General Motors News

General Motors Muscle Cars and Trucks Media / Jul 31, 2020

The GMC Hummer may just be the beginning. Hot off the heels of the Ford Bronco reveal, Credit Suisse analyst Dan Levy asked GM leadership about their presence in the off-road space during the company's Q2 2020 earnings call, and if it's even a priority.

General Motors Muscle Cars and Trucks Media / Jul 31, 2020

Trucks like the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 are some of GM's most profitable vehicles, and following the extreme downturn in Q2 sales during the Coronavirus shutdown, they need to lean on that more than ever. But the UAW GM strike last fall already lowered inventory, and having factories closed during the Coronavirus pandemic shutdowns didn't help the situation.

General Motors Detroit Free Press / Jul 31, 2020

CLOSE Ford Motor Co. executives have warned for weeks that their second-quarter earnings report would be an epic disappointment for a company that emerged from 2019 weaker than expected financially, despite a healthy year for the industry. Then the company surprised everyone.

General Motors Detroit Free Press / Jul 28, 2020

CLOSE General Motors is reversing course at Wentzville Assembly plant, even as it continues to experience high worker absenteeism by a fearful workforce as coronavirus cases surge in the surrounding community. On Monday, GM was supposed to be in the process of idling its third shift at the factory located near St.

General Motors Forbes / Jul 28, 2020

This major automobile manufacturer has experienced disruptions to its operations as demand for automobiles has temporarily fallen. However, investors who look past this short-term decline can find great long-term value. General Motors (GM) is this week's Long Idea. I first made General Motors a Long Idea in March 2018.

General Motors CNBC / Jul 28, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the U.S. automotive industry to a standstill unlike any event has since World War II. Factories were shuttered, hundreds of thousands of employees were laid off and no new vehicles rolled off U.S. assembly lines for roughly two months starting in late March.

General Motors GM Authority / Jul 28, 2020

A recent report accuses General Motors and GM's Chinese automotive partner, SAIC, of benefitting from forced labor at various factories located in China. According to The Detroit Bureau , which cites Australian think tank Australian Strategic Policy Institute as issuing the report dated March 1 st, the Chinese government is forcing members of the Muslim minority Uyghur ethnic group to work in factories producing goods for various companies.

General Motors GM Authority / Jul 28, 2020

General Motors may begin producing electric vehicles at its Lansing Grand River plant by as early as 2024, according to a new report. The American automaker is currently in the midst of a plan that will see it introduce 20 new electric vehicles globally before the end of 2023.

General Motors GM Authority / Jul 28, 2020

General Motors has decided to keep the third shift at its Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri after previously announcing its intentions to get rid of the plant's third rotation of workers. Earlier this month, GM said that it would cut the third shift at Wenztville Assembly due to a high rate of employee absenteeism.

General Motors MediaPost Communications / Jul 28, 2020

General Motors has appointed Alan Wexler, former chief executive officer of Publicis Sapient, to the newly created position of senior vice president, innovation and growth. Effective Aug. 17, Wexler will be responsible for creating, executing and sustaining overall corporate strategies, including identifying future growth opportunities.

General Motors Warren Tribune Chronicle / Jul 28, 2020

LORDSTOWN - The Ohio Tax Credit Authority at its next meeting could address whether General Motors should repay the state $60.3 million in tax incentives for its former assembly plant in Lordstown. The agency could have addressed the matter when it met Monday, but instead is plans to consider when it meets Aug.

General Motors The Drive / Jul 28, 2020

The international reputation of American carmakers during the Malaise Era-the period of successive oil crises, regulation-choked engines and general crap quality lasting from 1973 to the mid-1980s-was, in a word, bad.

General Motors Yahoo! Voices / Jul 28, 2020

General Motors recently confirmed it will close its decades-old Holden division and exit the Australian market, but trademark filings suggests it wants to maintain a limited presence Down Under. Australia's patent office received requests the protect the names GMSV (General Motors Specialty Vehicles

General Motors GM Authority / Jul 28, 2020

Last week, GM Authority was first to report that General Motors has filed to register "Symboliq" and "Cadillac Symboliq" as trademarks for a future Cadillac electric vehicle. Today, we're back to report that The General has also filed to trademark "Optiq" and "Cadillac Optiq".

General Motors Automotive News / Jul 28, 2020

It took just about 10 minutes to end eight years of loyalty to a brand. Last week, the lease expired on my wife's third and final Chevrolet Volt. She drove it to the dealership, with me following behind in my Mini Cooper S.

General Motors WILX / Jul 28, 2020

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Three employees at Lansing-area General Motors plants have tested positive for the coronavirus. Two of the employees work at the Lansing Grand River plant. The third employee works at the Lansing Delta Township plant. All three have confirmed that they were exposed outside of the workplace.

General Motors GM Authority / Jul 28, 2020

As General Motors gears up to make further inroads in the all-electric vehicle space, it'll arrive with all guns blazing on the technology front. That includes offering customers Super Cruise, the automaker's semi-autonomous driver assistance feature.

General Motors GM Authority / Jul 28, 2020

During the month of July 2020, a new Chevrolet Silverado HD discount offers reduces the price of select models of the third-generation 2019 Silverado HD by over $5,000, and a second offer drops the price of the all-new, next-generation 2020 Silverado HD by nearly $4,000.