GM News Updates

Government, Business, Safety

GM to Recall 7 Million Vehicles to Replace Takata Air Bags

The U.S. is making General Motors recall and repair nearly 6 million big pickup trucks and SUVs equipped with potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.

November 23, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

GM: New Batteries Cut Electric Car Costs, Increase Range

General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles so they equal those powered by gasoline within five years. The technology also will increase the range per charge to as much as 450 miles.

November 19, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

General Motors Plans 3,000 Hires for EV Development

General Motors Co. is going on a hiring binge to accelerate its development of electric vehicles.

November 9, 2020
Government, Business, Technology

GM to Invest $1 Billion to Resurrect Pickups in Ontario

Canadas Motor City is about to come back to life after a near-death experience threatened to end more than a century of production.

November 5, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

GM Going Forward With Nikola Partnership Talks on Trucks

General Motors Co. is moving ahead in its talks with startup Nikola Corp. over a proposed partnership to make electric and fuel cell powered trucks, a senior executive at the Detroit automaker said.

October 21, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

GM to Plan Third EV Plant in Big Plug-In Bet

General Motors Co. is investing more than $2 billion in six U.S. plants, including a makeover of a former Saturn plant in Tennessee into its third factory to produce electric models.

October 20, 2020
Business, Technology, TCA

GM to Rename Michigan Plant Factory Zero

DETROIT General Motors Co. on Oct. 16 renamed its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant Factory Zero, a sign of GMs deepening commitment to an electric future that insiders call zero zero zero.

October 16, 2020
Government, Business, Technology, Fuel, Autonomous

GMs Cruise Unit OKd for Automated Tests in San Francisco

General Motors Co.s Cruise unit will be allowed to test autonomous vehicles on public roads in San Francisco without a safety driver, joining Amazon .com Inc.-backed Zoox Inc. and a handful of other self-driving startups.

October 15, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

GM Considers Boosting Stake in Nikola in Reworked Deal

General Motors Co. is considering revisions to its deal with embattled Nikola Corp., according to people familiar with the discussions, and may seek a higher stake in the startup now that its valuation has fallen after allegations of deception.

October 2, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

Steve Girsky Rises From Matchmaker to Chairman at Nikola

With Trevor Milton having stepped down as executive chairman of Nikola Motor Co. Sept. 21, the spotlight now falls to new chairman of the board Steve Girsky.

September 21, 2020