General Motors is leaning on AI and vehicle software for growth as Chinese automakers gain ground abroad and the U.S. market gets tougher. GM now targets a development cycle of roughly two years from concept to production, versus a traditional four to five years, though it did not give a timeline for reaching that goal. The automaker reconfirmed that by 2028 it wants eyes-off highway driving, starting on the Cadillac Escalade IQ EV, and that its in-house OnStar AI assistant will launch on the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq EV via over-the-air update in the coming months. Its next-generation vehicles are expected to have 40 times the computing power and up to 50% faster cellular connectivity, plus 25% better aerodynamics and 15% less weight. GM said it virtually tested more than 300,000 battery designs before building a single physical prototype.
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