General Motors Co.'s sales rose 6.4 percent in April as the auto industry continued to see signs of recovery, although the pace slowed from incentive-fueled March. GM said Monday that sales from its four remaining brands - Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac - rose 20 percent. GM is phasing out or selling Saab, Saturn, Pontiac and Hummer. Sales fell 2.4 percent from March ...
GM's Future Hydrogen Power Plans ... Automaker Eyes 2015 for "Production Intent" Fuel Cell System ... Just in case anyone thought General Motors was letting the air out of its hydrogen-powered vehicle efforts, the automaker put the public on notice this week that it remains as committed as ever to using its rolling science projects as a test bed for getting real world, mass-produced, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in consumer driveways.inline_mediumwraptextrightThe Gen 2 hydrogen fuel cell stack
GMC Granite Concept ... The Loft Apartment on Wheels ... Behold what may come to be the smallest GMC ever. Conceived as an "Urban Utility Vehicle," the GMC Granite Concept on display at the 2010 Detroit auto show is fully two feet shorter than the Terrain, it features a dramatically raked windshield and fat tires pushed to the absolute corners of the vehicle to maximize interior package space. Now that New GM's down to just four brands, each of those brands is hoping to broaden its appeal and
At his first meeting with General Motors' top executives after being named chairman last summer, Edward Whitacre Jr. candidly, perhaps unintentionally, issued a warning to then-CEO Fritz Henderson. "I don't know how to be a chairman and not a CEO," a person at the meeting remembers Whitacre saying. "I'm a guy that likes to be in charge." ...
If Dutch luxury car maker Spyker doesn't buy the Saab brand, General Motors Co. will let it die a quiet death by Dec. 31, GM's chairman said Tuesday ...
General Motors Co. has a Chinese suitor for the steering business it bought back from Troy-based Delphi Corp. this autumn as Delphi emerged from bankruptcy ...
General Motors Co. has “a real good candidate” for a new CFO and could have news about the appointment in two or three weeks, Chairman and interim CEO Ed Whitacre said today ...
General Motors Co. Chairman Ed Whitacre Jr. said Friday he is putting engineering chief Mark Reuss in charge of GM's North American operations in a management shakeup ...
General Motors Co. has not talked with any other potential buyers for the Swedish Saab brand since a specialty car maker pulled out of a deal to buy it this week, a person briefed on GM's plans said Wednesday ...