GM and its US rival Ford Motor Co have both publicly stated that they aim to have fully self-driving cars on sale by 2021.
DETROIT: Number one US automaker General Motors Co said on Monday it would buy Strobe Inc, which uses Lidar technology to helpself-driving cars identify objects at a distance, to boost its push into the market for self-driving vehicles
Lidar is one of the major sensor technologies used in autonomous vehicles. There is fierce competition between large automakers to bring autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles to market first.
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