GM unveils AI-driven 'intelligence-defined vehicle' roadmap

General Motors announced a new tech roadmap centered on AI-driven vehicle development, centralized computing and virtualized engineering, aiming to cut vehicle development from four to five years down to just over two. Chief product officer Sterling Anderson said safety-critical inference runs onboard, while thousands of virtual crash tests replace physical prototypes.

• GM aims to cut development from 4–5 years to about 2
• Safety-critical AI inference runs onboard the vehicle
• Virtual testing replaces thousands of physical crash tests
• The AI and autonomy bet carries risk amid cheap Chinese EVs