GM News Updates

Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous, TCA

GM Introduces ‘Ultium Drive’ to Power EVs

General Motors Co.'s future electric vehicles are expected to be powered by five drive units and three motors known as “Ultium Drive,†which will help the company transition its lineup to all-electric, the automaker said Sept. 16.

September 16, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, TCA

GM Signs Deal With Honda to Develop Future Products

General Motors and Honda have a deal to share vehicle platforms and technology in North America starting next year.

September 3, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Logistics

GM CEO Mary Barra to Meet With Ivanka Trump at Job Training Site

General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra will meet Sept. 2 with President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser, Ivanka Trump, who is scheduled to tour the automaker’s training center north of Detroit.

September 2, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Logistics

GM to Double Down on China After Tesla Grabs EV Lead

General Motors Co. is accelerating its push into the fast-growing electric-car segment in China, the world’s largest market, seeking to challenge sales leader Tesla Inc. and a slew of local contenders.

August 19, 2020
Business

GM’s CFO Resigns to Join Fintech Startup Stripe

General Motors Co.’s chief financial officer is stepping down after two years to take a job at a financial technology company in an unexpected move prompting the automaker to appoint an acting successor.

August 11, 2020
Government, Business

Fiat Chrysler Calls GM’s Bribery Allegations ‘Preposterous’

Allegations by General Motors that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles bribed union officials are “preposterous†and read like a script from a “third-rate spy movie,†FCA lawyers wrote in court documents filed Aug. 10.

August 10, 2020
Government, Business

GM Alleges Fiat Chrysler Spent Millions to Bribe UAW Leaders

General Motors is asking a federal judge to reconsider his dismissal of a lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler based on new allegations that FCA bribed union and GM officials.

August 3, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

GM to Build Nationwide EV Charging Network

General Motors Co. is working with electric-vehicle charging operator EVgo Services to build a nationwide fast-charging infrastructure.

July 31, 2020
Business, Technology

GM Prodded to Catch Electric-Car Zeitgeist With Name Change

General Motors Co. has weathered depressions, wars and pandemics under its century-old name, but the coming shift to battery-powered vehicles may be an opportunity to rethink its generic-sounding corporate moniker in favor of something avant-garde.

July 30, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous

GM’s Self-Driving Unit Cruise to Lay Off Almost 8% of Staff

Cruise, the self-driving car unit majority owned by General Motors Co., is laying off almost 8% of full-time employees to cut costs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

May 14, 2020