Latest News Updates From David Welch

Business, Technology, Autonomous

GM鈥檚 Cruise to Unveil Its First Autonomous Vehicle

The vehicle Cruise has been developing along with GM is a purpose-built electric, autonomous model designed to be more spacious and passenger-friendly than a conventional, human-driven car.

January 21, 2020
Business, Equipment

GM Promotes 1,350 Temp Workers to Full-Time Status After Strike

General Motors Co. delivered on one of the key promises made in its labor contract that ended a 40-day strike in October by giving 1,350 temporary staffers full-time status.

January 15, 2020
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

GM Set to Revive Hummer Brand With Electric Truck and SUV

General Motors Co. is moving forward with plans to revive its polarizing Hummer brand, this time as an electric truck instead of an emblem of gasoline consumption, according to people familiar with the matter.

January 10, 2020
Business, Technology, Fuel

GM Loans Ohio Plant Buyer $40 Million to Launch Electric Truck

General Motors Co. loaned the buyer of its half-century-old assembly plant in Ohio $40 million to help the cash-strapped startup roll out an electric pickup truck.

December 10, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

GM to Build $2.3 Billion Battery Plant in Lordstown, Ohio

General Motors Co. and its battery partner, South Korea鈥檚 LG Chem Ltd., will jointly invest $2.3 billion in a new electric vehicle battery plant to be built in Lordstown, Ohio, the same city where the automaker controversially idled and then sold a 53-year-old compact-car factory.

December 5, 2019
Business, Technology, Fuel

GM CEO Mary Barra Charges Ahead With Electric Cars but Shuns Hybrids

If General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra had her way, the auto industry would forget about selling hybrid electric models and instead concentrate on getting more battery-powered vehicles into showrooms.

November 21, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel

GM Sells Shuttered Lordstown, Ohio, Assembly Plant to Electric Vehicle Startup

Lordstown Motors Corp., the electric-truck startup formed specifically to save a shuttered Ohio car factory, has acquired the highly politicized plant from General Motors Co.

November 7, 2019
Business

GM Edges Toward Ending Strike as Key Factory Backs Labor Deal

General Motors Co. moved closer to ending a five-week strike when 61% of workers at an important truck plant in Flint, Mich., supported a tentative labor agreement.

October 24, 2019
Business

GM Strike Vote Is Going Down to Wire

General Motors Co. employees near Nashville, Tenn., narrowly rejected a proposed contract with the United Auto Workers, an early indication that the union鈥檚 vote to end a more than five-week strike could be a close call.

October 22, 2019
Business, Equipment

GM Workers Stay on Strike as Members Vote on New Contract

The United Auto Workers will continue striking against General Motors Co. until a tentative deal is ratified by members, extending its walkout for at least another week.

October 18, 2019