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GM to Build Electric Pickup at Detroit Plant
A sign outside GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant. (Anthony Lanzilote/Bloomberg News)
General Motors Co. is about to enter the electric-pickup battle, announcing April 6 that it will build a battery-powered Chevrolet Silverado model at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant.
April 6, 2021GM to Halt Midsize Truck Production on Chip Woes
A General Motors Wentzville Assembly employee works on a midsize truck. (Melissa Vaeth for General Motors)
DETROIT — General Motors Co. is halting production for two weeks at its Missouri midsize truck plant due to a global semiconductor supply constraint, the automaker said March 24.
March 24, 2021GM’s BrightDrop to Make EV600s for Merchants Fleet
Merchants Fleet
DETROIT — Merchants Fleet, a fleet management company, plans to purchase commercial EV vans from General Motors Co.’s newly formed company BrightDrop.
February 3, 2021GM Sets Goal of Going Largely Electric by 2035
A Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle sits on the assembly line at GM's plant in Orion Township, Mich. GM has said it would take an aggressive approach to electric vehicle production in the coming years. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg News)
General Motors Co. has set a goal of making the vast majority of the vehicles it produces electric by 2035, and the entire company carbon neutral, including operations, five years after that.
January 28, 2021GM’s Mary Barra Boosts Stock as Tech Story Gains Credibility
GM CEO Mary Barra talks with reporters following a meeting with lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol in June 2019. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via Bloomberg News)
All General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra needed to hit a stock record was $27 billion and a bit of braggadocio.
January 20, 2021GM, Microsoft Lead $2 Billion Funding Round for Cruise
(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)
General Motors Co. and Microsoft Corp. are leading a $2 billion investment round in self-driving car startup Cruise in a deal that will bring the software giant’s cloud and edge-computing capabilities to the venture.
January 19, 2021GM Announces New Electric Delivery Van, Electric Pallet
GM's BrightDrop EV600 electric van is already being tested with FedEx, representatives said. (General Motors via AP)
The market for battery-powered delivery vehicles and equipment has so much potential that General Motors is forming a new business unit to serve it.
January 12, 2021GM Changes Corporate Logo to Plug Its EV Strategy
GM's new logo keeps the blue box, but moves to lowercase script to appear more modern. (GM)
General Motors Co. is changing its corporate logo for the first time in 56 years, giving it a new lowercase script that is designed to look more modern.
January 8, 2021GMC Sierra Goes Hands-Free
The GMC Sierra Denali truck is displayed at an event in Chula Vista, Calif., in January of 2019. (Sandy Huffaker/Bloomberg News)
GMC says it will offer its hands-free driver-assistance feature Super Cruise on its Sierra pickup sometime in 2022.
December 9, 2020Nikola, GM Sign New Scaled-Back MOU
Nikola Tre by Nikola Motor Co.
Nikola Corp. and General Motors Co. announced a new nonbinding memorandum of understanding for a global supply agreement that would integrate GM’s Hydrotec fuel cell system for Nikola’s Classes 7-8 vehicles.
November 30, 2020