General Motors
24 Jul 2021
General Motors has announced that the US manufacturer and its self-driving car unit Cruise have sued Ford for calling its automated driving technology BlueCruise. Ford launched BlueCruise, which allows motorists to drive hands-free, in April. GM, which aquired the start-up Cruise in 2016, argues in a lawsuit filed in the district court in Northern California…
20 Jan 2021
General Motors announced an alliance Tuesday with Microsoft on its Cruise autonomous driving venture, combining forces to challenge Tesla and others in an electric car market expected to rev with Joe Biden's environment-friendly administration in the White House.
27 Nov 2020
General Motors will recall about seven million big pickup trucks and SUVs worldwide to replace potentially dangerous Takata airbag inflators according to CNN Business.
5 Apr 2020
As we are smarting from the surprises and agony of the COVID-19 crisis, I would like to send this word of encouragement to our people: that we need to organise ourselves too...
22 Oct 2019
Ikem Okuhu is a journalist with a bias for brands and marketing reportage. His love for the media and brands made him resign from jobs at ExxonMobil, United Bank for Africa (UBA) and Ecobank Nigeria where he headed the External Relations Unit. His company Reliks Media Limited, birthed brands and marketing magazine, BRANDish.
3 Oct 2017
General Motors announced plans Monday to launch 20 all-electric cars by 2023, part of a long-term push to an "all-electric" fleet as governments globally embrace fuel efficiency.
24 Jun 2017
US auto giant General Motors has reached a settlement with hundreds of car owners in a lawsuit over faulty ignition switches linked to 100 deaths, the company's lawyers said Friday.
19 May 2017
General Motors Co plans to quit selling vehicles in India by the end of this year and will sell operations in South Africa, the latest steps in a strategy of focusing cash and engineering...
2 May 2017
The company leads the pack in reducing the cost of electric vehicles and ultimately offering an affordable version, said Mark Reuss, GM's executive vice president for product development.
27 Jan 2017
General Motors is shifting 625 jobs from a plant in Canada that makes popular crossover utility vehicles to Mexico, the Canadian auto workers union said Friday.
3 Jan 2017
Ford scuttled a plan to build a new factory in Mexico Tuesday following criticism from Donald Trump, and just hours after the president-elect attacked General Motors for importing Mexican-made cars into the US.
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