A team of engineers at General Motors is in charge of discovering new knowledge that can be used to make automobiles safer and more economical. These engineers are conducting:

The correct answer is Applied research.

Explanation:

Applied research is that in which the scientific advances of other branches of science are used in order to solve the problems in a specific one. This type of study analyzes the aspects and contrasts the results generated by the new knowledge, where the community in general and the productive sector are an important part.