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General Motors

January 07, 2023

The General Motors Company[2] (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.[3] It is the largest automaker in the United States and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.[4][5]

General Motors Company
FormerlyGeneral Motors Corporation
TypePublic
ISINUS37045V1008
IndustryAutomotive
Founded
  • September 16, 1908; 114 years ago (1908-09-16)[1] (original company)
  • July 10, 2009; 13 years ago (2009-07-10) (present company)
Founders
HeadquartersRenaissance Center,
Detroit, Michigan
,
U.S.
Number of locations
396 facilities on six continents[2]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Products
Production output
 6,291,000 vehicles (sales, 2021)[2]
ServicesVehicle financing
Revenue US$127.004 billion (2021)[2]
US$9.324 billion (2021)[2]
US$9.945 billion (2021)[2]
Total assets US$244.718 billion (2021)[2]
Total equity US$65.815 billion (2021)[2]
Number of employees
157,000 (December 2021)[2]
Divisions
Subsidiaries
List
Websitegm.com
Footnotes / references
[2]

General Motors operates manufacturing plants in eight countries.[6] Its four core automobile brands are Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac. It also holds interests in Chinese brands Wuling Motors and Baojun as well as DMAX via joint ventures.[2] Additionally, GM also owns the BrightDrop delivery vehicle manufacturer,[7] a namesake Defense vehicles division which produces military vehicles for the United States government and military;[8] the vehicle safety, security, and information services provider OnStar;[9] the auto parts company ACDelco, a namesake financial lending service; and majority ownership in the self-driving cars enterprise Cruise LLC.

In January 2021, GM announced plans to end production and sales of vehicles using internal combustion engines, including hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrids by 2035, as part of its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.[10] GM offers more flexible-fuel vehicles, which can operate on either E85 ethanol fuel or gasoline, or any blend of both, than any other automaker.[11]

The company traces itself to a holding company for Buick established on September 16, 1908, by William C. Durant, the largest seller of horse-drawn vehicles at the time.[12] The current entity was established in 2009 after the General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization.[13]

GM is ranked 22nd on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[14]

History

Further information: History of General Motors
 
General Motors headquarters building, 1981

By 1900, William C. Durant's Durant-Dort Carriage Company of Flint, Michigan had become the largest manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in the United States.[15] Durant was averse to automobiles, but fellow Flint businessman James H. Whiting, owner of Flint Wagon Works, sold him the Buick Motor Company in 1904.[16] Durant formed the General Motors Company in 1908 as a holding company, with partner Charles Stewart Mott, borrowing a naming convention from General Electric.[17] GM's first acquisition was Buick, which Durant already owned, then Oldsmobile on November 12, 1908.[18] Under Durant, GM went on to acquire Cadillac, Elmore, Welch, Cartercar, Oakland (the predecessor of Pontiac), the Reliance Motor Truck Company of Owosso, Michigan, and the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company of Pontiac, Michigan (predecessors of GMC) in 1909.

Durant, with the board's approval, also tried acquiring Ford Motor Company but needed an additional $2 million.[19] Durant over-leveraged GM in making these acquisitions, and was removed by the board of directors in 1910 at the order of the bankers who backed the loans to keep GM in business.[16] The action of the bankers was partially influenced by the Panic of 1910–1911 that followed the earlier enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. In 1911, Charles F. Kettering, with Henry M. Leland, of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO), invented and patented the first electric starter in America.[20] In November 1911, Durant co-founded Chevrolet with Swiss race car driver Louis Chevrolet, who left the company in 1915 after a disagreement with Durant.[21]

 
General Motors Company share certificate issued October 13, 1916

GM was reincorporated in Detroit in 1916 as General Motors Corporation and became a public company via an initial public offering. By 1917, Chevrolet had become successful enough that Durant, with the backing of Samuel McLaughlin and Pierre S. du Pont, reacquired a controlling interest in GM. The same year, GM acquired Samson Tractor.[22] Chevrolet Motor Company was consolidated into GM on May 2, 1918, and the same year GM acquired United Motors, a parts supplier founded by Durant and headed by Alfred P. Sloan for $45 million, and the McLaughlin Motor Car Company, founded by R. S. McLaughlin, became General Motors of Canada Limited.[23][24][25] In 1919, GM acquired Guardian Frigerator Company, part-owned by Durant, which was renamed Frigidaire. With this acquisition, the General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), which provides financing to automotive customers, was formed.[26][16]

In 1920, du Pont orchestrated the removal of Durant once again and replaced him with Alfred P. Sloan.[27] At a time when GM was competing heavily with Ford Motor Company, Sloan established annual model changes, making previous years' models "dated" and created a market for used cars.[28] He also implemented the pricing strategy used by all car companies today. The pricing strategy had Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, and Cadillac priced from least expensive to most, respectively.[29]

In 1921, Thomas Midgley Jr., an engineer for GM, discovered tetraethyllead (leaded gasoline) as an antiknock agent, and GM patented the compound because ethanol could not be patented.[30] This led to the development of higher compression engines resulting in more power and efficiency. The public later realized that lead contained in the gasoline was harmful to various biological organisms including humans.[31] Evidence shows that corporate executives understood the health implications of tetraethyllead from the beginning.[32] As an engineer for GM, Midgley also developed chlorofluorocarbons, which have now been banned due to their contribution to climate change.[33]

