GM Loses First Arbitration
18 May 2010, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / While its former brother-into-bankruptcy Chrysler is doing fairly well when it comes to arbitration cases and wins them one after another, GM is off to a not-so-good start. The carmaker lost to Lou...
GM Fleet Introduces Commercial Telematics System
18 May 2010, 06:40 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors is offering improved services to its fleet customers, as the company is offering a new commercial telematics system that facilitates customer integration of vehicle data. General M...
Google Tech for Chevy Volt
18 May 2010, 06:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The integration of the IT and automotive worlds will get an extra boost from Google and GM's OnStar, who are currently researching ways to integrate technologies and applications developed by t...
GM, Back to Profit in Q1
17 May 2010, 13:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / And the numbers are in... After nearly a two year drought since posting its last profit, last year's bankrupt GM posted today its financial results for the first quarter of the year, with the n...
GM to Enter the Indian Light Truck Market
17 May 2010, 12:19 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / General Motors is planning to introduce light trucks produced in China to the Indian automotive market by the end of next year, as Net Ease reported via People’s Daily. The automotive produ...
Chrysler to Suffer from GMAC's Passing to GM
14 May 2010, 07:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With increasing rumors pointing to GMAC returning under GM's umbrella, rival Chrysler has begun considering its alternatives, with the company's CEO, Sergio Marchionne, saying this would r...
GM to Develop Roadmap for Sustainable Mobility
13 May 2010, 14:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer GM will take advantage of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai to present its "Drive to 2030": Sustainable Urban Mobility Forum series and, at the same time, launch the Roadm...
Green Technology Patents Dominate GM's 2009 Filings
13 May 2010, 06:48 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / More than half of the 1,300 patents filed by General Motors Co. in 2009 are green innovations, according to a press release of the company. “The move toward electrification is requiring us ...
Hawaii to Test Hydrogen Infrastructure
12 May 2010, 07:35 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The last piece of news in a series which started last week with Nissan's announcement that Hawaii will be among the first markets to receive the Leaf EV, the Paradise of the Pacific, together w...
Auto Execs Await Major Payouts
11 May 2010, 13:54 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / 2010 should be a good year for auto executives. After automakers’ stocks fell to record lows in 2009, many of them are now set to receive substantial net payouts as a result of the drastic inc...
Buick Compact Sedan and Small Crossover Coming
11 May 2010, 12:30 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / GM is keen on reinventing the Buick brand, with one of the latest initiatives that support this being a series of complex sessions held with employees and other partners who work on the brand (from ...
GM Negociating with Google to Develop Ford/Microsoft SYNC Rival
11 May 2010, 10:12 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / General Motors is negotiating with Internet search giant and new smartphone marketer Google to develop in-car telematics able to compete with Ford and Microsoft's Sync/MyFord systems, according...
GM Offers Financial Support for American Red Cross
11 May 2010, 08:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The General Motors Foundation has offered financial support for the American Red Cross in order to allow the organization to offer supplies and relief services to communities affected by the Tenness...
Chevrolet Cruze Features Recycling-Friendly Oil Filter
10 May 2010, 14:51 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The automotive industry is making increased efforts to develop vehicles that are more environmentally-friendly, with multiple areas of development being used to create the pathway to sustainable mob...
How GM Stole Taxpayers' Money to Become No. 1 Again...
10 May 2010, 10:35 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / ... Technically, the above headline is wrong. Or part of it, anyway. That's because the new, or should I say, "current" General Motors is a separate and somewhat independent company ...
Chevrolet Shifts to Six-speed Transmissions for 2011 Model Year
8 May 2010, 11:18 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / The American car company finally decided to equip its passenger vehicles with 21st century six-speed transmissions. These transmissions offer better fuel economy and in-gear elasticity, which essent...
GMC Expands the Sierra Denali HD range
7 May 2010, 08:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / GMC will expand the 2011 Sierra Denali HD range, with the exclusive line now available in both 2500 (3/4 ton) and 3500 series (1 ton) versions. The new Sierra Denali HDs are the range toppers of...
GM Moving On with Landfill-free Plan
6 May 2010, 15:10 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / GM announced that 62 of its production sites have managed to achieve the “zero landfill” status by recycling or reusing all normal plant wastes, meaning 43 percent of the company’s...
Chevrolet Goes Six-Speed Automatic
6 May 2010, 14:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The new Chevrolet Cruze will be the 12th model in the carmaker’s range to offer GM’s fuel-saving six speed automatic transmissions. Six speed automatic gearboxes will be available on ...
GM Recalls Over 164,000 Hummers H3 and 40,000 Corvettes
6 May 2010, 06:47 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / General Motors is recalling 164,190 Hummer H3 and H3T SUVs because of a fault that could cause a piece of the hood to detach while the SUV is being driven. The American automaker is also recalling 4...