General Motors
GM Looks for Location for Second US Battery Factory
Construction at the first battery facility in Lordstown, Ohio. (Roger Mastroianni for General Motors)
General Motors is looking for a site to build a second U.S. battery factory with joint venture partner LG Chem of Korea.
March 4, 2021Ford Ends Ventilator Production After Making 50,000
Ford Motor Co. assemblyman Malcolm Brumwell puts together a ventilator at the automaker's Ford Rawsonville plant May 13, 2020, in Ypsilanti, Mich. (Carlos Osorio/Associated Press)
Ford is ending production of ventilators and returning the factory where they were built to full-time auto-parts output after completing delivering 50,000 ventilators to the government.
August 31, 2020Army Corps to Hold Hearing on Proposed Battery Plant at Lordstown, Ohio
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Plans to build a $2.3 billion electric battery assembly plant near General Motors Corp.’s shuttered automobile plant in Lordstown, Ohio, will be reviewed during a March 12 public hearing in Lordstown.
February 26, 2020GM Recalls Pickups for Second Time on Software Glitch
The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, GM's most popular U.S. vehicle, is included in this recall. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)
General Motors is recalling about 162,000 full-size pickup trucks worldwide for a second time because of faulty brake control software that was installed in a recall from last year.
February 7, 2020GM’s Cruise to Unveil Its First Autonomous Vehicle
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The vehicle Cruise has been developing along with GM is a purpose-built electric, autonomous model designed to be more spacious and passenger-friendly than a conventional, human-driven car.
January 21, 2020General Motors Workers Ratify Contract, 40-Day Strike to End
General Motors workers enter and exit a polling station. A new contract was ratified, ending a strike that began Sept. 16. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Associated Press
ROMULUS, Mich. — Striking General Motors factory workers will put down their picket signs after approving a new contract that will end a 40-day strike that paralyzed the company’s U.S. production.
October 25, 2019GM Losing Patience With UAW Over Nearly Monthlong Strike
General Motors CEO Mary Barra (Bryan Mitchell/Bloomberg News)
General Motors Co.’s chief labor negotiator suggested the United Auto Workers is dragging its feet in responding to the automaker’s latest contract offer in a show of frustration with a strike that’s lumbering toward the one-month mark.
October 11, 2019GM Factory Hands Making 40% Less Than Their Coworkers
Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg News
The future of temps has been among the major impasses contributing to the United Auto Workers union’s strike against GM, now in its 25th day.
October 10, 2019GM Strike Seen Forcing Credit Firms to Mull Action
Brittany Greeson/Bloomberg News
The United Auto Workers union’s strike against General Motors Co. may force credit raters to take action and move the company closer to junk status, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.
October 9, 2019GM Strike Sends Another Knock to Wobbly US Steel Sector
Galvanized steel coils await shipment at ArcelorMittal Steel's hot dip galvanizing line in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio. (Mark Duncan/Associated Press)
With its midyear recovery already in doubt, the American steel industry now has a little more to worry about with each passing day a strike drags on at General Motors Co.
October 8, 2019