- GM told investors on Thursday that it could bring fleets of self-driving cars to market by 2019.
- The carmaker will generate far more revenue with this business framework.
- GM shares have rallied this year as the company has tempted investors with its plans for the future.
General Motors is going big with self-driving cars in San Francisco this week. The largest US automaker showed its autonomous Chevy Bolt electric cars to the media and on Thursday, the carmaker's executive laid out a plan for more electric and autonomous vehicles.
According to GM President Dan Ammann, if GM can continue to evolve the fleet-based self-driving technology it has developed since its 2016 acquisition of Cruise Automation, waves of autonomous GM vehicles could appear on US city streets by 2019.