For decades, the splashy, job-creating announcements in the auto sector in Canada have been about manufacturing jobs.

General Motors of Canada Ltd. went in a different direction Friday, announcing the hiring of 700 to 750 new engineers who will work on the automobile of the future – vehicles that are battery-powered, connected to the wired world much more closely than they are now and will eventually drive themselves.

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