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GM Wants the Development Calendar to Lose Some Weight

October 22, 2026 at 6:00 AM EDT · New York time

General Motors is targeting a vehicle development cycle of roughly two years as it expands its use of artificial intelligence, simulation and vehicle software, CNBC reported. The timetable is an ambition for how quickly vehicles can be developed, not an established result already applying across the company's lineup. The stopwatch has been introduced to the meeting; it has not yet certified every lap. Simulation and software are part of the proposed acceleration alongside AI. That combination matters because the effort is broader than attaching a chatbot to an engineering department. The business goal is a shorter path through development, with digital tools helping change the way the work is performed. An ambitious calendar still has to meet the practical demands of producing a vehicle rather than merely producing a convincing rendering of one. For GM, achieving the target would change the pace at which it can bring products through development. Until then, the financial assessment has to distinguish the intended efficiency from a demonstrated companywide outcome. Cars occupy an awkward category for fashionable promises: they eventually have to exist outside the presentation. A software demonstration can end when the screen goes dark. A vehicle development program must continue until the object can leave the building without being carried on a laptop.

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