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Credit: theverge.com It will start swapping them in October, but the recall is far from over General Motors said Monday that it will start swapping new batteries into Chevy Bolt EVs in October in response to at least a dozen fires that triggered a massive recall. GM did not say when it will restart production […]
Credit: us.newschant.com A 33-inch-diagonal superior LED show integrates a single, giant display that spans the viewing space for the driving force and incorporates driver info particulars, infotainment controls and digital camera views. General Motors plans to promote vehicles with 5G mobile connectivity supplied by AT&T starting in 2023, the businesses introduced Thursday. The greater pace […]
Credits: www.arabianbusiness.com Automobile giant to employ ‘ambidextrous strategy’ focusing on core business and electric vehicle launches General Motors is targeting double-digit growth this year after witnessing a strong end to 2020, which has continued into the current year. Sajed Sbeih, managing director for commercial operations Africa and Middle East, told Arabian Business the company recorded […]
Credits: www.freep.com As severe weather continues to hammer the Midwest and the Northeast on Tuesday, General Motors halted production at its highly profitable pickup plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, along with three other plants, affecting about 4,800 workers. The weather is hitting the auto industry hard as various carmakers must stop production due to arctic temperatures, snow and ice […]
Credits: www.carandbike.com GM, whose shares dipped 1.6% after the announcement, did not disclose the impact volumes or say which supplier and vehicle parts were affected by the chip shortage. General Motors Co said on Tuesday it was extending production cuts at three North American plants until at least mid-March due to the global semiconductor chip […]
Credits: www.freep.com General Motors is idling three of its assembly plants in North America and running a fourth in South Korea at half capacity for one week as it struggles with the ongoing semiconductor shortage that has already impacted production at Ford Motor Co., Stellantis and others globally. On Monday, GM will idle the following plants — which run […]
Credits: usa.streetsblog.org General Motors made waves when it announced last week that it would aim to manufacture only electric vehicles by 2035 — but advocates are skeptical that the move will have much of a climate impact without a slate of accompanying policy changes. On its surface, the news that the automaker behind many of […]
Credits: www.washingtonpost.com Big U.S. automaker says it will invest heavily in electric vehicles and be carbon neutral by 2040 General Motors has pledged to stop making gasoline-powered passenger cars, vans and sport utility vehicles by 2035, marking a historic turning point for the iconic American carmaker and promising a future of new electric vehicles for […]
General Motors Co. is partnering with Navistar Inc. to provide hydrogen fuel cells for a fleet of Navistar’s semi trucks, a move to further strengthen GM’s position in fuel cell development. A fleet of Navistar fuel-cell powered vehicles will have two GM Hydrotec fuel cell power cubes that each contain 300-plus hydrogen fuel cells as well as thermal […]
General Motors Co. and its autonomous partner Cruise LLC have entered into a long-term strategic relationship with Microsoft Corp. to help commercialize self-driving vehicles faster, the two companies said Tuesday. Cruise will use Azure, Microsoft’s cloud and edge computing platform, to commercialize its AVs at scale. Microsoft joins GM, Honda Motor Co. and institutional investors in a combined new […]