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General Motors
13 Questions with Mary Barra
By Belinda Luscombe
Zipcar Is Making a Radical Change to its Car-Borrowing Biz
By Victor Luckerson
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GM Testing a Car-sharing App, Taking Aim at Zipcar and Uber
Automaker launching a pilot project in New York
By Chris Matthews
October 2, 2015
U.S. Auto Sales Reach 10-Year High
Auto sales are on track for the best year since 2000
By Claire Groden / Fortune
October 1, 2015
GM Near Settlement With U.S. Over Ignition-switch Scandal
Automaker could face fine close to $1 billion
By Victor Luckerson
September 17, 2015
Mary Barra Pumps the Breaks on Fiat Merger Chatter
GM looked at the deal "in tremendous detail."
By Michal Addady / Fortune
September 14, 2015
You Could Soon Be Driving a Buick Made in China
It could spark a heated debate about American manufacturing
By Michal Addady / Fortune
August 18, 2015
See Chevy’s New, More Fuel-efficient Cruze
It's a leaner, meaner, greener machine
By Jonathan Chew / Fortune
June 25, 2015
Chevy Publishes Press Release Entirely in Emoji
We think it says "drink your Ovaltine"
By Ben Geier / Fortune
June 22, 2015
These Are the Top 5 Female CEOs, According to Their Employees
A new annual ranking is out
By Ben Geier / Fortune
June 10, 2015
100 Died From Faulty GM Vehicles
The malfunctioning switches have prompted the recalls of millions of GM vehicles
By Rishi Iyengar
May 12, 2015
You'll Never Believe Who Makes This Gorgeous New Car
It drives itself, obviously
By Sue Callaway
April 28, 2015
These Are America’s Most Disliked Companies
These companies, unfortunately, managed to antagonize more than just one group and have become widely disliked
By Alexander E.M. Hess and Douglas A. McIntyre
February 11, 2015
Report Finds Security Risk in High-Tech Cars
Wireless technology causes gaps in security and customer privacy
By Ben Geier / Fortune
February 9, 2015
This Is Why There Aren't More Women at Davos
This year only 17% of Davos participants are women. That number doesn’t reflect how bad gender diversity in global leadership really is
By Deena Shanker / Fortune
January 21, 2015
General Motors Open to Working With Google on Self-Driving Cars
‘We’d certainly be open to having a discussion with them,’ Jon Lauckner said in an interview at the Detroit auto show
By Ben Geier / Fortune
January 13, 2015
GM Chief Sets Sights for 2015
She wants to focus on growing sales in the U.S. and China
By David Stout
January 8, 2015
GM is Bringing Shopping and Hotel Reservations to Your Car
Now OnStar can get you a cheaper cruller
By Ben Geier / Fortune
January 5, 2015
GM CEO Won't Receive Women’s Award Amid Protests
The museum said it was not presenting Mary Barra with the award “at this time”
By Noah Rayman
November 13, 2014
GM Will Pay You $25 to Get Your Faulty Ignition Switch Fixed
As some 1 million vehicles with defect remain on the road
By Sam Frizell
November 5, 2014
Death Toll Linked to GM Ignition Switch Defect Rises to 29
Two new death claims approved by compensation program
By Dan Kedmey
October 20, 2014
Safety Head Admits Major Reform Needed After GM Recalls
He says we need a "new normal" when it comes to assuring human safety in cars
By Justin Worland
September 25, 2014
More Than 200,000 GM Cars Are Recalled for Brake Defect
The problem has been reported in the 2013-2015 Cadillac XTS and the 2014-2015 Chevrolet Impala
By Rishi Iyengar
September 22, 2014
GM Lawyer Increases Death Toll From Recalled Cars
The figure has now been raised to 19 and is expected to go even higher
By Elizabeth Barber
September 16, 2014
GM Will Make Cars With Motion Sensors to Keep Your Eyes on the Road
Eye and head tracking sensors will make it harder to text while driving
By Dan Kedmey
September 2, 2014
GM Recalls Millions of Vehicles Amid Scandal
Six recalls announced on Monday greatly expand total number of recalled vehicles to over 25 million
By Charlotte Alter
June 30, 2014
Matt Lauer Asked Mary Barra If She Can Be a Good Mom and Run GM
Just months after Sen. Barbara Boxer said she was disappointed in Barra "woman to woman."
