General Motors building Lunar Terrain Vehicle for return to the Moon

General Motors and Lockheed Martin are co-developing a Lunar Terrain Vehicle for NASA's Artemis program. The electric, autonomous vehicle is being designed to travel farther than the Lunar Rover Vehicles of the Apollo program.

The specific design of the electric vehicle is still in the works, but the companies said that it would be feature autonomous driving tech. A computer-generated animation that accompanied the announcement depicted AN open-top two-seater loaded with scientific equipment, not unlike the original LRV, while an image shows two of them parked next to a larger enclosed vehicle. Jeffrey Ryder, GM Defense VP of Growth and Strategy, said several different vehicle types will likely be required to perform a variety of tasks and missions.