YOUR NEXT TAXI WILL BE A VOLT:

General Motors GM +0.79% is testing two autonomous vehicles in San Francisco with a company it acquired earlier this year-Cruise Automation. The two Chevrolet Bolt Electric vehicles running around San Francsico streets have gear and sensors strapped to the roof, the tell-tale sign of autonomous testing.

While the Bolt self-drivers are interesting, what is also interesting is that GM is not out beating the drum to call attention to the cars. While the usual Detroit officials are staying quiet, (not offering interviews or quotes) despite the cars being photographed with posts to blogs and news sites (like this one), San Francisco-based Cruise Automation has the images plastered all over its website. GM, it seems, is trying to keep the story of its research in Silicon Valley and the tech realm and not so much in Detroit.

GM's aim is to get autonomous taxis into the Lyft fleet by the end of next year.

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