GM will probably need to make a big marketing push that changes the perceptions of its most hardcore buyers — those who buy only American and put anti-EV stickers on their tailgate… In support of consistent nationwide vehicle emissions standards, GM recently backed out of a high-profile Trump lawsuit against California in favor of an…
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors GM’s CEO, Mary Barra, has joined other major automakers in lobbying the government to keep the electric car tax credit. As she articulates, “I‘m a proponent of that staying in [the tax code]. That’s what we convey to the administration.” Although the credit’s total amount varies according to which…
General Motors, along with most of America’s automakers, is working hard to play nice with the new presidential administration. That’s not surprising, since no matter what their individual views on the President himself are, Mr. Trump and his people will be in charge of the government for at least the next four years. While the…
Was Mary Barra set up to take the fall for the ignition switch recall? Back in December, Mary Barra made history when she took over for the outgoing Dan Akerson and became the first female CEO of an American automaker. What should have been a momentous occasion—with early projections of success at NAIAS and plenty…
The 2015 Chevy Colorado was named the2015 Motor Trend Truck of the Year. ©GM Many were stunned when Motor Trend doled out its annual Truck of the Year award to the 2015 Chevy Colorado. Some pickup drivers (mostly Ford loyalists) were under the impression that the award was destined for the 2015 Ford F-150. Given…
Time magazine named General Motors CEO Mary Barra to its list of The 100 Most Influential People Of 2021. This comes just a few months after General Motors landed on the 2021 Time100 Most Influential Companies list. An Upcoming EV: Take a look at the 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV What makes Barra influential? Former…
Mary Barra Photo: John F. Martin for General Motors Time magazine named General Motors CEO Mary Barra to its list of The 100 Most Influential People Of 2021. This comes just a few months after General Motors landed on the 2021 Time100 Most Influential Companies list. An Upcoming EV: Take a look at the 2024…
Read Mary Barra’s Prepared Testimony to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee ©GM Yesterday, Mary Barra, General Motors CEO, went before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance. Yes, that’s really what it’s called, and no, it’s not possible to regard it as such without smirking at…
How reliable are General Motors’ electric-vehicle batteries? Extremely reliable, if GM CEO and Chairman Mary Barra is correct. Last week, as Barra was speaking at the Automotive News World Congress event, she did some serious bragging about the longevity of GM’s batteries. GM has sold 200,000 electric cars, and according to Barra, not one of…
General Motors CEO and Chairman Mary Barra Photo: Fortune Live Media After three years at the top of Fortune’s annual Most Powerful Women list, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra slipped to No. 2 for 2018. Barra ended up just behind the new No. 1: Marillyn Hewson, the CEO, President, and Chairman of Lockheed…
Earlier this week, GM’s Mary Barra joined the industry in lobbying the… It seems that we have just paved over most everything cool in… Sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue. One… Yes, Christmas may be over, but the holiday season doesn’t have to…
Photo: Pixaline Earlier this week, GM’s Mary Barra joined the industry in lobbying the government to maintain the proposed elimination of the electric car tax credit. This topic is especially pertinent to many mainstream manufacturers whose future product lineups include electric models. Now, electric vehicle (EV) proponents and alternative energy enthusiasts can breathe a sigh of…
Proudly holding a spot in the South Hall of McCormick Place between Porsche,… With women like Mary Barra paving the way, it’s refreshing to see… The all-new Nissan Titan is taking the truck world by storm, with… When we attended the Chicago Auto Show last week, we were blown… This year, GMC brought its entire lineup…
Welcome to In the Rearview, where I bring you the week’s car… Last week, we found out that GM is going to offer $25… This has not been Mary Barra’s year. At the very beginning of… Just when you thought it was safe to get back behind the… GM CEO, Mary Barra, was not the…
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, and member of the Senate Committee… Earlier this week, GM’s Mary Barra joined the industry in lobbying the… Unless you make a conscious effort to avoid politics around every corner,… One week ago, we reported on a tax plan proposed by the… On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives…
GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said Michigan provides the ideal location for testing the autonomous Bolt’s winter driving abilities Photo: © General Motors General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra officially announced the company will begin testing autonomous Bolt EVs on public roadways in Michigan, effective immediately. Hot Technology: Here’s a detailed explanation on…
We were watching for it, and it has finally arrived: at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Chevrolet has finally revealed the production-model Chevrolet Bolt. WHOOP GM President and CEO Mary Barra presented the new vehicle, and told us several tantalizing details, some of which we had already heard. First, the Bolt would keep…
