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GM’s under-the-hood overhaul puts AI and automated driving at the center

GM’s under-the-hood overhaul puts AI and automated driving at the center
Source: techcrunch
Author: Kirsten Korosec
Published: 10/22/2025

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General Motors (GM) is undertaking a major overhaul of the electrical and computational systems in its future vehicles to enable faster software, enhanced automated driving capabilities, and a custom conversational AI assistant. This new architecture, debuting in the 2027 Cadillac Escalade IQ and rolling out across all GM gas-powered and electric vehicles starting in 2028, centers on a centralized computing platform powered by Nvidia’s next-generation Drive AGX Thor supercomputer. The redesign consolidates dozens of electronic control units (ECUs) into a unified core that manages all vehicle subsystems—propulsion, steering, braking, infotainment, and safety—via a high-speed Ethernet backbone. This approach aims to dramatically increase bandwidth, AI performance, and over-the-air software update capacity, enabling GM to compete more effectively with Tesla and emerging Chinese automakers. GM’s Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson emphasized accelerating development speed and improving user experience and profitability by reducing vehicle platform development time from four to five years down to about two. The new

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