General Motors shows self-driving car without controls

General Motors has shown the fourth generation of its electric car, which it is developing together with the company Cruise. This variant has no steering wheel or other controls and should be able to hit the streets in 2019.

General Motors announces that it has requested permission from the US Department of Transport to use the vehicle in 2019. The so-called Cruise AV is the fourth generation of the electric Chevy Bolt, according to The Verge. For example, because the vehicle does not have a steering wheel, it cannot use a steering wheel-mounted airbag. Therefore, with the petition, GM wants to ask the DoT if it can comply with road safety rules in some other way, it explained to the site.

The Cruise AV would be ready for mass production. By having the car ready in a relatively short time, GM would like to be ahead of its competitors. For example, according to The Verge, Ford wants to release a car without control capabilities in 2021. The Google sister company Waymo is also working on a transport service with self-driving vehicles, although they still have a steering wheel and pedals. That is also the intention of General Motors. His cars must be part of an autonomous transport network. The company is currently testing in San Francisco and Phoenix.