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June 23, 2008

GM aims for driverless cars that don't crash

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General Motors has announced a five-year, $5 million plan to fund research at Carnegie Mellon University into driverless vehicles that would carry people to their destinations with greater safety and efficiency.

Executive director of GM research and development Alan Taub says the project will focus on developing a set of electronic control and software that will make driving a car more like riding in a taxi.

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