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GM touts green, driverless cars

10 January 2008 • 1 min read

Automaker talks up emission-free fuel cells and congestion-busting robot drivers

General Motor's (GM) chief executive Rick Wagoner told delegates at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas yesterday that driverless cars capable of limiting congestion and carbon emissions will...

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