General Motors will host the grand opening of Factory Zero in Detroit-Hamtramck next month to start building new electric vehicles, the automaker said Oct. 27.
October 28, 2021General Motors
Business, Technology, Fuel, TCA
Factory ZERO reflects the significance of this assembly advancing GM’s zero-crashes, zero-emissions and zero-congestion future. (Jeffrey Sauger/General Motors)
GM Factory ZERO Grand Opening Event Marks Automaker's Growth in EV
Factory ZERO reflects the significance of this assembly advancing GM’s zero-crashes, zero-emissions and zero-congestion future. (Jeffrey Sauger/General Motors)
Business, Technology, Logistics
GM will be closing several plants due to chip shortages. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
GM, Ford Halt Some Production as Chip Shortage Worsens
GM will be closing several plants due to chip shortages. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
DETROIT — The global shortage of computer chips is getting worse, forcing automakers to temporarily close factories including those that build popular pickup trucks..
September 2, 2021
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel
Construction at the first battery facility in Lordstown, Ohio. (Roger Mastroianni for 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, 2021
Government, Business, Equipment
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 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, 2020
Government, Business, TCA
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Army Corps to Hold Hearing on Proposed Battery Plant at Lordstown, Ohio
Maddie McGarvey/Bloomberg News
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, 2020
Business, Technology, Safety
The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, GM's most popular U.S. vehicle, is included in this recall. (David Zalubowski/Associated Press)
GM 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, 2020
Business, Technology, Autonomous
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
GM’s Cruise to Unveil Its First Autonomous Vehicle
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
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, 2020
Business, Equipment
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
General 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, 2019
Business, Logistics
General Motors CEO Mary Barra (Bryan Mitchell/Bloomberg News)
GM 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, 2019
Government, Business, Logistics
Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg News
GM 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, 2019