Iqqy might know:
The research interests of Dr. Husain are in the areas of motor controls, PM/switched reluctance machines, novel machine design, soft-switching power converters, DSP/microcomputer control of drives, and fuzzy logic and neural network controls.
Why is Iqqy quoted in this article? Perhaps he was conducting some sci-fi-like experiments with the systems at the GM plant that didn't turn out as he planned? I think he sounds nervous, and is covering up his own tracks, and a "Terminator" world of machines turning against us is presaged here.
< /shameless speculation, but hey, I've been right before>