GM News Updates

GovernmentBusinessEquipment

GM Cuts Workers at Canada Truck Plant, Citing Trade Turmoil

A General Motors assembly plant in Canada that makes pickup trucks mostly for export to the U.S. will cut down to two shifts from three because of the “evolving trade environment.â€

May 2, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

General Motors Trims 2025 Guidance

General Motors is lowering its profit expectations for the year as the carmaker braces for a potential impact from auto tariffs as high as $5 billion in 2025.

May 1, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

GM Recalls Nearly 600,000 Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC Cars

General Motors is recalling nearly 600,000 vehicles across its Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC brands in the U.S. due to potential manufacturing defects that can cause engine failure.

April 30, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

GM to Suspend BrightDrop Van Production in Ontario

General Motors Co. will temporarily halt production at a factory in Ontario that makes commercial vans, the second Canadian assembly plant to shut this month.

April 11, 2025
BusinessEquipmentSafety

Eight Corvettes Go Missing in Kentucky but Are Later Found

Thieves took eight Corvettes from the lot of a Kentucky automobile plant where the legendary muscle car is built, but officers recovered the vehicles and made an arrest, police said.

March 25, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

GM Boosts Investor Payout With New Buybacks, Dividend Hike

General Motors plans to step up its program of buybacks by repurchasing $6 billion in shares and raising its dividend. The move comes as the industry faces uncertainty about threatened tariffs.

February 26, 2025
BusinessEquipmentLogisticsFor-HireTop 100

Auto Hauler Jack Cooper Shuts Down After Losing Ford, GM

The dominoes started to topple when automaker Ford decided in January to end its relationship with Jack Cooper, bringing the curtain down on an approximately 40-year relationship.

February 14, 2025
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentFuel

GM and Ford Lobby to Save EV Tax Incentives

Among the options being floated if the Trump administration moves to strike EV incentives is a three-year wind down to allow more time for the companies to adjust their businesses.

February 11, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipment

China’s 10% Tariff on US Cars Hits GM, Ford SUVs

China’s 10% additional tariff on vehicles with engines  larger than 2.5 liters imported from the U.S. took effect Feb. 10.

February 10, 2025
BusinessTechnologySafetyAutonomous

GM’s Cruise to Slash 1,000 Jobs as Robotaxi Service Shutters

General Motors is cutting almost half of the workforce in its Cruise driverless car unit, according to an internal memo and people familiar with the matter, part of a previously announced plan.

February 4, 2025