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  GM to exit Thailand, discontinue Chevrolet brand there, sell Rayong plant to China’s Great Wall Motors

  17 February 2020 / 0 comments

  You’ve read about GM’s decision to wind down sales, design and engineering operations in Australia and New Zealand, as well as retiring the Holden brand from those markets; well, that’s not just it. Closer to […]

  
  

   

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  China’s Great Wall buys GM India plant for USD300 mil

  28 January 2020 / 5 comments

  Ending General Motors’ (GM) involvement in car manufacturing in India is the sale of its plant in Talegaon in Maharashtra state to China’s Great Wall Motor. The deal, said to be worth between USD 250 […]

  
  

   

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  General Motors to revive Hummer as EV brand – report

  13 January 2020 / 2 comments

  Hummer H3T concept. General Motors is going to revive the Hummer brand for a range of electric pick-up trucks and SUVs under the GMC banner, Automotive News reports. Reuters reported in October that the electric […]

  
  

   

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  GM, LG Chem set up JV for EV batt production in Ohio

  10 December 2019 / 1 comment

  General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem have announced plans to mass-produce battery cells for future electric vehicles. Together, the companies will invest up to a total of $2.3 billion (RM9.6 billion) through a new, […]

  
  

   

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  GM recalls 3.8 million cars in the US over faulty brake

  12 September 2019 / 2 comments

  General Motors (GM) has issued a recall involving 3.8 million cars in North America, with 3.46 million pick-up trucks and SUV affected in the US alone. The move, according to Reuters, is to address a […]

  
  

   

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  Michelin Uptis airless tyre announced, debut by 2024

  11 June 2019 / 12 comments

  Tired of patching punctured tyres? Well, Michelin is close to solving that problem. Introducing the Michelin Uptis (short for Unique Puncture-Proof Tire System), an airless mobility solution for passenger vehicles that does away with the […]

  
  

   

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  GM Thailand not involved in US plant closures, layoffs

  6 December 2018 / 4 comments

  The plan by General Motors to close five North American assembly plants next year and cut up to 15,000 jobs as part of a major restructuring programme does not involve its operations in Thailand, the […]

  
  

   

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  GM to close seven factories, trim 15% of workforce to cut costs – shifts focus to autonomous, electric cars

  27 November 2018 / 15 comments

  General Motors (GM) has announced plans to shut down seven factories and cut approximately 15% of its workforce as part of a major restructuring programme. The move will also see the company shift investments into […]

  
  

   

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  GM to develop 400 kW Extreme Fast Charger – 96.5% grid-to-car efficiency, 290 km range in 10 minutes!

  3 September 2018 / 12 comments

  Future electric vehicles under the General Motors (GM) umbrella may soon be able to recharge their batteries with 290 km (180 miles) of driving range in less than 10 minutes, reports Bloomberg. The solid-state transformer-based […]

  
  

   

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  Vingroup takes over GM’s Hanoi factory – VinFast becomes sole distributor for Chevrolet cars in Vietnam

  6 July 2018 / 5 comments

  General Motors (GM) has announced that it will transfer its Vietnamese operations to VinFast Trading and Production, a unit of Vietnam’s biggest private conglomerate, Vingroup JSC. VinFast has also been appointed as the exclusive distributor […]

  
  

   

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