February 14, 2024
Via: Tech XploreGeneral Motors is adding about 350,000 miles (563,000 kilometers) of roadways in the U.S and Canada to the area where drivers can use the company’s “Super Cruise” partially automated driving system. The expansion nearly doubles the road miles where the […]
November 29, 2023
Via: Tech XploreGeneral Motors announced hefty new initiatives Wednesday to return billions of dollars to shareholders, lifting its stock price as it estimated the recent labor strike hit at $1.1 billion. The automaker lost about 95,000 vehicles in 2023 due to the […]
September 29, 2023
Via: Tech XploreAnother 7,000 members of the biggest US automobile workers’ union, UAW, joined an already major strike against the top three Detroit car manufacturers Friday. United Auto Workers’ president Shawn Fain urged workers at Ford and General Motors (GM) plants in […]
September 7, 2023
Via: Tech XploreHonda will join Ford, GM and other electric vehicle makers in adopting Tesla’s charging technology, the company announced Thursday. Honda Motor Co. said it will use Tesla’s fast-charging port for its EV models that go on sale in North American […]
July 26, 2022
Via: Transport TopicsWASHINGTON — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution is set to receive a $2.5 billion loan from the Energy Department to build battery cell factories for electric vehicles in three states. The […]
July 19, 2022
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral Motors Co. will start selling a battery-powered Chevrolet Blazer next year, giving it a direct competitor to Tesla Inc.’s Model Y, the nation’s best-selling electric SUV. The electric Blazer model will go on sale in the summer of 2023, […]
July 14, 2022
Via: FreightWavesPilot Co. will install 2,000 electric fast chargers at 500 of its U.S. truck stops over the next few years, creating a coast-to-coast network in partnership with General Motors. Startup EVgo (NASDAQ: EVGO) will install, operate and maintain the chargers. […]
January 25, 2022
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral Motors Co. plans to spend $6.5 billion on an electric pickup plant and battery factory in Michigan thanks in part to a $1.8 billion incentive package put together by the state to make sure the automaker didn’t take a […]
January 21, 2022
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral Motors is poised to announce the week of Jan. 24 major electric vehicle investments in Michigan, with plans to spend $6.5 billion and create up to 4,000 new jobs at two plants. The state’s economic development board is expected […]
January 10, 2022
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral Motors said it will recognize California’s authority to set vehicle emission standards under the Clean Air Act. The automaker sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Jan. 9 saying it is “committed to complying with California’s regulations.” […]
December 3, 2021
Via: Transport TopicsFord Motor Co. claimed it was the best-selling automaker in the U.S. for the third consecutive month in November, a streak it hasn’t achieved since 1974, as it reported a 5.9% year-over-year sales boost for the month. The Dearborn, Mich., […]
October 22, 2021
Via: Transport TopicsFor the first time in eight months, the global shortage of computer chips won’t force General Motors to keep any North American factories closed. The company said Oct. 22 that starting Nov. 1, all plants that had been closed on […]
October 6, 2021
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral Motors plans to cash in as the world switches from combustion engines to battery power, promising to double its annual revenue by 2030 with an array of new electric vehicles, profitable gas-powered cars and trucks, and services such as […]
June 15, 2021
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral Motors Co. and Wabtec Corp. have signed a nonbinding agreement to build locomotive engines using the automaker’s Ultium electric battery and its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel-cell system, the companies said June 15. The two companies will jointly develop the clean-powered […]
April 30, 2021
Via: FreightWavesGeneral Motors (NYSE: GM) announced Thursday it will invest $1 billion in a manufacturing complex in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, that will build electric vehicles by 2023. “This investment will serve to prepare the complex for an expansion in the assembly […]
February 12, 2021
Via: FreightWavesMany shippers in the e-commerce segment learned invaluable lessons in 2020 — siloed solutions don’t work well when scale and speed are a must. The same can be said for last-mile delivery operations. Siloed operations — where data, equipment and […]
January 19, 2021
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral Motors Co. and Microsoft Corp. are leading a $2 billion investment round in self-driving car startup Cruise in a deal that will bring the software giant’s cloud and edge-computing capabilities to the venture. The new funds will raise Cruise’s […]
October 21, 2020
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral 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. GM and Nikola announced a tentative agreement […]
September 8, 2020
Via: Transport TopicsTesla Inc. shares slid on Sept. 8 after the electric-vehicle maker missed out on being included in the S&P 500 Index, taking investors who had bet on its entry to the benchmark by surprise. Tesla shares fell as much as […]
September 8, 2020
Via: Transport TopicsGeneral Motors Co. and Nikola Corp. on Sept. 8 announced a strategic partnership in which Nikola’s Badger, a hydrogen fuel-cell electric pickup truck, will be built and manufactured by General Motors. GM will receive an 11% ownership share of Nikola […]