By Charlotte Alter
June 26, 2014
GM to Dealers: Don't Sell the Chevy Cruze
Due to an airbag issue, 2013 and 2014 models of the Chevy Cruze are being held at dealerships in North America
By Maya Rhodan
June 25, 2014
GM's Mary Barra Back in the Hot Seat on Capitol Hill
"It is enormously painful to have our shortcomings laid out so vividly," General Motors CEO told lawmakers at a hearing over defective engine parts
By Dan Kedmey
June 18, 2014
Morning Must Reads: June 12
In the news: Iraq creeps closer to "all-out" sectarian conflict; What went wrong with Eric Cantor and the fight to take his leadership post; proof of a partisan U.S.; what's prettier in print
By Alex Rogers
June 12, 2014
Ralph Nader: GM Must Pay Big for What Was Clearly an Institutional Cover-Up
Top management must be held accountable for a pattern of inaction and the auto company's uncommunicative committee structures.
By Ralph Nader
June 10, 2014
Report: GM Could Have Prevented Deaths
General Motors employees shirked responsibility at key moments and didn't fix a faulty ignition switch, causing the deaths of more than a dozen drivers, according to a new report
By Sam Frizell
June 6, 2014
GM Fires 15 Amid Scandal
An internal GM report found no deliberate cover up and said the top management did not know about the defect until the recall
By Noah Rayman
June 5, 2014
GM Says Faulty Switch Issue Only Caused 13 Deaths
GM is sticking with its original number of 13 after a Reuters analysis claimed 74 people died from problems related to a faulty ignition switch
By Nolan Feeney
June 3, 2014
Fake Ad Brutally Rips GM Banned Words Memo
This week's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver took up the list of banned words General Motors sent to its employees. The show's parody ad makes fun of the long list of defects in the...
By Matt Vella
May 20, 2014
Recall Redux: GM Pulls Another 2 Million
Fresh out of another massive recall and a record-breaking fine from regulators, the automaker announced a new series of a potential defects to airbags, seat belts, cables and clips
By Dan Kedmey
May 20, 2014
GM Settlement Reveals List of Banned Words
A 2008 PowerPoint presentation released as part of General Motors’ $35 million settlement with the U.S. government cautioned employees against using words and phrases including "rolling sarcophagi," "Hindenberg" or "Kevorkianesque" in reports and presentations
By Sam Frizell
May 17, 2014
General Motors Is Crushing the Clunker to Save It
Sweeping recalls are the best way to get the trouble of the last few years behind the giant automaker
By Bill Saporito
May 15, 2014
Big Recall Spells More Bad News for GM
The car giant is recalling about 2.7 million vehicles in the U.S. for issues like a hydraulic brake booster problem, hoping to raise flags early this time, amid a federal investigation into why it waited more than a decade to recall vehicles with a deadly ignition switch defect
By Noah Rayman
May 15, 2014
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Here Comes the Next Big Push to Get Drivers to Buy Electric Cars
Everybody understands that one big upside of owning an electric car is that you'll never have to spend a penny on gasoline. Now, you won't have to pay for the electricity needed to charge the...
By Brad Tuttle
April 18, 2014
No Parking: GM's Recalled Cars Can Stay on the Road
Whether General Motors should take its recalled cars off the road is up to federal transportation authorities, a judge has ruled, marking a victory for the company as it faces a legal battle related to the recall of 2.6 million vehicles over faulty ignition switches
By Alexandra Sifferlin
April 17, 2014
GM Has a Plan to Prevent Another Recall Debacle
CEO Mary Barra has announced a new "global product integrity" unit to prevent future problems, though hasn't yet detailed how the group would operate, as the car giant faces criticism for its bungled handling of a massive recall for a defect linked to 13 deaths
By Nolan Feeney
April 15, 2014
GM Finally Gets Some Good News About Safety
The GMC Terrain and Chevrolet Equinox received top marks in a new safety test, which must have GM executives smiling even as the company remains under investigation for a faulty ignition defect that went ignored for a decade
By Laura Stampler
April 8, 2014
Hey GM, Denial is Not the Answer
General Motors and other big organizations can help themselves a lot by telling it early and telling it all. Psychologists show why that's hard.
By Jeffrey Kluger
April 4, 2014
What's Life Worth? GM Asks Kenneth Feinberg
General Motors has retained a lawyer known for working on tragedies to help quantify loss for at least 13 deaths linked to faulty ignition switches, which the car giant initially didn't want to pay to have changed
By Josh Sanburn
April 3, 2014
Watch: The Long, Troubled History of the Chevy Cobalt
Even before the ignition defect, Car owners complained of locks inexplicably opening and closing, power steering failures, and even door windows falling out
By TIME Video
April 2, 2014
5 Things You Need to Know About GM's Recall Crisis
Members of a House committee spent Tuesday grilling General Motors CEO Mary Barra and a federal safety regulator on why it took a decade to issue a recall for a defect linked to the death...
By Matt Vella
April 2, 2014
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