General Motors — which tests driverless cars in Scottsdale and has a big information technology center in Chandler — will build an 1,100-worker autonomous car development center in San Francisco.

General Motors (NYSE: GM) announced the $14 million California investment Thursday.

The American automaker’s project looks to link GM’s autonomous car Cruise Automation division with Silicon Valley and San Francisco’s technology and engineering talent.

GM is in a race with the likes of Elon…