Autonomous EV to drive GM into Asian markets

General Motors (GM) is hoping an autonomous, two-wheeled electric car will help the manufacturer make serious inroads into the emerging Asian markets.

The US-based firm behind Vauxhall has set itself the huge challenge of designing a new personal transport solution for the rapidly expanding and densely populated cities of countries such as China, that will also limit increases in congestion, carbon emissions and road accidents.

The results are certainly striking: the pod-like concept vehicle, revealed earlier this year at the Shanghai World Expo as GM’s vision for 2030, comes in three unusual and suitably Asian-looking designs, with one from Opel/Vauxhall Advanced Design in Germany.

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