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Tag: Autos General Motors
GM says 2023 car will allow mostly hands-free driving
07 October 2021
DETROIT: General Motors plans to launch in 2023 a premium model that would enable hands-free operation in 95 percent of driving scenarios, the US auto giant announced Wednesday. ...
GM CEO Barra first woman to chair Business Roundtable
29 September 2021
WASHINGTON: General Motors chief executive Mary Barra was today named chair of the Business Roundtable, the automaker confirmed, making her the first woman to lead the influential ...
GM tells Bolt EV owners to park away from vehicles in decks
17 September 2021
WASHINGTON: General Motors Co on Wednesday recommended that Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle owners parking in decks do so on the top floor or on an open level, at least 15 metres a...
GM digs in with LG Corp to speed a fix for Bolt battery fire...
13 September 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co is taking a more direct role with South Korea's LG Corp, its longtime electric vehicle partner, in tracking down and fixing problems linked to battery fi...
GM and LG’s too-big-to-fail ties tested by US$1b recall
23 August 2021
DETROIT: In June 2017, months after General Motors Co. beat Tesla Inc. to market with an affordable, long-range electric vehicle, it took out full-page newspaper ads touting how lo...
GM to replace battery modules for some Bolt cars after fire ...
17 August 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co said it will replace all battery modules in some Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles (EVs) under a recall announced last month. The module replacements, ...
GM expands China design studio to focus on EVs, smart cars
05 July 2021
SHANGHAI: General Motors Co said today it expanded its design studio in China, which will focus only on developing electric and connected cars and no longer design petrol vehicles....
GM shakes up lithium industry with California geothermal pro...
02 July 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co is investing in a US lithium project that could become the country's largest by 2024, making the automaker one of the first to develop its own source of ...
GM to boost spending on electric vehicles 30%, add two new b...
16 June 2021
WASHINGTON: General Motors Co will boost global spending on electric and autonomous vehicles to US$35 billion through 2025, a 30% jump over its most recent forecast as it pursues E...
On top of zero-emission vehicles, GM looks to clean up its o...
01 May 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co is targeting not only the elimination of tailpipe emissions by 2035 on all light vehicles it sells, but the largest US automaker also is looking to clean...
At GM, blue and white collar give way to remote and on-site
20 April 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co today outlined plans to allow remote work after the pandemic, in part to cast a wider net for recruiting programmers, marketers and other talent needed f...
GM-backed Cruise will run driverless taxis in Dubai in 2023
13 April 2021
DETROIT: Cruise LLC, the self-driving car unit backed and majority owned by General Motors Co., signed a deal with Dubai’s Roads and Transit Authority to begin operating self-drivi...
CEO Mary Barra bets GM can grow beyond cars and trucks
07 April 2021
DETROIT: Pam Fletcher wants to change the way General Motors Co makes money. The veteran GM engineer’s Global Innovation team is looking for new enterprises to expand the automa...
GM to build Chevrolet Silverado electric pickups at Factory ...
07 April 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co said on Tuesday its first electric vehicle assembly plant at Detroit-Hamtramck, Michigan, will make a Silverado electric pickup truck under Chevrolet bra...
GM builds pickups without certain modules due to global chip...
16 March 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co said on Monday that due to the global semiconductor chip shortage the US automaker is building certain 2021 light-duty full-size pickup trucks without a ...
GM to end petrol and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035
29 January 2021
WASHINGTON: General Motors Co said on Thursday it was setting a goal to sell all its new cars, SUVs and light pickup trucks with zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, a dramatic shift b...
Navistar to work with GM, others on hydrogen fuel-cell comme...
28 January 2021
DETROIT: Truck maker Navistar International Corp said on Wednesday it will collaborate with US automaker General Motors Co and others to develop a hydrogen fuel-cell powered commer...
Qualcomm to supply GM with 'cockpit' chips for next generati...
27 January 2021
SAN DIEGO: Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday said it will supply a range of chips for General Motors Co’s next generation of vehicles. The San Diego company has long been known for making...
GM works with Microsoft on Cruise self-driving vehicle
20 January 2021
DETROIT: General Motors announced Tuesday it is joining forces with Microsoft on its Cruise autonomous driving venture, with the tech giant coming on board as an investor and techn...
GM expands plug-in push to delivery vans, ultra-luxury cars
13 January 2021
DETROIT: General Motors Co. is doubling down on its push into electric vehicles with new luxury and commercial models designed to tap what it expects will be fast-growing demand fo...