The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 29, 2024

A GM advisory committee with several dealers is leading the messaging, saying that they believe the automaker risks losing customers with an overly aggressive electrification strategy. GM offers hybrids in China, so the technology exists. The company understands its dealers’ concerns but has not detailed plans to offer such products.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 29, 2023

GM has paid San Francisco $108 million in taxes and $13 million in interest since 2016 and now wants it back. Rather than taxing GM and Cruise separately, as the automaker claims it should, the city lumped them together, resulting in higher tax bills.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The company is looking at ways to improve the situation and recently penned a blog post to explain the path forward. Cruise’s blog stated that first responders will have access to the AVs and can move them manually.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

GM voluntarily paused sales of its popular midsize trucks to fix issues with their software. Certain Colorados and Canyons displayed intermittent software quality issues, identified during our rigorous validation process,” GM’s VP of global tech communications, Brandee Barker, told Automotive News.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Assuming things go well, GM wants to expand Cadillac EV sales to France and Sweden before deciding which country to tackle next. & With the region boasting some of the highest take rates of all-electric vehicles, GM is clearly wondering if there’s room for it on the battlefield.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Conversely, the relevant earnings call does seem to have directly influenced the UAW to call for a walkout at GM's Arlington Assembly plant. GM reported a third-quarter 2023 revenue of $44.1 It's time GM workers and the whole working class get their fair share." Images: GM] Become a& TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 18, 2023

GM cited high demand and a need to upgrade the Orion facility before production and said the delay had nothing to do with the strike. At the same time, GM will continue forward with Chevrolet Silverado EV and GMC Hummer EV pickup production at its Factory Zero location nearby. Image: General Motors] Become a& TTAC insider.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 4, 2024

Most GM models failed to make the cut, at least temporarily, and the automaker is offering $7,500 compensatory discounts to keep sales flowing. The Detroit Free Press reported that GM will give discounts while awaiting updates to requalify some models. 1, 2024, because of two minor components. 1, 2024, because of two minor components.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Though it’s been a while since the initial recall action, we’re still hearing news on the situation, with the latest being that GM is offering payments to owners for using related diagnostic software. GM has already replaced batteries in several model years, and some owners found a slight boost in range with the new components.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2023

GM-Trucks.com reported on the issue, in response to which General Motors issued a stop sale for the two trucks. Image: GM] Become a TTAC insider. While the automaker has not identified specific affected models or configurations, it said that around 3,067 vehicles in the U.S. are included in the action.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

At the same time, CEO Mary Barra said that GM is looking to boost production in 2024 using software and automation. GM has several new models on the horizon and will need to get the launches right. Image: GM] Become a& TTAC insider. Having enough supply is one thing, and quality must be maintained.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

GM’s Cruise self-driving car unit on Thursday revealed U.S. Cruise reported the government investigations in a blog post in which the company also vowed to reform its culture stemming from a “failure of leadership” around the incident. Executives will appear before California Public Utilities Commission on Feb.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 25, 2023

It initially announced plans to work with GM and others to develop smaller, more affordable electric crossovers, but the company recently confirmed that it was stepping away from that initiative due to shifting business priorities. GM and Honda will search for a solution separately. This project itself has been canceled.”

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A GM spokesperson told Reuters that the company “supports the difficult employment decisions made by Cruise as it reflects their more deliberate path forward, with safety as the north star.”

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 29, 2023

The system also works with solar-powered homes, and GM has partnered with SunPower to create the connections. Owners can manage the power flow through the GM Energy Cloud app. The number of GM Ultium EVs is about to grow quickly, as the Chevrolet Equinox EV and Blazer EV are set to join the lineup later this year.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 17, 2023

GM is spending nearly $2 billion a year on Cruise but insists the business represents a "giant growth opportunity." In June, GM CEO Mary Barra reiterated a forecast that Cruise could generate $50 billion a year in annual revenue by 2030.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

GM is pulling almost 56,000 for the issue, which it said has been blamed for 234 complaints over the last year and a few months. The Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon bring a lot to like in a more maneuverable package than full-size trucks can offer. Four of those complaints involved accidents, and three ended in minor injuries.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 8, 2023

Starting in 2026 , GM’s electric vehicles will offer a clever bi-directional charging function that allows them to act as backup home generators or emergency EV chargers for other drivers. GM will kick off the initiative with the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST, which rides on its Ultium platform.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

At the same time, GM is expanding battery production for the Bolt EV from South Korea to a new factory in Michigan. In a blog post on LinkedIn on Wednesday, Barra laid out the company's.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Image: GM Cruise] Become a& TTAC& insider. Hands-off driving is available on highways and limited-access freeways, but navigating crowded city streets is on an entirely different level.

