https://www.recode.net/2017/11/30/16720994/gm-cruise-cto-susan-fowler

GM’s autonomous car division, Cruise, is preparing to deploy a network of self-driving cars without safety drivers starting in 2019, the company’s executives said on an investor call on Thursday.

To that end, the automaker’s self-driving arm has tapped a former Uber engineer, AG Gangadhar, to be its first ever chief technology officer.