General Motors

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 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

Power Tools

The objects that inspire our TIME 100 influencers.

April 24, 2014

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

General Motors

13 Questions with Mary Barra

Zipcar Is Making a Radical Change to its Car-Borrowing Biz

General Motors Is Launching a Car-Sharing Service

Stalling Complaints for Fixed GM Cars