GM teams up with Microsoft on driverless cars
In the partnership announced Tuesday, the companies said Microsoft’s Azure cloud and edge computing platform would be used to “commercialize its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale.”
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UPDATE: Auto workers strike against GM in contract dispute
More than 49,000 members of the United Auto Workers walked off General Motors factory floors or set up picket lines early Monday as contract talks with the company deteriorated into a strike.
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GM charges up new unit to sell electric delivery vans, gear
The first product for the new venture called BrightDrop will be an electric-powered wheeled pallet that will take goods from the warehouse to trucks and from trucks to destinations. Then GM will roll out a clean electric delivery van.
Elanco HQ expected to anchor new development, park expansion on former GM site
Beyond the public company’s $100 million headquarters campus, city and state leaders expect 26 acres to be used for an expansion of White River State Park and new projects potentially with residential, retail and office uses.
GM: New batteries cut electric car costs, increase range
General Motors says a pending breakthrough in battery chemistry will cut the price of its electric vehicles so they equal those powered by gasoline within five years.
GM alleges Fiat Chrysler spent millions to bribe UAW leaders
General Motors is asking a federal judge to reconsider his dismissal of a lawsuit based on new allegations that Fiat Chrysler bribed union officials and GM employees with millions stashed in secret foreign bank accounts.
GM says it’s moving as fast as possible to make ventilators in Indiana
Experts on managing factory production say GM is making an extraordinary effort for a company that normally isn’t in the business of producing ventilators.
UPDATE: Trump seeks to force General Motors to produce ventilators
General Motors said it is scheduled to start shipping ventilators as soon as next month from an automotive electronics factory in Kokomo.
Automakers preparing to produce ventilators, respirators
General Motors—which hopes to make ventilators in Kokomo—and Ford Motor Co. are among automakers that are throwing their design and production prowess behind two other manufacturers’ efforts to build more ventilators and respirators for health care workers and first responders.
GM planning 13 electric vehicles as it tries to run with Tesla
General Motors touted an exclusive new battery technology that could propel some of the vehicles as far as 400 miles on a single charge as it tries to capture electric vehicle enthusiasm.
Memory Bank: Sanding parts at the GM stamping plant
This photo was taken in the 1940s of a woman sanding parts using a power grinder at the plant. T
GM says 1,350 temp employees to get full-time jobs
The workers got a path to full-time status in contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers union and the company.
Timeline: Ambrose and the GM stamping plant site
Hopes were high nearly 2-1/2 years ago, when Ambrose was selected to redevelop the GM stamping plant site. But the deal has since fallen apart. Here’s the play by play.
Ambrose, city likely to spend years in court over GM site development
Negotiations could be difficult, given that both sides have strong arguments, legal experts say.
UAW president steps down as GM sues rival over union bribery
General Motors is alleging that its crosstown rival got an unfair business advantage by bribing officials of the United Auto Workers union.
GM strike finally ends as UAW members approve new contract
The deal, which includes modest improvements in pay for new employees and promises that the company will bring full-time temporary workers on permanently, passed this week after being voted on by GM’s 47,000 workers.
Workers at largest GM plant OK labor deal, putting strike near its end
Some production workers could return to work as early as Friday night or Saturday morning, ending a walkout that was big enough to help push down September U.S. durable goods orders by 1.1%, the largest drop in four months.
Autoworkers from closed plants prepared to fight new GM contract
Some workers question why union leaders agreed to let General Motors close three factories, wondering if corruption inside the UAW influenced the decision to side with the company.
GM workers to stay on picket line until vote on new contract
Details on the four-year pact were posted Thursday on the UAW website as factory level union officials met to decide if they’ll approve the deal. Workers went on strike Sept. 16, crippling the company’s U.S. production and costing it an estimated $2 billion.
GM reaches tentative deal with UAW that could end strike
The deal was hammered out after months of bargaining but won’t bring an immediate end to the strike by 49,000 hourly workers. They will likely stay on the picket lines for at least two more days as two union committees vote on the deal, after which the members will have to approve.
GM CEO Barra joins talks, signaling deal to end strike might be near
The appearance of two key executives is a strong sign that bargainers are closing in on a contract agreement that would end the strike, which began on Sept. 16.