Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives in a 2017 Chevrolet Volt at the General Motors (GM) regional engineering facility in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada at an event to support the companies innovation and green energy initiatives, June 10, 2016. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill
OTTAWA: General Motors announced plans to hire 1,000 engineers and software developers at its Canadian research facilities near Toronto over the coming years to design new self-driving cars.
“With this expansion, GM Canada will play an important role in our evolution toward vehicles that are connected, autonomous, shared and electric,“ Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president of global product development, said in a statement.
