General Motors says it will spend $760 million to renovate its transmission factory in Toledo, Ohio, so it can build drivelines for electric vehicles.
September 23, 2022General Motors
Business, Equipment 
The exterior of the General Motors Toledo Transmission Operations facility in Toledo, Ohio. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press, File)
GM Spending $760 Million to Convert Toledo Factory to Make EV Parts
The exterior of the General Motors Toledo Transmission Operations facility in Toledo, Ohio. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press, File) Business, Technology, Safety, Fuel 
Homes stand during a blackout in Sausalito, Calif., in 2019. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
PG&E to Test GM’s EVs as Backup Power for Homes
Homes stand during a blackout in Sausalito, Calif., in 2019. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)Western U.S. utility giant PG&E Corp. and automaker General Motors Co. are working together to see if electric vehicles can be tapped as a source of backup power for homes in Northern California.
March 8, 2022 Business 
A Chevrolet Volt on the assembly line at GM's Hamtramck Assembly plant. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)
GM Grabs $2 Billion Windfall as Used-Car Prices Hit Record
A Chevrolet Volt on the assembly line at GM's Hamtramck Assembly plant. (Paul Sancya/Associated Press)There’s a big upside to record used-car prices: auto lenders such as GM Financial are cashing in.
February 2, 2022 Business, Technology 
General Motors Chair and CEO Mary Barra delivers the virtual keynote at CES 2022. Headlining GM’s CES 2022 is the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. (Steve Fecht/Chevrolet)
GM Enters Electric Pickup Battle With 400-Mile Silverado EV
General Motors Chair and CEO Mary Barra delivers the virtual keynote at CES 2022. Headlining GM’s CES 2022 is the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. (Steve Fecht/Chevrolet)General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra showed off the company’s electric Chevrolet Silverado at the CES exhibition, announcing that the pickup will go on sale in spring 2023 to compete with battery-powered trucks from longstanding rival Ford Motor Co. and newcomer Rivian Automotive Inc.
January 5, 2022 Business, Technology, Fuel 
GMC gives a first-look at its upcoming electric Sierra Denali pickup, previewing the truck’s unique and premium exterior lighting sequence. (General Motors)
GM Plots Mass-Market EV Push
GMC gives a first-look at its upcoming electric Sierra Denali pickup, previewing the truck’s unique and premium exterior lighting sequence. (General Motors)General Motors Co. has talked up its electric vehicle plans for years, and even generated buzz by resurrecting Hummer’s gas-guzzling name in the form of an electric pickup truck. Now comes the tough part: selling mass-market EVs.
December 16, 2021 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)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, 2021 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 NewsPlans 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