General Motors is on the hunt of acquisition opportunities in an effort to expand its autonomous vehicle operations, according to CEO Mary Barra and CFO Chuck Stevens. Both high-ranking executives indicated that the automaker is looking to continue acquiring companies that may aid in its bid to bring self-driving technology to the masses within the…
During the past few weeks, General Motors CEO Mary Barra has had… As part of a look into gender representation in the automotive industry,… Welcome back to In the Rearview, where I bring you some of… Welcome to In the Rearview, where I (sometimes belatedly) bring you some… Welcome to In the Rearview, where we…
Mary Barra announcing plans for an electric future Photo: General Motors General Motors announced yesterday that it intends to be carbon neutral by 2040. The automaker has created science-based objectives in order to reach neutrality in both its operations and global products. Check Out Chevrolet’s Electric Vehicle: The 2020 Bolt EV General Motors intends to…
GM CEO Mary Barra unveils Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV for India Photo: © General Motors Automakers are investing in India in an effort to become the brand du jour in the emerging market, and General Motors is under the impression that it is on course to reverse its fortune and turn a profit in the country…
GM CEO Mary Barra and the Colorado, the Cars.com Best Pickup of 2015 © GM Though it may not have come out on top in the 2015 North American Truck of the Year awards, Chevrolet has plenty to smile about when it comes to the 2015 Colorado. Adding to a mantle that already includes the…
General Motors announced yesterday that it intends to be carbon neutral by… General Motors has launched the new “Everybody In” marketing campaign. This campaign… General Motors has announced that it will offer the industry’s first wireless… General Motors CEO Mary Barra this week told investors that the company…
GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said Michigan provides the ideal location for testing the autonomous Bolt’s winter driving abilities Photo: © General Motors When it comes to autonomous-driving cars, General Motors is more ahead of the game than many other automakers. While others like Ford are just announcing partnerships to start bringing self-driving cars to…
General Motors CEO Mary Barra this week told investors that the company expects to turn a profit from the sale of electric cars by as soon as 2021. To say that this is a bold statement would be selling it short: no major automaker has yet earned a profit from the sales of electric vehicles….
Confirmed this morning by GM, we now know that the production of… In revealing the 200-mile-range Bolt EV yesterday, GM CEO Mary Barra did… So we’ll dispense with the obvious: the Chevrolet Bolt EV Concept looks…
General Motors’ electric vehicle plans were already ambitious. Now, the automaker plans… General Motors is continuing to move toward the all-electric future that is… GM has promised to introduce 20 new EVs by 2023. The automaker’s… General Motors CEO Mary Barra this week told investors that the company… If you’re visiting the Smithsonian Museum of…
2015 Chevrolet Bolt EV Concept In revealing the 200-mile-range Bolt EV yesterday, GM CEO Mary Barra did just about everything short of coming out and saying, “Yeah, we’re going to make this thing right here, we’re going to sell it to you for around $30,000, and it’s going to change the way people drive forever,”…
Congratulations! You’ve successfully raised your children, put them through school, and gotten… Today, Chrysler Group LLC Chairman and CEO, Sergio Marchionne, spoke at the… General Motors CEO, Mary Barra, has been under relentless fire following the…
GM’s focus on electrification will impact hiring trends through the first quarter of 2021 Photo: GM Introducing new electric models like the 2022 Bolt EUV isn’t the only step GM is taking to move closer toward an electric future. The automaker recently announced its plan to hire an extra 3,000 employees to bolster its IT,…
Hyundai had a strong presence at the Chicago Auto Show, with two… These days, you’d be hard-pressed to find something not geared toward appealing… One of the reasons we at The News Wheel love going to… The Chicago Auto Show is a well-known event in the automotive world,… With one of the largest lineups on…
Protestors have been making their voices heard worldwide Photo: Taymaz Valley via CC Over the last two weeks, many in the nation have come together in protest of reported police brutality against black individuals following the death of George Floyd. While some automakers are adamantly speaking up in support of the Black Lives Matter movement,…
Photo: Chevrolet General Motors and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently announced that they would collaborate to reimagine how customers could use GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources when needed. More Chevy EVs: Chevrolet reveals plans for electric Equinox and Blazer “We are really excited about this innovative collaboration with GM. Imagine a…
President Joe Biden called for electrified vehicles to account for half of all new sales in the U.S. by 2030 This week, President Joe Biden announced a goal that 50 percent of all new vehicles sold in the United States by 2030 be emissions-free electrified vehicles. He was joined on the White House lawn by,…
