GM is betting compute and AI will help it compete with Chinese automakers

Key points

• When GM announced its new fourth-generation EV platform on Wednesday, what the automaker didn’t share was almost as notable as what it did.
• The new EV platform, part of a series of technology-focused announced during its annual GM Forward event in New York, didn’t talk about suspension geometries, dash-to-axle ratios, and torsional rigidity, all nerdy automotive terms that translate to how people will experience a car.
• Last year, the company announced plans to overhaul the electrical and computational guts of its future vehicles in a bid to deliver faster software, more capable automated driving features, and a custom, conversational AI assistant.

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