Software issues force pause in new Chevy Blazer EV sales
GM has paused sales of its brand new Chevy Blazer EVs after some customers reported software problems. Here are the details.
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GM is cutting jobs: 1,300 at Michigan plants, 900 at self-driving subsidiary
General Motors will lay off about 1,300 workers from two of its Michigan plants, according to WARN notices the company has filed with state regulators. But that’s not all.
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General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit recalls cars for software update after dragging a pedestrian
General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October.
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Driverless car service from GM is halted after California ban
General Motors has announced that it is putting the brakes on its driverless cars, halting a service that provides driverless rides in multiple cities.
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GM, Samsung SDI pick Indiana for $3B electric vehicle battery plant
General Motors and Samsung SDI have selected New Carlisle as the site of a new electric vehicle battery cell plant in Indiana.
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GM strikes deal with Tesla for access to charging network
GM joins Ford in shifting its electric vehicles to work with about 12,000 of Tesla’s roughly 17,000 chargers, and both Detroit automakers are pushing to make Tesla’s connector the industry standard. GM CEO Mary Barra and her Tesla counterpart, Elon Musk, made the announcement during a Twitter Spaces conversation.
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GM hires former Apple exec to run new software group after dropping Apple CarPlay
General Motors (GM) has hired Mike Abbott, a former Apple executive responsible for the company’s cloud services division, to lead a new software unit, just over a month after the automaker announced the controversial move to phase out Apple CarPlay on new vehicles.
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GM, Samsung SDI disclose plans to build $3B battery plant in US
General Motors and South Korea’s Samsung SDI plan to invest more than $3 billion in building a new battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States, the companies said Tuesday.
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GM tops Ford in EV sales but Tesla remains dominant leader
General Motors rode strong first-quarter sales of the Chevrolet Bolt to bump crosstown rival Ford out of second place in the U.S. electric vehicle sales race. But GM’s EV sales of 20,670 were still far below those of industry leader Tesla.
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