130 self-driving Chevy Bolt EVs are ready to take to the roads
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Automation Automotive Bolt EV GM self driving carGM eventually plans to place the self-driving Chevy Bolts in ride-hailing fleets in major U.S. cities.
DETROIT — General Motors says it has built 130 self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric cars at a factory in suburban Detroit.
Chevrolet Bolt EV autonomous test vehicles are assembled at General Motors Orion Assembly in Orion Township, Michigan. (Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors)
The cars are equipped with GM’s second-generation self-driving software and equipment. They will join 50 self-driving Bolts that are already being tested in San Francisco; Scottsdale, Arizona; and the Detroit area.
CEO Mary Barra says GM is the first automaker to assemble self-driving vehicles in a mass-production facility. GM has been building self-driving Bolts at its Orion Assembly Plant since January.
Barra says GM eventually plans to place the self-driving Bolts in ride-hailing fleets in major U.S. cities, but she gave no target date. She says the new vehicles will help GM accelerate its testing in urban environments.
