch-on-lyft-2016-7 GM’s first fully autonomous car will be electric and launch on Lyft 20160718 Cadie Thompson [images http://static4.techinsider.io/image/578d538088e4a778008b8e38-968/screen%20shot%202016-07-18%20at%206.07.51%20pm.png / Cruise Automation http://static2.techinsider.io/image/578d52d788e4a78c148b8ea9-1440/chevy%20bolt.jpg Chevy Bolt / Chevrolet ] General Motors' first fully autonomous car will be electric, available to just about anyone, and it could be here before you know it. The company plans to bring its self-driving cars to the masses by launching its first driverless on the Lyft platform, Pam Fletcher, executive chief engineer of autonomous tech at GM, told Tech Insider. Fletcher would not share specifics about timing, but she did say the company’s first fully autonomous car will be available via the ride-sharing service sooner than you may expect. "We have not made that announcement yet, but what I would say is this is all coming much faster than people anticipate, so I’ll say that much. We have been transparent about that,” she said. “We are working on an on-demand ride-sharing network with Lyft, it’s not something we are thinking about, it’s something we are very much readying for consumer use.” Fletcher, who formerly served as GM's executive chief engineer for electric vehicles, said the company’s first autonomous car would also be electric. GM, of course, is making a big push into the electric car market with the launch of the BoltEV, a fully electric, long-range vehicle slated to roll out later this year. While the BoltEV will be available for purchase, it is specifically aimed at urban mobility and was designed with ride-sharing in mind, Fletcher said. Autonomous cars make sense as electric vehicles because they offer the passenger a better experience, she said. “They (EVs) operate very smoothly, they operate very quietly, seamlessly, and so you can create this very positive experience inside the car,” she said. “People they want that, they want to get in the car and for it to feel like a cocoon, so they can take a nap or have a conference,” In January at CES, GM announced that it was making a $500 million investment in Lyft and said that it was working with the ride-sharing company to create a network of on-demand autonomous vehicles. In March, GM announced it was buying the self-driving car startup Cruise Automation to help strengthen its autonomous efforts and in May it was revealed that Cruise was testing its self-driving tech on the Bolt. However, the company told Tech Insider that currently Lyft’s efforts and Cruise’s Bolt tests are separate programs. But it’s highly likely they will overlap in the future. According to a Wall Street Journal report published in May, General Motors and Lyft could begin testing a fleet of self-driving cars on public roads before the end of the year. Fletcher wouldn’t comment on specifics, but she did hint that the Bolt would play a big role in the GM’s push into mobility services. "There are a number of things that you can piece together. We introduced the car about the same time at CES as when we really started talking about mobility and rideshare. So it’s not by coincidence, and if you look at a lot of aspects of the Bolt EV there are a lot of elements about it that are really crafted around a good ride share application, so that takes it into the future” she said. "So what I would say is this car is a big part of a transformation of transportation and mobility." [© 2016 Business Insider] ... http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/07/gms-self-driving-car-will-be-launched-with-lyft/ GM's Self-Driving Car Will Be Launched With Lyft 07/19/2016 Both companies are also collaborating on a car rental program for people ... The Bolt is its long-range electric vehicle that's going to take on the Tesla Model 3 ... ... http://www.getcruise.com/ Cruise Automation ... http://gmauthority.com/blog/2016/07/gm-paying-cruise-automation-employees-retention-incentives-to-stick-around/ GM Paying Cruise Automation Employees Retention Incentives To Stick Around JUL 23, 2016 GM clearly has big plans with its latest … http://gmauthority.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/GM-With-Cruis-Automation-720x340.jpeg [ot http://www.slashgear.com/germany-plans-black-box-recorder-rule-for-autopilot-style-cars-18448661/ Germany plans “black box” recorder rule for Autopilot-style cars Jul 18, 2016 In recent Tesla incidents, for instance, the cars … ... https://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-news/autonomous-jaguar-land-rover-technology-wont-get-in-the-way-of-driving-pleasure/ Autonomous Jaguar Land Rover technology won’t get in the way of driving pleasure 20 JUL 2016 ... http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2016/07/24/gm-uses-delay-fine-tune-its-self-driving-system/87471452/ GM uses delay to fine tune its self-driving system July 24, 2016 ... the steering wheel, and suggested the electric car manufacturer rename the technology that it said has led some owners to disengage completely from driving ... ] ... http://thenewswheel.com/2017-chevrolet-bolt-ev-set-for-production-in-october/ 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Set for Production in October July 22, 2016 It’s hard to believe that the Chevrolet Bolt only … For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-GM-s-1st-200mi-EV-will-launch-as-a-driverless-autonomous-Lyft-platform-tp4683044.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)