Business, Equipment, Fuel

Lordstown Motors Again Postpones Deadline for Foxconn Plant Deal

Electric truck startup Lordstown Motors Corp.’s shares sank as much as 19% after it pushed back a deadline to complete the sale of its Ohio assembly plant to Foxconn.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
May 9, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous

GM Buys SoftBank’s $2.1 Billion Stake in Cruise

General Motors Co. bought out the SoftBank Vision Fund 1’s stake in self-driving startup Cruise for $2.1 billion, ending the Japanese investment firm’s stake in the business and giving the Detroit automaker 80% ownership.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
March 18, 2022
Business, Technology, Fuel

With Pump Prices High, Buy an EV? ‘Lots of Luck’

Spiking gasoline prices have hiked Americans’ monthly bills to fuel popular pickups and SUVs by hundreds of dollars, which is leading more consumers to kick the tires on electric vehicles.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
March 10, 2022
Business, Technology, Autonomous

GM’s Cruise Names Interim CEO Vogt Full-Time Chief

Cruise LLC, the autonomous vehicle company that is majority-owned by General Motors Co., named founder Kyle Vogt its full-time chief executive officer.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
February 28, 2022
Business, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

GM to Resume Bolt Production as Fix Found for Battery Fires

General Motors Co. will resume production of the Chevrolet Bolt and larger Bolt EUV electric vehicles in April after the automaker and its battery partner, an LG Group company, found a solution to its manufacturing gaffes.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
February 15, 2022
Business

GM Grabs $2 Billion Windfall as Used-Car Prices Hit Record

There’s a big upside to record used-car prices: auto lenders such as GM Financial are cashing in.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
February 2, 2022
Business, Technology, Safety, Autonomous

GM’s Cruise Begins Offering Driverless Rides

Cruise LLC, the self-driving car startup that is majority owned by General Motors Co., is offering free rides to nonemployees in San Francisco for the first time, a move that triggers another $1.35 billion from investor SoftBank Vision Fund.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
February 1, 2022
Business, Technology, Fuel

GM’s $6.5 Billion Electric Truck Blitz Wins Michigan Incentives

General Motors Co. plans to spend $6.5 billion on an electric pickup plant and battery factory in Michigan thanks in part to a $1.8 billion incentive package put together by the state to make sure the automaker didn’t take a big piece of its EV business elsewhere.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
January 25, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

Makers of Electric Pickups Target Work Truck Crowd

Automakers are targeting the job site with electric pickup trucks.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
January 14, 2022
Business, Technology

GM Enters Electric Pickup Battle With 400-Mile Silverado EV

General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra showed off the company’s electric Chevrolet Silverado at the CES exhibition, announcing that the pickup will go on sale in spring 2023 to compete with battery-powered trucks from longstanding rival Ford Motor Co. and newcomer Rivian Automotive Inc.

David Welch | Bloomberg News
January 5, 2022