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General Motors and its Chinese partner SAIC have opened the largest automotive proving ground in China that they call the Guangde Proving Ground. The 5.67km² proving ground is located in Guangde County in the province on Anhui, which is ...

General Motors was the final major auto company that had not released its financial statement for the second quarter of 2012. The company had net revenue $37.6 billion compared to $39.4 billion in the second quarter of 2011. Earnings before intere...

GM is developing Wi-Fi Direct technology to make four-way stops safer. Wi-Fi Direct is an upcoming technology similar to Bluetooth but with a longer range. One application is exchanging data among vehicles. The data can go between vehicl...

Motor and drive unit built in the US

General Motors has begun production of the Chevrolet Spark EV at its factory in White Marsh, Maryland. It is the first time for its electric cars where the motor and drive units will also be built in the US. “The era of using electricity...

It is introducing new Suburban, Tahoe and Yukon SUVs

General Motors will roll out its new full-size SUVs at the New York Motor Show and LA Auto Show later this year. The new trucks include the GMC Yukon, Yukon XL and Yukon Denali; Chevrolet Tahoe; and Chevrolet Suburban. GM is promising a quieter, m...

It appears that General Motors plans to kill two birds with one stone by building future Peugeot-Citroën vehicles at its Rüsselsheim Opel factory. According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, GM has prepared a report that says it wil...

He believes they would appeal to the US and lower costs

General Motors CEO Dan Akerson wants to see more sharing between Opel and Buick, which could mean new Buick models in the US. Specifically, he thinks the  Adam and Cascada would be good fits for the US market. Like the other shared models, th...

General Motors CEO Dan Akerson is going to auction his 1958 Corvette with money going to Habitat for Humanity Detroit to build homes in the Morningside Commons neighborhood on the eastern side of Detroit. The car will be auctioned during the ...

It will cost about $30,000 with a 200-mile range

The first news about General Motors’ possible electric sedan to take on the Tesla Model S emerged late last week. Now GM CEO and Chairman Dan Akerson says that the car is in development as a Cadillac. Akerson did not give a timeline for the ...

It has cut back to developing two shared platforms

PSA Peugeot-Citroën’s poor Q3 financial results may scuttle its partnership with GM and force it into the ownership of Chinese automaker Dongfeng. PSA has €12.11 billion in revenue for the third quarter, a 5.8% decline compared to ...