GM is developing in-car design for self-driving vehicles

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WEEKEND ROUNDUP GM is developing in-car design for autonomous vehicles General Motors (GM) is developing customized designs for the interior of autonomous vehicles that Mike Abelson, the company's vice president of global strategy, said could be "unrecognizable" from the inside of cars today, according to Reuters. Abelson said the designs will continually change to meet consumers' evolving expectations, and eventually won't include a steering wheel or pedals as the company moves toward releasing a Level 5 autonomous car. For context, GM plans to deploy autonomous vehicles as part of a ride-hailing service next year. The designs — along with its in-car marketplace — give GM an avenue to own much of the in-car experience for its autonomous ride-hailing service. The Detroit-based auto giant debuted an infotainment center-based marketplace, which allows users to make dinner reservations and purchase goods from retailers and gas stations, late last year. 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BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS Verizon just announced Los Angeles will be the second city to receive 5G General Motors (GM) is developing customized designs for the interior of autonomous vehicles that Mike Abelson, the company's vice president of global strategy, said could be "unrecognizable" from the inside of cars today, according to Reuters. Read More → eToro is launching a cryptocurrency exchange After raising $100 million in March, trading platform eToro has announced plans to launch a cryptocurrency exchange and crypto wallet, as well as plans for its first US expansion. Read More → BigCommerce is bringing Chase Pay to 60,000 merchants E-commerce platform provider BigCommerce is partnering with JPMorgan Chase to integrate Chase Pay, the firm's virtual wallet, into its platform, according to PaymentsSource. Read More → App Store discovery is climbing after the iOS 11 redesign Apple's revamped iOS 11 App Store is already having a significant impact on app discovery, according to new data from Sensor Tower. Read More → Netflix says 85% of its content spend will go to originals Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos said that 85% of its $8 billion content investment in 2018 will go to original content, according to Variety. Read More → Target is testing out new fulfillment strategies Target is testing a new plan to increase its fulfillment capabilities and flexibility, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More → India will soon be a leader in IoT The number of IoT devices in India is expected to increase significantly from roughly 200 million units in 2016 to 2.7 billion units by 2020, according to a NASSCOM report. Read More → Amazon is no longer bidding on Google shopping ads Amazon has stopped buying Google's product listing ads (PLA) as of April 28, 2018, after competing in auctions for the ad format since late 2016, according to Merkle, a marketing agency. Read More → Fragmentation is threatening the uptake of Google's Android P Google's upcoming Android operating system (OS), dubbed Android P, will feature the biggest overhaul yet, the company announced last week at its annual I/O developer conference. Read More → Wells Fargo just announced a new feature for its mobile app At its 2018 Investor Day, Wells Fargo announced a new feature for its mobile app called Pay with Wells Fargo, which enables customers to access their most commonly used payment features before signing into the app. Read More → BI Intelligence Daily is just a preview of BI Intelligence. Become an ALL-ACCESS member to unlock everything BI Intelligence has to offer. 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