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GM to Recall More Than 461,000 Vehicles Over Transmission Issues: NHTSA

Nov 13 2024 // General Motors will recall 461,839 vehicles over an issue with transmission, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday.The recall involves some models of 2020-2022 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC...

GM to Recall Over 449,000 Pickup Trucks, SUVs

Sep 20 2024 // General Motors is recalling 449,671 pickup trucks and SUVs in the U.S. due to inoperative low brake fluid warning, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday.The recall includes some 2023...

GM’s Cruise to Begin Testing Autonomous Vehicles in California

Sep 20 2024 // General Motors’ self-driving unit Cruise said on Thursday it will begin supervised testing with up to five autonomous vehicles in fall this year in California’s Bay Area.Cruise will deploy several manual...

Workers at GM/LG Battery Plant in Tennessee Join UAW and Get Big Pay Raise

Sep 6 2024 // DETROIT (AP) — About 1,000 workers at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, will get big pay raises now that they have joined the United Auto Workers union.GM and LG...

GM Must Face Big Class Action Over Faulty Transmissions

Aug 30 2024 // General Motors was ordered by a federal appeals court to face a class action claiming it violated laws of 26 U.S. states by knowingly selling several hundred thousand cars, trucks and SUVs with faulty transmissions.The 6th...

GM’s Cruise Recalls Nearly 1,200 Robotaxis to Close US Probe

Aug 22 2024 // General Motors’ GM.N Cruise unit has agreed to recall nearly 1,200 robotaxis over hard braking issues, the U.S. auto safety regulator said on Thursday, following a probe into the safety of their autonomous driving...

Texas Sues GM for Allegedly Collecting Drivers’ Data, Then Selling it to Insurers

Aug 14 2024 // General Motors GM.N has been sued by the state of Texas, which accused the automaker of installing technology on more than 14 million vehicles to collect data about drivers, which it then sold to insurers and other...

GM to Pay $145.8M Penalty After US Finds Excess Emissions

Jul 5 2024 // General Motors will pay a $145.8 million penalty and forfeit credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars after a U.S. government investigation found excess emissions from approximately 5.9 million GM vehicles, government...

GM, LG Agree on $150M Relief for Chevy Bolt EV Owners Over Faulty Batteries

May 20 2024 // General Motors and South Korea’s LG Electronics reached a settlement to establish a $150 million fund to provide relief to Chevrolet Bolt EV owners affected by defective batteries, documents filed in a U.S. court on...

GM Ends OnStar Driver Safety Program After Privacy Complaints

Apr 25 2024 // General Motors Co. has ended its OnStar Smart Driver program after customers complained it violated their privacy.OnStar had cut deals with LexisNexis and Verisk to share personal driving data as part of the program, which...

GM’s Cruise Prepares to Resume Robotaxi Testing After Halt

Feb 26 2024 // General Motors Co.’s Cruise autonomous driving unit is nearing the resumption of robotaxi testing in the coming weeks, with Houston and Dallas emerging as potential locations, following the grounding of its fleet...

GM’s Cruise Owns Up to Robotaxi Mess in Hopes of Returning to Roads

Jan 26 2024 // General Motors Co. blamed poor leadership for mishandling its Cruise robotaxi crisis, an admission the carmaker is hoping will help get its cars back on the roads.A report by the law firm Quinn Emanuel, hired by GM and...

GM Financial Rebranding OnStar Insurance as General Motors Insurance

Jan 19 2024 // GM Financial earlier this week said it is rebranding its OnStar Insurance to General Motors Insurance, with plans for market expansion.During 2023, the GM Insurance unit shifted from an agency model to a full-stack...

GM’s Cruise Robotaxi Unit Dismisses Nine Execs After Safety Probe

Dec 14 2023 // General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi unit dismissed nine key people amid an ongoing safety investigation, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday, which the company confirmed included Chief Operating Officer Gil...

GM’s Cruise Recalling 950 Driverless Cars After Pedestrian Dragged in Crash

Nov 9 2023 // Cruise is recalling 950 driverless cars from the roads across the United States following a crash involving one of its robotaxis and will likely issue more recalls, General Motors’ self-driving unit said.The cars are...

US Probes GM’s Cruise Robocars Over Pedestrian Close Calls

Oct 30 2023 // General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit, Cruise, is facing multiple federal investigations over its cars’ safety, including two incidents where the robot cars appeared not to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks,...

NHTSA Probes Pedestrian Risks at GM’s Self-Driving Unit Cruise

Oct 18 2023 // U.S. auto safety regulators on Tuesday opened a probe into whether General Motors’ self-driving unit Cruise is taking sufficient precautions with its autonomous robotaxis to safeguard pedestrians.The National Highway...

U.S. Labor Department Finds 19 Safety Violations at GM Joint Venture Battery Plant in Ohio

Oct 17 2023 // DETROIT (AP) – The U.S. Labor Department said that investigators found 19 safety and health violations at a General Motors joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Ohio during a two-week period this year.The...

OSHA Investigates Chemical Solvent Leak at GM-LG Battery Plant in Ohio

Aug 24 2023 // The U.S. workplace safety regulator said on Wednesday it was investigating a recent chemical solvent leak at an Ohio battery plant jointly owned by General Motors GM.N and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution...

GM Recalls Nearly 900 Vehicles With Takata Air Bag Inflators

Aug 3 2023 // General Motors is recalling nearly 900 vehicles in the U.S. and Canada with Takata air bag inflators that could explode and hurl shrapnel in a crash.The recall covers certain Chevrolet Camaro, Sonic and Volt vehicles as...