GM to build, test thousands of self-driving electric cars in 2018

Detroit

GENERAL Motors Co plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars in test fleets in partnership with ride-sharing affiliate Lyft Inc, beginning in 2018, two sources familiar with the carmaker's plans said this week.

It is expected to be the largest such test of fully autonomous vehicles by any major carmaker before 2020, when several companies have said they plan to begin building and deploying such vehicles in higher volumes.