GM is betting big that software developers will help them take cars into the 21st century.
For much of the 20th century the automobile was American's sweetheart lifestyle product. In the last 10 years though, driving rates--especially among teens--have been on the decline. One of the main factors in that decline, according to a recent report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, is that driving isn't the cool, fun, hip pastime it once was. It's become drudgery.