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Teslarati

MAY 13, 2024

General Motors (GM) self-driving unit Cruise has announced that it would start testing its autonomous vehicles on public roads in Phoenix, Arizona, as part of its efforts to get back into the driverless robotaxi business. This time around, however, Cruise’s robotaxis will be supervised.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 12, 2023

It’s a common knock on GM that the company has a tendency to kill its darlings just as they get them right; look no further into history than the Pontiac Fiero and Cadillac Allanté as two good examples*. Image: GM] Become a& TTAC& insider. note -- One could also say this about the Pontiac brand right before the bankruptcy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

GM also received the ENERGY STAR Climate Communication s award. This year marks GM’s fourth such award for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by setting and achieving aggressive goals and employing innovative energy-efficiency approaches. GM joined ENERGY STAR as a partner in 1995.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 9, 2023

In a conversation with Elon Musk yesterday on Twitter, GM boss Mary Barra explained her company will begin to integrate the North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector design into its EVs beginning in 2025. Left unclear is if future GM (and Ford) EVs will ditch the CCS port in favor of NACS or simply add the latter to its cars.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 9, 2023

GM released a video with its announcement to highlight the feature, and at the end, text appears that says the tech will be available with “New Ultium-Based Coupes.” & [Image: GM via Youtube] Become a& TTAC& insider. & & If the automaker can pull that off, it would be the most affordable EV on sale.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 6, 2021

A Honda will be built at a GM plant in Mexico, and an Acura alongside the Cadillac Lyriq in Tennessee. In an Automotive News report, it was noted that in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico, where GM builds the Chevrolet Blazer and Equinox, the […]. The post GM to Build EV Crossovers for Honda, Acura appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. GM application framework. GM will offer developers an SDK through an online portal at [link]. Ford Developer Program.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Fain said that GM’s offer still lags behind Ford by preserving a two-tier wage structure and offering the weakest 401(k) contributions of all three companies — hence the UAW targeting Arlington.& & Barra’s statements after news broke about the strike expansion echo her earlier position.

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Teslarati

JUNE 10, 2023

The company will join auto giants Ford and General Motors (GM), and fellow EV charger provider ABB E-mobility as part of the growing Tesla NACS family. In a blog post , EverCharge stated that the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard is not really the best. It’s clunky, and its performance could be better.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. I sang the praises of the car and how GM stood behind it. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The post GM No Longer Building Nikola Electric Pickup, Nixes Equity Stake appeared first on The Truth About Cars. On Monday, General Motors and Nikola Corp announced a revamped agreement that eliminates an equity stake in the startup for the Detroit automaker and nixed any plan for manufacturing Nikola’s electric pickup truck.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

The post GM Hypes Norway’s EV Leadership appeared first on The Truth About Cars. Actor Will Farrell describes Norway’s EV leadership in one of the more amusing Super Bowl commercials, and how General Motors is looking to change all that here at home.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

GM is holding an Advanced Technology Briefing today from 8am to 1pm EDT, and is offering a blogcast of the event, which begins with a Volt/Voltec mule drive prior to an announcement. The live content and chat access will be available on the GM FastLane blog site or via the window below. GM Advanced Technology Announcement.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 13, 2024

A GM engineer noticed the problem and submitted a report through the automaker’s Speak Up For Safety program. After opening an investigation on April 9, GM’s supplier identified the components, which were in seatbelts sent to the automaker between October last year and May 2024. Images: Chevrolet/GM] Become a TTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

In a blog post, Maxwell Technologies president and CEO David Schramm argues that ultracapacitors would be a perfect fit for GM’s eAssist second-generation light electrification technology ( Earlier post.) The e-Assist system uses a 115V, 0.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

GM estimates it will save a driver of a larger car about $1,850 a year in fuel. GM is explicit that eAssist is not a hybrid system—petroleum is still the only fuel source. The battery-electric Spark EV has a more constrained range, but could deliver about $1,800 annually in fuel costs, according to GM.

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MAY 9, 2023

This new executive role at GM was crafted specifically for Abbot and to ensure that the automaker’s Ultifi software platform continues to evolve into something profitable. Image: Linda Parton/Shutterstock] Become a TTAC insider.

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