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What's putting the brakes on demand for EVs?

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 29, 2024
Tesla announced its auto revenues are down, and GM is delaying a new electric truck manufacturing plant.
Production of additional lower-cost electric vehicles could help boost domestic EV sales.
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In a changing Detroit, GM moves headquarters out of the iconic Renaissance Center

by Nova Safo
Jun 4, 2024
GM will relocate to a modern office building about a mile north of the Renaissance Center along a stretch of road that now houses high-end shops and restaurants.
Above, the Renaissance Center, which bears the GM logo, as seen in 2008. General Motors announced it would be moving its headquarters from the Renaissance Center in April.
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Automakers grapple with ethical questions around deep sea mining

by Daniel Ackerman
Jun 3, 2024
GM is slated to take up the issue at its annual shareholder meeting.
"Deep sea mining itself is an industry that has a large number of potential risks; some of those are reputational risks," said Andy Whitmore of the nonprofit Deep Sea Mining Campaign.
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GM was collecting and sharing drivers' data, often without their knowledge

by Kimberly Adams and Sofia Terenzio
Apr 25, 2024
A conversation with the reporter who broke the story, then found out she was among the drivers impacted.
"I was shocked, but at the same time, this is what drivers of GM vehicles had been telling me," said Kashmir Hill at the New York Times when she discovered her driving data had been collected without her recalling consenting to share it.
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What will the Chevy Bolt recall mean for the electric car market?

by Marielle Segarra
Aug 23, 2021
People will often accept risks posed by things they know — like gas-powered cars — but not things that are new to them.
A Chevy Bolt electric vehicle on display at a 2016 auto show. General Motors is recalling the car after at least 10 documented battery fires.
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Extended downtime for GM plants doesn't mean workers are losing their jobs

by Andy Uhler
Feb 10, 2021
The company says there's a semiconductor shortage, and it will reassess the situation in mid-March
Vehicles go through the assembly line at the General Motors Lansing Delta Township Assembly Plant on Feb. 21, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan.
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More electric vehicles promised, but are fleet owners ready?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 29, 2021
There isn’t a lot of experience or trust on which to base calculations about durability and cost savings for electric vehicles.
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GM accelerates plans for zero-emissions vehicles

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 29, 2021
The move by the auto giant signals a shift as companies look to meet worldwide climate change goals.
GM plans to become carbon neutral in its global products and operations by 2040. Pictured: GM CEO and Chairman Mary Barra speaks at a gathering on GM's electric vehicle technologies on March 4, 2020 in Warren, Michigan.
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GM makes U-turn in Trump's fight over California emissions

by David Brancaccio , Nova Safo and Alex Schroeder
Nov 24, 2020
GM had previously sided with the Trump administration in a legal fight over California setting its own emissions standards.
General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to the news media before the automobiile maker's annual meeting of shareholders at GM world headquarters June 12, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan.
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How do striking autoworkers feel about the tentative GM agreement?

by Jack Stewart
Oct 17, 2019
There are some concessions the union had been pushing for, but the closure of the Lordstown, Ohio, plant remains a sticking point.
A United Auto Workers member carries a copy of the contract settlement agreement outside of a UAW GM Council meeting in Detroit on Thursday.
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