His dream was to sail a car across the Atlantic Ocean. Only it started out as a lark, an offhand half-joke by his girlfriend ...

I think, particularly in the context of a product and product development, the faster you go, the better your product gets,” says GM chief product officer Sterling Anderson.

The company’s racing plans are focused on GT2 and GT4 racing right now. Brand leadership is considering bigger opportunities a little later down the road.

General Motors laid out its technology blueprint for the coming years on Wednesday, and it seems a new electric vehicle platform is on the horizon.