General Motors (GM) Stock Starts Testing Next-Gen Self-Driving Tech

TLDR

• GM has moved from data collection to active supervised testing of autonomous driving tech on public roads
• The program draws on 1M+ miles of data across 34 states, plus data from the Cruise division
• Super Cruise has logged over 5M fully autonomous miles across 20+ GM models
• An eyes-off, hands-free system is planned for the Cadillac Escalade IQ starting in 2028
• GM’s P/E ratio sits at 22.82, with analysts holding a moderate buy consensus and a target price of $93.87

General Motors (GM) has moved its autonomous driving program into a new phase, beginning supervised testing of AI-powered self-driving technology in live traffic conditions with a test driver present.

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The company described it as “a critical step in GM’s disciplined, incremental approach to bringing automated technology to personal vehicles at scale.”

GM has accumulated over one million miles of data collected across 34 states using manually operated vehicles. That dataset, combined with data from its Cruise division, is now being used to power the next-generation system.

The Cruise division was effectively shut down as a standalone robotaxi operation after a 2023 accident in San Francisco. GM pulled funding and folded the remaining Cruise staff into its personal vehicle autonomy team.

Super Cruise Lays the Groundwork

GM’s existing hands-free driving system, Super Cruise, is available on more than 20 models. It has logged over 5 million fully autonomous miles in complex urban environments, without a human driver intervening.

That track record is central to GM’s argument that it has the engineering foundation to scale autonomy further.

The next target is an eyes-off, self-driving system — meaning drivers won’t need to monitor the road at all. GM plans to launch it first on highways, then expand to full driveway-to-driveway operation.

The first vehicle to get this system will be the Cadillac Escalade IQ, with a planned launch in 2028.

What the Numbers Look Like

GM’s market cap currently stands at around $65.82 billion. Revenue has grown at a three-year rate of 20.8%, though margins remain under pressure — gross margin is 6.27% and net margin sits at 1.46%.

GM stock carries a P/E ratio of 22.82 and a P/S ratio of 0.38, both above historical medians, suggesting the market is pricing in some premium.

The Altman Z-Score of 1.21 places the company in what analysts call the “distress zone,” a flag worth watching alongside a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.15.

Insider selling has picked up, with around 480,000 units sold over the past three months.

On the technical side, GM’s RSI stands at 35.21, putting it close to oversold territory.

Institutional ownership is strong at 86.69%, and analyst consensus sits at a moderate buy, with an average target price of $93.87.

GM’s US market share was 17.4% in 2025, up 60 basis points year-over-year, reclaiming the top spot it lost to Toyota during the chip shortage in 2021.

The supervised public road testing underway now is designed to generate real-world validation data that feeds back into both simulation and physical testing cycles.

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