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General Motors has been the number one automotive innovator according to patent filings among 183 companies as ranked by the Patent Board.  GM filed for 1,123 U.S. patents in 2011. Among them have been patents for quiet brakes that absorb...

Energy use has been reduced by 7%

General Motors has released its 2012 Sustainability Report and announced that energy use is down 7% and carbon emissions are down 5.3% at its factories since 2010 towards a goal of reducing emissions by 20% by 2020. It now has 105 landfill-free fa...

Poaches him away from Volkswagen

General Motors has hired Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann as the new Chairman of Opel and President of GM Europe. The positions also mean that he will be a GM vice present and member of the GM Executive Committee. The promotion is effective March 1. Curren...

Models range from new Corvette to new Silverado pickup

General Motors has its eyes firmly on boosting North American sales this year by introducing 18 new or refreshed cars. The new models include big sellers like the Silverado pickup truck and Impala sedan, and GM’s halo car, the seventh genera...

General Motors has installed an 8.15 megawatt solar panel array at Opel's Rüsselsheim factory. It is one of the largest fields on solar panels in Europe and covers the area of 32 soccer fields. It will create 7.3 million kilowatt hours of...

Planning smaller engines and transmissions with more gears

General Motors has announced a $332 million investment into Michigan, Ohio and Indiana to build new, cutting-edge engines and transmissions. GM is making a major push to create cleaner, more efficient internal combustion engines that do not need a...

General Motors is investing $450 million through 2015 in its Rosario Automotive Complex in Argentina to build a new global car. The announcement was made by GM CEO Dan Akerson, Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; G...

Includes new dynamometer and chassis testing center

General Motors has agreed to invest €230 million into a new European Development Center for Opel and Vauxhall. Most of the money will go towards a new dynamometer lab in Rüsselsheim and a new chassis-testing center at the Dudenhofen prov...

General Motors has announced investment into NanoSteel Company, which is creating new steel alloys that are stronger and lighter.  GM along with two other venture capital firms have invested in NanoSteel. "We are investing in Nan...

General Motors has announced that it will invest 890 million dollars on the production of a new generation of fuel efficient small block truck and car engines. The investment will create or secure 1,600 jobs in five North American plants. The plants...