---
title: "General Motors Just Became the First Car Manufacturer to Mass Produce Autonomous Cars"
description: "These autonomous cars can potentially catapult GM into the forefront of the growing self-driving car market."
date: "2017-06-14"
modified: "2017-06-14"
authors:
  - name: "Abby Norman"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/abby.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/general-motors-just-became-the-first-car-manufacturer-to-mass-produce-autonomous-cars"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Self-Driving Vehicles"
tags:
  - "chevrolet bolt ev"
  - "electric vehicles"
  - "general motors"
  - "tesla"
---

# General Motors Just Became the First Car Manufacturer to Mass Produce Autonomous Cars

![general motors chevrolet bolt ev electric vehicles mass production](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bolt-cruise-autonomous.png>)
*\<em\>Image: General Motors\</em\>*

## GM Joins the Race

There's a potential new major player in the autonomous vehicle industry, and its a seasoned player in the automotive market. Veteran car maker General Motors (GM) announced Tuesday that it's completed 10 self-driving test vehicles of its [Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle (EV)](<https://futurism.com/heres-chevrolet-bolt-gms-affordable-electric-car.md>). The cars were manufactured at the company's plant in Lake Orion, Michigan. GM believes the achievement could position the company at the head of the autonomous car race.

"The autonomous vehicles you see here today are purpose-built, self-driving test vehicles," GM's chairman and CEO Mary Barra told her employees Tuesday morning, *[USA Today ](<https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/06/13/general-motors-we-can-mass-produce-self-driving-cars-now/102805626/>)*[reported](<https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/06/13/general-motors-we-can-mass-produce-self-driving-cars-now/102805626/>). GM has the platform and the technology to back up its claim: it's the first car manufacturer to mass produce self-driving vehicles.

"The level of integration in these vehicles is on par with any of our production vehicles, and that is a great advantage. In fact, no other company today has the unique and necessary combination of technology, engineering and manufacturing ability to build autonomous vehicles at scale," Barra added.

[![Image credit: General Motors](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-14-at-2.17.42-AM.png>)](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-100-tesla-gigafactories-could-power-entire-world.md>)

## More

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- [Here’s the Chevrolet Bolt, GM’s Affordable Electric Car](<https://futurism.com/heres-chevrolet-bolt-gms-affordable-electric-car.md>)
- [General Motors Wants Self-Driving Cars to Lose the Steering Wheel](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/general-motors-self-driving-cars-lose-steering-wheel.md>)
- [General Motors Will Soon Test Self-Driving Cars in New York City](<https://futurism.com/general-motors-will-soon-test-self-driving-cars-in-new-york-city.md>)
- [General Motors Unveils Their “Groundbreaking” New EV Battery](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/general-motors-ev-battery.md>)
- [General Motors to Slash Spending on Robotaxis After Disastrous Year](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/general-motors-slash-spending-robotaxis.md>)
- [General Motors Recalls Almost 69,000 Electric Cars Over Battery Fires](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/general-motors-recalls-69000-electric-cars-battery-fires.md>)
- [Fire Breaks Out at General Motors’ Electric Car Factory](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/fire-general-motors-electric-car-factory.md>)