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Meg Whitman and Mark Tatum Join GM’s Board of Directors
With the election of Whitman, 64, and Tatum, 51, GM has 13 directors. Seven GM directors are now women. Continue reading →
GM Shows New Batteries and a Flexible Global EV Platform
Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC and Buick will be launching new EVs starting this year. The next new Chevrolet EV will be a new version of the Bolt EV, launching in late 2020, followed by the 2022 Bolt EUV, launching Summer 2021. The Bolt EUV will be the first vehicle outside of the Cadillac brand to feature Super Cruise, the industry’s first true hands-free driving technology for the highway, which GM will expand to 22 vehicles by 2023, including 10 by next year. Continue reading →
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, co2, EVs, GM Ultium battery, Kenneth Zino, mary barra
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Final Gen 7 Corvette Auction to Benefit Foundation
The announcement, along with the laughable confirmation of the Next Generation Corvette’s development, was made last night by General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra, who was honored at the foundation’s annual Footsteps to the Future Gala in New York. Continue reading →
Inside Job – Mark Reuss Named General Motors President
Reuss once kicked the author’s butt at a closed track in New York State. It’s surprising when the North American president of an auto company appears at a race track to drive a car he worked on as an engineer. It’s embarrassing, though, when he’s as fast, well frankly faster, than any hot shoe out there. I was looking at Reuss’s taillights – in the distance. (see AutoInformed on Driving the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe) Continue reading →
Cruise and GM Closer to Sale of Self Driving Vehicles
“These appointments further demonstrate our commitment to transforming mobility through the safe deployment of self-driving technology and move us closer to our vision for a future with zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion,” said GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. Continue reading →
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Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, Cruise co-founder, GM President Dan Ammann, Ken Zino, Kyle Vogt, mary barra, new vehicle reviews, SoftBank Vision Fund to Invest $2.25 B in GM Cruise
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GM CFO Stevens to Retire. Dhivya Suryadevara New CFO
In an unusually long exit, Stevens will remain with the company as an advisor until his retirement. At GM’s annual meeting yesterday, five anti management proposals received significant votes, but not enough to disrupt business as usual at GM. GM stock has been trading in the $44 range, about $6 ahead of its post-bankruptcy return to public trading. Continue reading →
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Tagged autoinformed.com, Chuck Stevens, Dhivya Suryadevara, gm cfo, Ken Zino, mary barra
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Autonomous Vehicle Nod – Super Cruise on All Cadillacs
The driver assistance device is made possible by precision LiDAR map data, high precision GPS, a driver attention system and a network of camera and radar sensors. It requires an active OnStar service plan with emergency services to function. Customers it’s said can drive hands-free on more than 130,000 miles of limited-access freeways in the U.S. and Canada. Continue reading →
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Tagged autoinformed.com, autonomous cruise control, autonomous vehicles, connected car, Ken Zino, mark reuss, mary barra, v2v
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CEO Mary Barra, 54, Now Also Chairman of GM Board
In a breakthrough that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago, one that is without precedent in automotive and arguably corporate history, current GM CEO Barra becomes the highest ranking female now running a large publicly traded company. Continue reading →
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GM Restructures Global Product Development Again
In the seemingly endless series of corporate moves that are always claimed to improve competitiveness, General Motors is restructuring its vehicle line engineering groups to consolidate current development executive roles and reduce new product birthing times. It appears to be the first major action by Mary Barra, a human resources executive who took over product development in January 2011. Continue reading →
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Tagged auto informed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, doug l. parks, GM, gm engineering, Ken Zino, mary barra, p.d., product development
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GM Plans Four World Debuts at NAIAS. Where is Bob Lutz?
“ATS enters the biggest market segment in the global luxury car industry, both in terms of volume and importance,” said Barra.
No kidding. ATS better be good when it appears next fall.
But when I asked what GM consultant Bob Lutz was doing these days, Barra said she was trading e-mails with him about getting Lutz to drive a new Chevy Sonic, which has been on sale globally for a couple of years. While Barra called Lutz an “automotive rock star,” there was no hint in her brief response that she was spending any time with Lutz. Continue reading →
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Tagged apa, ats, audi, auto informed, auto news, autoinformed.com, automotive news, bme, bob lutz, cadillac, GM, gm global product development, gm human resources, gm pd, Ken Zino, lexus, mary barra, mercedes-benz, naias, tom stephens, zino
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General Motors Appoints Mary Barra, a GM Human Resources Executive, to Head Global Product Development
General Motors today named Mary Barra, 49, senior vice president, Global Product Development, to lead the design, engineering, program management and quality of vehicles for GM’s 11 brands around the world.
Barra comes to the high visibility position once occupied by formidable car guys, including Tom Stephens and Bob Lutz from her position as vice president, Global Human Resources. Prior to this appointment, Barra had been vice president, Global Human Resources since 2009. Both Lutz and Stephens carried the title of vice chairman, so Barra’s job has been downgraded in the latest GM reorganization. Continue reading →
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General Motors Launches New Fund to Advance Climate Equity
The company also announced the creation of a new $25 million Climate Equity Fund, “dedicated to helping close equity gaps in the transition to electric vehicles and other sustainable technology.” The philanthropic fund joins the company’s $35 billion global investment in EV and AV programs, research, technology, manufacturing and charging infrastructure. Continue reading →