General Motors: We want Google’s autonomous driving tech

General Motors has announced it’s interested in teaming-up with Google to benefit from its autonomous driving technology.

Speaking to newswire, Bloomberg, GM’s executive vice-president said: “We make cars, we know how to make cars. They’ve [Google] got great technical capabilities. We are very interested in how those two might work together”.

While other car-makers like Audi and Tesla are years ahead focusing on real-world testing public roads, GM has only just announced it will begin trialing its first fleet of self-drive Chevrolet Volts late 2016 -- but not on public roads.

Instead, the fleet of autonomous Volts will drive within GM’s Michigan facilities and be offered to its employees using a new car-sharing app.

GM’s first semi-autonomous tech, Super Cruise, will arrive next year on the Cadillac CT6. Despite featuring the same technical hardware as its rivals -- cameras, lasers and radars, Super Cruise lacks other rivals automated lane-changing feature.

Google’s fleet of 20 self-drive cars, meanwhile, have racked up 2.7 million kilometres since 2009, racking up 16,000km per week.