GM promises to halve vehicle development time and bring eyes-off driving to trucks

At its Onward event, General Motors unveiled a central compute unit 40 times more powerful than current hardware, plans to cut vehicle development from four to five years down to two, and eyes-off autonomous driving for its highest-volume trucks and SUVs. The 2028 Cadillac Escalade IQ will debut the new compute platform.

• Central computer is 40x more powerful with 30% less wiring
• Vehicle development cycle cut from 4-5 years to two
• LMR battery cells offer 33% higher density than LFP at similar cost
• Eyes-off driving coming to high-volume trucks and SUVs