GM taps AI to help match speed of Chinese rivals
General Motors wants to slash vehicle development time in half, betting that AI can help it better compete with Chinese rivals.
TL;DR
- General Motors aims to cut vehicle development time in half by using artificial intelligence.
- This strategy is intended to help GM compete with the faster development cycles of Chinese automakers.
- GM plans to leverage decades of accumulated engineering and manufacturing data for AI applications.
- The company aims to reduce the traditional four-to-five-year development cycle to approximately two years.
- AI and virtual engineering will be used to streamline design, testing, and manufacturing.
- An example includes virtually evaluating over 300,000 battery designs before physical prototyping.
- GM is using digital models of vehicles and factories to test changes virtually.
- The company believes its vast data, generated by its scale, can be a significant advantage in the AI era.
- GM's strategy focuses on achieving speed through AI rather than replicating China's manufacturing methods.