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GM Recalling 69,000 Chevy Bolt Electric Cars Over Fire Risk

Nov 16 2020 // General Motors Co. said on Friday it was recalling 68,677 electric cars worldwide that pose a fire risk after five reported fires and two minor injuries.The recall is for 2017-2019 model year Chevrolet Bolt EVs with high...

California Permits GM’s Driverless Car to Cruise Streets of San Francisco

Nov 2 2020 // The race for driverless autonomous vehicles is heating up and in October, Cruise became the first to receive a permit to test cars without anyone in them on the streets of San Francisco from California’s Department...

GM’s Cruise on Top in Consumer Reports Safety Ratings of Driving Assistance Systems

Oct 29 2020 // General Motors Co.’s Super Cruise once again edged Tesla’s Autopilot in an evaluation of 17 vehicles equipped with active driving assistance systems (ADAS) by Consumer Reports, the testing organization said on...

How Auto Workers Are Keeping Factories Running and Masks On

Oct 27 2020 // When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March, the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their North American vehicle production to an unprecedented cold stop.Now, four months after a...

Self-Driving’s Latest Turn: GM’s Cruise Seeks OK for Cars Without Steering Wheel, Pedals

Oct 22 2020 // Self-driving car maker Cruise said on Wednesday it and majority shareholder General Motors Co. would seek U.S. regulatory approval in coming months to deploy a limited number of Cruise Origin vehicles without steering...

Battery Fires Make Headlines as Electric Vehicle Sales Take Off

Oct 20 2020 // First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG.Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the...

California Permits GM’s Driverless Car to Cruise Streets of San Francisco

Oct 16 2020 // The race for driverless autonomous vehicles is heating up and on Thursday Cruise became the first to receive a permit to test cars without anyone in them on the streets of San Francisco from California’s Department...

Ohio May Force GM to Repay $60M in Incentives after Plant Shut Down

Jun 19 2020 // Ohio officials are considering forcing General Motors to repay $60 million in public incentives because of its decision to close a massive assembly plant near Youngstown.At issue is an economic development deal from more...

Court Approves GM’s $120M Ignition Switch Lost Value Claims Settlement with Owners

Apr 24 2020 // General Motors Co. on Thursday won preliminary U.S. court approval of a $120 million settlement with owners who said defective ignition switches caused their vehicles to lose value.U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in...

GM Settles Faulty Ignition Switch Cases for $120 Million

Mar 30 2020 // General Motors Co. has reached a $120 million settlement with owners who claimed that their vehicles lost value because of defective ignition switches, which have been linked to 124 deaths.The preliminary settlement was...

Reuters Report: How Secrecy in Courts Stymies Safety Regulators

Jan 17 2020 // LEBANON, Ohio — Something wasn’t right with the Rhino.Reports started trickling in to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 2005 of people being killed or injured in the Yamaha Motor Co. off-road...

How Big Tech Hopes to Turn Cars into Connected Revenue Machines

Jan 9 2020 // Technology companies transformed smartphones and televisions into continuous fountains of revenue. Now, big tech wants to work with automakers to do the same thing for your car.With the widespread rollout of autonomous...

Reuters Report: How Plaintiff Lawyers Help Corporate America Keep Its Secrets

Nov 8 2019 // Paula Lawlor was sifting through piles of internal General Motors Co. documents in a hotel room outside of Los Angeles when she hit pay dirt: Company records showing that GM knew for years that stronger roofs on its...

Automakers Call for Urgency in Advancing U.S. Rules for Self-Driving Vehicles

Aug 30 2019 // Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc, on Thursday urged the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to “promptly” remove regulatory barriers for cars without steering...

Congress Looks to Jump Start Stalled Driverless Vehicle Bill

Jul 31 2019 // Two key committees in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday said they will revive efforts to pass long-stalled legislation to speed the adoption of self-driving cars.The House Energy and Commerce Committee and Senate Commerce...

AGCS Offers Crisis Management Response Services with Its Pollution Liability Cover

May 22 2019 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced it is offering expanded emergency response services as part of its Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) coverage when pollution and/or contamination events...

U.S. Safety Agency Weighs Bids for Putting Automated Vehicles on Roads

Mar 20 2019 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it was seeking public comment on General Motors’ 15-month-old petition seeking approval to deploy a limited number vehicles on U.S. roads without...

Man Steals Cement Truck, Hits Vehicles at Michigan GM Facility

Feb 8 2019 // Authorities say a person is in custody after driving a stolen cement truck through a locked gate at a General Motors facility in mid-Michigan and hitting several parked vehicles. The Eaton County sheriff’s office...

Man Dies During Demolition Work at Old Delaware GM Plant

Jan 14 2019 // Delaware authorities say a demolition company leader died while supervising work at an old automobile plant. Delaware State Police said the death occurred Friday afternoon at the former General Motors plant in Wilmington,...

In Lawsuit, Union Says GM Should Replace Temps With Laid-Off Workers

Jan 8 2019 // The United Auto Workers union is accusing General Motors of violating a national contract by using temporary workers instead of employing full-timers who were laid off from its factories.The union filed a federal lawsuit...