GM taps Aurora co-founder for new chief product officer role

General Motors has turned to Sterling Anderson, a veteran of the autonomous vehicle industry, to oversee its entire product line of gas-powered and electric vehicles, in a newly created job that will touch nearly every department at the U.S. automaker. The new VP of global product and chief product officer position will cover the entire lifecycle of GM’s portfolio and include hardware, software, services, and user experience. Anderson, who will report to GM President Mark Reuss, starts in the new position June 2. He will based in the company’s Mountain View Tech Center in California. Anderson made headlines last week after announcing he was resigning from Aurora, the autonomous vehicle company he co-founded with two other pioneers in the AV sector. His resignation, which includes from the Aurora board, came just a week after the company launched its commercial self-driving truck service in Texas. Anderson told TechCrunch he had not anticipated leaving Aurora, but the more conversati ... Read full article.