The GMC Hummer EV is one of 30 new GM electric vehicles in the works Photo: GMC General Motors’ electric vehicle plans were already ambitious. Now, the automaker plans to broaden its efforts even further, promising $7 billion more in spending and a total of 30 all-electric vehicle launches by the close of 2025. Unprecedented…
“Hi, I’m Vince Megna, and I might actually be some kind of functional psychopath.” UPDATE: Tesla has issued a response. Full disclosure: I had never heard the name Vince Megna until earlier this afternoon when I read an article about his movement to file a lemon lawsuit against Tesla on Jalopnik. Megna is the self-proclaimed “King…
With so many major car manufacturers and tech companies in the self-driving car race, it’s hard to keep up with each one’s progress. Each one has a different proposed release date for their self-driving car contribution. Some manufacturers have modified those proposed release dates based on how fast or slow the technology development and design…
GMC debuted the 2015 GMC Canyon at the 2014 NAIAS this week. GMC couldn’t wait for Monday to come around, revealing the 2015 GMC Canyon mid-size truck on Sunday. The Canyon will join the already-announced 2015 Chevrolet Colorado as part of General Motors’ efforts to redefine not only the mid-size pickup class, but the pickup…
A number of GM recalls and stop-sales materialized over the weekend, to no one’s surprise. I’ll save you the time of having to endure my now trite cynicism of The General, and just go ahead and tell you why your cars might kill you this time around: General Motors recalled 117,000 various vehicles in North…
In light of current events, many of this year’s auto shows have… The Chevy Spark has a special edition model for 2020. Chevy revealed… A Toyota teaser is hinting at new off-road vehicles ahead of the… Hyundai had a strong presence at the Chicago Auto Show, with two… One of the reasons we at The…
Photo: Pxfuel via DMCA Following the Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era vehicle emissions standards back in March — which was at least 15 years ago based on the 2020 timescale — General Motors sided with the President’s new goals as part of the Coalition for Sustainable Automotive Regulation. According to GM’s leadership, the decision was…
A conceptual rendering of the new Ultium Plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee Image: GM A new manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, will soon start cranking out Ultium battery cells for GM electric vehicles. Considering a Lease? Learn about why this is such a beneficial vehicle financing option Covering a planned 2.8 million square feet,…
The Lyriq EV will release nine months ahead of schedule Photo: Cadillac General Motors is continuing to move toward the all-electric future that is currently the main goal of the auto industry. As part of GM’s EV-focused plans, Cadillac is poised to bring green tech to the world of luxury. In a recent statement, GM…
A 2016 Chevy Spark with Android Auto capability In the automotive arms race to better integrate smartphones and vehicles, Hyundai may have been able to claim “First!” by equipping (only) the 2015 Sonata with Android Auto, but a few hours later, Chevrolet loudly countered with “Most!” Today Chevy announced that for the 2016 model year,…
Sergio Marchionne, the former CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, died earlier today after suffering from complications that arose following a recent shoulder surgery. Marchionne was 66 years old at the time of his death. Exor, the Italian investment group that holds the largest stake in Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, sent out an official announcement after the…
The 2014 Chevy Silverado is one of the latest models to be recalled by GM in March. To General Motors, vehicle recalls for safety-related issues may well be the equivalent of Pringles: “Once you pop, you can’t stop.” Except in this case, their reward is not the salty goodness of potato chips, but rather the…
Julie Kurcz poses with the award-winning Kia Telluride Photo: Kia Since 2000, Automotive News has compiled a list every five years of the most talented and influential women in the automotive world. In the publication’s fifth list of 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry, Kia’s Julie Kurcz was recognized for the second…
With General Motors, the biggest news lately has been the possible sale of GM’s Germany-based subsidiary Opel to the French automaker, the PSA Group (Peugeot, Citroën, DS). Of the many questions asked—what will happen to the manufacturing jobs, will Opel be able to actually turn around its years-long slump, would Opel be better as just…
Here’s an automotive riddle to brighten your day: Why is the new Chevrolet Bolt like a bottle of Frank’s Red Hot? Because General Motors is going to put that sh*t on everything. Spreading It Around: Chevy’s lineup is pulling in record-breaking numbers of awards That is to say, according to comments from GM CEO Mary…
The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible Photo: Chevrolet When Chevrolet announced that the 2020 Corvette Stingray would adopt the iconic vehicle’s first mid-engine structure, the world’s collective jaw dropped. Recently, excitement for the revolutionary sports car reached a fever pitch when GM auctioned off the first model to leave the assembly line for a stunning…
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