# Sterling Anderson doesn’t think humanoid robots should be building cars

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sterling-anderson-doesnt-think-humanoid-robots-should-be-building-cars/
- Published: 2026-10-27T11:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T12:38:28+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1018625/gm-sterling-anderson-interview-robots-ai-autonomous-data-privacy
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- GM aims to halve vehicle development time.
- Anderson says virtual tests can improve speed and safety.
- The strategy faces competition and execution risks.

## Summary

General Motors is reorganising vehicle development around AI, centralised computing and virtual testing, aiming to cut the usual four-to-five-year development cycle to just over two years. Chief product officer Sterling Anderson argues that running thousands of virtual tests can speed design work while improving safety and coverage; he also says humanoid robots are not suited to building cars.

The plan comes as GM faces expanding Chinese electric vehicle makers, softer US EV demand and the expense of batteries and software. Anderson says GM can use its own decades of design data to train some AI systems, while drawing on outside models where appropriate. The strategy promises faster development, but depends on complex software and autonomous technologies working reliably.

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