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05-29-2014, 05:01 PM
GM Exec: Google Could Become a 'Serious Competitive Threat'
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A General Motors executive says he believes Google could become a "serious competitive threat" to the entire auto industry if it pursues its self-driving cars.
“Anybody can do anything with e**ugh time and money,” said Mark Reuss, product-development chief at GM, told Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-28/gm-executive-says-google-could-be-serious-competitive-threat-.html). “If they set their mind to it, I have ** doubt” that they could become “a very serious competitive threat.”
See also: 8 Big Questions About Google's Self-Driving Car (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/google-self-driving-car-prototype/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Reuss' assertion comes after Google an**unced this week that it plans to deploy 100 self-driving vehicles this year. The in**cuous-looking cars hit a top speed of 25 mph. Google has been working with an unnamed Detroit-based manufacturer (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/tech**logy/googles-next-phase-in-driverless-cars-**-brakes-or-steering-wheel.html?src=me&_r=0) on the project Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/gm-google-self-driving-car/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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A General Motors executive says he believes Google could become a "serious competitive threat" to the entire auto industry if it pursues its self-driving cars.
“Anybody can do anything with e**ugh time and money,” said Mark Reuss, product-development chief at GM, told Bloomberg (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-28/gm-executive-says-google-could-be-serious-competitive-threat-.html). “If they set their mind to it, I have ** doubt” that they could become “a very serious competitive threat.”
See also: 8 Big Questions About Google's Self-Driving Car (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/google-self-driving-car-prototype/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Reuss' assertion comes after Google an**unced this week that it plans to deploy 100 self-driving vehicles this year. The in**cuous-looking cars hit a top speed of 25 mph. Google has been working with an unnamed Detroit-based manufacturer (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/tech**logy/googles-next-phase-in-driverless-cars-**-brakes-or-steering-wheel.html?src=me&_r=0) on the project Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/29/gm-google-self-driving-car/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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