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Stellantis, GM Pay $363M in Fuel Economy Penalties

Jun 5 2023 // Chrysler parent Stellantis and General Motors paid a total of $363 million in civil penalties for failing to meet U.S. fuel economy requirements for prior model years, documents seen on Friday by Reuters show.The...

GM Must Face Class Actions Over Defective Transmissions

Mar 23 2023 // A federal judge in Detroit certified class actions for drivers in 26 U.S. states who accused General Motors Corp. of producing faulty transmissions for about 800,000 vehicles from the 2015 to 2019 model...

General Motors Files to Trademark ‘GM Financial Insurance Company’ Name

Feb 2 2023 // General Motors has filed to trademark “GM Financial Insurance Company,” according to a record found with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.The filing was made on Jan. 24, 2022. GM Financial is the auto...

Safety Probe Opened Into Autonomous Driving System in GM’s Cruise Vehicles

Dec 16 2022 // U.S. auto safety regulators said Friday they have opened a formal safety probe into the autonomous driving system in vehicles produced by General Motors’ robotaxi unit Cruise LLC.The National Highway Traffic Safety...

GM Recalls 825,000 Trucks, SUVs Over Headlight Issue

Dec 15 2022 // General Motors said on Wednesday it was recalling 825,000 trucks and SUVs in North America because daytime running lights may not deactivate when the headlights are on, potentially causing excess glare.The largest U.S....

Family of Michigan Woman Killed by Exploding Air Bag Sues GM, Others

Aug 15 2022 // The family of a Michigan woman who was killed after an air bag module exploded in her SUV following a crash filed a lawsuit alleging negligence.The complaint was filed last Thursday in Houghton County Circuit Court and...

GM’s Cruise Wins First California Permit To Carry Paying Riders In Driverless Cars

Jun 3 2022 // General Motors Co.’s GM.N Cruise on Thursday became the first company to secure a permit to charge for self-driving car rides in San Francisco, after it overcame objections by city officials.Self-driving test cars...

Hackers Breached Some GM Accounts, Accessing Personal Data

May 26 2022 // Hackers compromised some online accounts of General Motors Co. customers in April, potentially accessing addresses, phone numbers and other personal information, according to a data breach notice filed with California...

People Moves: Specialty Comp Insurance Solutions Promotes Math to President; Polak Retiring as TWIA GM

Apr 27 2022 // Specialty Comp Insurance Solutions Promotes Steve Math to President & CEOSpecialty Comp Insurance Solutions (SCIS), a division of Specialty Program Group, LLC (SPG), promoted Steve Math, FCAS, to president and chief...

Dallas Mavericks Accused of Firing Ex-GM For Reporting Sexual Misconduct

Mar 22 2022 // Former Dallas Mavericks general manager Donnie Nelson sued the team last week, alleging that team owner Mark Cuban fired him in retaliation for reporting sexual misconduct by a team executive.In a court document filed in a...

GM Financial to Pay Massachusetts $1.8M Over Alleged Delays in GAP Insurance Refunds

Mar 9 2022 // GM Financial, an automobile financing company, has agreed to pay more than $1.8 million to resolve allegations that the company’s business practices violated Massachusetts state consumer protection laws. Attorney...

GM, Alphabet Win California’s First Autonomous Permits for Passenger Rides

Sep 30 2021 // General Motors Co.’s Cruise and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo self-driving car subsidiaries on Thursday became the first companies to receive autonomous vehicle permits to offer rides to passengers in California.Cruise...

GM Recall Due to Fire Risk Covers All Chevrolet Bolts

Aug 23 2021 // General Motors said Friday it is recalling all Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles sold worldwide to fix a battery problem that could cause fires.The recall and others raise questions about lithium ion batteries, which now...

GM Offering Onstar Service to All Drivers Through App; Options Include Insurance

Jun 8 2021 // General Motors Co. plans to offer subscriptions for its Onstar Guardian security services to anyone in the United States or Canada who wants to download a smartphone app, expanding beyond owners of GM vehicles in a step to...

GM Says It Has Software Fix for Electric Car Bolt’s Battery Fires

Apr 30 2021 // Engineers at General Motors have figured out how to fix a battery problem with the Chevrolet Bolt electric hatchback that caused five of them to catch fire.The company says they developed diagnostic software to look for...

GM Sees Insurance As Part of Growing Its Business Beyond Cars, Trucks

Apr 7 2021 // Pam Fletcher wants to change the way General Motors Co. makes money.The veteran GM engineer’s Global Innovation team is looking for new enterprises to expand the automaker’s sources of revenue well beyond...

Reuters Exclusive: Safety Regulators Reviewed Concerns Over GM Steering Sensor

Mar 17 2021 // U.S. automotive safety regulators reviewed evidence related to an allegedly defective steering sensor that was used in roughly 778,000 older General Motors Co vehicles but ultimately decided against opening a formal...

Reuters Special Report: Suit Over Deadly Crash Renews Spotlight on GM Safety

Mar 17 2021 // On a clear afternoon in November 2014, Glenda Marie Buchanan set off in her silver Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV from her home in rural Georgia. Several minutes into the drive, she started veering off the road. Buchanan...

GM Settles With California Over Ignition Switch Statements for $5.75M

Feb 16 2021 // General Motors Co. agreed to a $5.75 million settlement to resolve allegations it made false statements to California’s largest pension system and other investors over its deadly ignition switch recalls.California...

General Motors to Sell Use-Based Auto Insurance Through Onstar

Nov 19 2020 // General Motors Co. on Wednesday launched an auto insurance program with the help of its OnStar subsidiary, joining a growing field of companies hoping to cash in on the vast amounts of data generated by increasingly...