According to "European News" European version on June 13th, GM officially began testing the second generation of self-driving electric vehicles. The test model is the Chevrolet Bolt, and the test fleet will reach 130 cars. The vehicles are mass produced at the General Orion assembly plant. Agricultural Trolley,Flower Transport trolley,Adjustable Agricultural Trolley,Agricultural Flower Trolley Dalian CS Logistics Technology Co., Ltd , https://www.dlcslogistics.com
General Manager Mary Barra said at the vehicle off-line ceremony that the plant began production in January this year. At this point, GM became the first car manufacturer to mass produce autonomous vehicles.
The second-generation Bolt test has been conducted in San Francisco and will be conducted in Detroit and Scottsdale, Arizona in the next few months. GM tested 50 first-generation self-driving cars in California and Arizona last spring and tested them in Michigan in January. GM declined to announce the current mileage of these auto-driving cars.
The second-generation Bolt is equipped with the latest GM equipment, including laser positioners, cameras, sensors and other hardware to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles. In December last year, Barra said that GM will produce self-driving electric cars, Chevrolet Spock and Bolt manual electric vehicles at the Orion plant. The current Bolt is listed in Europe as the Opel Ampera-e.
GM plans to introduce Bolt self-driving electric vehicles in major cities for ride sharing services, but no specific time has yet been determined. Barra said that the second-generation self-driving cars will increase testing, enabling GM to accelerate the development of safe and reliable self-driving cars. In 2016, GM acquired a minority stake in Lyft and a board seat at a high price of US$500 million (approximately RMB 3.399 billion). Lyft is the second largest carpooling technology company in the United States after Uber.
The Bolt self-driving electric vehicle is equipped with a large number of cameras and sensors, including a sensor roof rack, which is equipped with five laser positioners with 32 lasers. Each can be rotated 360 degrees, allowing the car to fully position the surroundings. According to Kyle Vogt, CEO of Navigation Automation, the new Bolt is also equipped with a camera that can import data into machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms, enabling cars to better recognize pedestrians, traffic lights, road signs and other objects.