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GM's Future Of Cars As Being A 'Second Office' Sounds Pretty Unpleasant
GM's Future Of Cars As Being A 'Second Office' Sounds Pretty Unpleasant-August 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:10:41

As if enduring a long work commute to start your workweek isn’t dreadful enough, General Motors CEO Mary Barra is apparently envisioning a future where your vehicle’s equipped with self-driving technology that facilitates the environment of a “second office.” Rather than enjoy a leisurely commute at the behest of your vehicle, motorists can replace the stress of a typical traffic jam with answering emails from the moment you shove off for work.

Speaking with , which curiously describes the vision of a mobile second office that would effectively end any pretense of a relaxing drive as “leisure time,” Barra said self-driving technology will lead to a drop in fatalities and ease congestion. Without driving, that opens up the ability for the motorist to focus on other things—like work.

“I think from an individual perspective what you get back is time,” Barra said. “Time is almost a currency for many people, and so we will be giving back that time and a new experience. So we are not only working on the technology, but we are also working on the experience in the vehicle.”

Though I think it’s safe to say , that doesn’t stop the auto industry and tech sectors from planning for the future. And the way Barra jumps to imagining the experience as being ready for a workaholic sounds unpleasant.

In 2009, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman spoke to a reporter about the excessive expectations that…

“Whether it’s a second office or entertainment, I think there is a lot of new opportunities when you have that person in the vehicle,” she told Business Insider.

GM has pitched a long-game on autonomy: This year, it purchased the , aim to have Lyft (which it has invested $500 million in) drivers, and it plans to start testing autonomous vehicles on Michigan roads r.

I just finished a very long, trans-continental drive. I enjoyed it. That's not to say long…

Barra doesn’t elaborate much to Business Insider about what a fully-equipped office to-go may entail, other than saying the experience will be suited for the customer to do “what they want to do in the vehicle.”

While it’s obviously sensible to make use of the extra time that comes from not having to drive, most of us would probably prefer to hold off on being bludgeoned with work-related items until we’re at, you know, work.

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