GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities in 2019

Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by mikestew on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:07PM (#15825792)

But GM is dependent on LG Chem to actually make the batteries, and from what i've ready LG Chem has already announced their plans and it's not enough to make hundreds of thousands of vehicles for next year (though maybe the year after...)

That's a damned fine point, as it's the one part of the supply chain GM doesn't control and can't take in-house over the short term. So we end up with a company that can build the hell out of some cars, but is constrained on batteries. Another has lots of batteries, but is still wet behind the ears when it comes to making cars. Hey, I have an idea...

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Re:GM says it will put fleets of self-driving cars in cities... by cmrdporcupine on Friday December 01, 2017 @03:29PM (#15827086)

I know eh? But at Tesla's ridiculous market cap, it's more likely Tesla would buy them (crazy!) than the other way around. And I can't see that happening, or working well at all. Whatever departments put together the Volt and the Bolt seem like some kickass engineering teams. But not so much the rest of GM, which looks like a pretty typical internally dysfunctional mediocre large corp from a distance.

Then again, Tesla is showing all the signs of a company that has grown too fast and with too much hubris.

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