Under the encouragement of GM President Alfred P. Sloan Jr., GM acquired Vauxhall Motors for $2.5 million in 1925.[34] The company also acquired an interest in the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company the same year, and its president, John D. Hertz, joined the board of directors of GM; it acquired the remainder of the company in 1943.[16]

In 1926, the company introduced the Pontiac brand and established the General Motors Group Insurance Program to provide life insurance to its employees.[16] The following year, after the success of the 1927 model of the Cadillac Lasalle designed by Harley Earl, Sloan created the "Art and Color Section" of GM and named Earl as its first director. Earl was the first design executive to be appointed to leadership at a major American corporation. Earl created a system of automobile design that is still practiced today.[35] At the age of 24, Bill Mitchell was recruited by Harley Earl to the design team at GM, and he was later appointed as Chief Designer of Cadillac. After Earl retired in December 1958, Mitchell took over automotive design for GM.[36]

GM acquired Allison Engine Company[16][37] and began developing a 1,000 horsepower liquid-cooled aircraft engine in 1929.[16] The same year, GM acquired 80% of Opel, which at that time had a 37.5% market share in Europe, for $26 million. It acquired the remaining 20% in 1931.[34]

In the late-1920s, Charles Kettering embarked on a program to develop a lightweight two-stroke diesel engine for possible usage in automobiles.[38] Soon after, GM acquired Electro-Motive Company and the Winton Engine Co., and in 1941, it expanded EMC's realm to locomotive engine manufacturing.[39]

In 1932, GM acquired Packard Electric.[16][40] not the actual car company, which would merge with Studebaker years later. The following year, GM acquired a controlling interest in North American Aviation and merged it with the General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation.[41]

The GM labor force participated in the formation of the United Auto Workers labor union in 1935, and in 1936 the UAW organized the Flint Sit-Down Strike, which initially idled two key plants in Flint, Michigan, and later spread to 6 other plants including those in Janesville, Wisconsin and Fort Wayne, Indiana. In Flint, police attempted to enter the plant to arrest strikers, leading to violence; in other cities, the plants were shuttered peacefully. The strike was resolved on February 11, 1937, when GM recognized the UAW as the exclusive bargaining representative for its workers and gave workers a 5% raise and permission to speak in the lunchroom.[42]

Jominy & Boegehold of GM invented the Jominy end-quench test for hardenability of carbon steel in 1937, a breakthrough in heat treating still in use today as ASTM A255.[43] GM established Detroit Diesel the next year.[44]

In 1939, the company founded Motors Insurance Corporation and entered the vehicle insurance market.[26] The same year, GM introduced the Hydramatic, the world's first affordable and successful automatic transmission, for the 1940 Oldsmobile.[45][46]

During World War II, GM produced vast quantities of armaments, vehicles, and aircraft for the Allies of World War II. In 1940, GM's William S. Knudsen served as head of U.S. wartime production for President Franklin Roosevelt, and by 1942, all of GM's production was to support the war.[47] GM's Vauxhall Motors manufactured the Churchill tank series for the Allies, instrumental in the North African campaign.[16] However, its Opel division, based in Germany, supplied the Nazi Party with vehicles. Sloan, head of GM at the time, was an ardent opponent of the New Deal, which bolstered labor unions and public transport, and Sloan admired and supported Adolf Hitler.[48][49] Nazi armaments chief Albert Speer allegedly said in 1977 that Hitler "would never have considered invading Poland" without synthetic fuel technology provided by General Motors. GM was compensated $32 million by the U.S. government because its German factories were bombed by U.S. forces during the war.[50]

Effective January 28, 1953, Charles Erwin Wilson, then GM president, was named by Dwight D. Eisenhower as United States Secretary of Defense.[16]

In December 1953, GM acquired Euclid Trucks, a manufacturer of heavy equipment for earthmoving, including dump trucks, loaders and wheel tractor-scrapers, which later spawned the Terex brand.[51][52]

Alfred P. Sloan retired as chairman and was succeeded by Albert Bradley in April 1956.[53]

In 1962, GM introduced the first turbo charged engine in the world for a car in the Oldsmobile Cutlass Turbo-Jetfire.[16][54] Two years later, the company introduced its "Mark of Excellence" logo and trademark at the 1964 New York World's Fair. The company used the mark as their main corporate identifier until 2021.[55]

GM released the Electrovan in 1966, the first hydrogen fuel cell car ever produced.[56] Though fuel cells have existed since the early 1800s, General Motors was the first to use a fuel cell, supplied by Union Carbide, to power the wheels of a vehicle with a budget of "millions of dollars".[57][58][59]

 
An advertisement for the 1969 Chevrolet Nova using the advertising slogan "Putting you first, keeps us first"

In the 1960s, GM was the first to use turbochargers and was an early proponent of V6 engines, but quickly lost interest as the popularity of muscle cars increased. GM demonstrated gas turbine vehicles powered by kerosene, an area of interest throughout the industry, but abandoned the alternative engine configuration due to the 1973 oil crisis.[60]

In partnership with Boeing, GM's Delco Defense Electronics Division designed the Lunar Roving Vehicle, which traversed the surface of the Moon, in 1971.[61][62] The following year, GM produced the first rear wheel anti-lock braking system for two models: the Toronado and Eldorado.[63]

In 1973, the Oldsmobile Toronado was the first retail car sold with a passenger airbag.[64][65]

Thomas Murphy became CEO of the company, succeeding Richard C. Gerstenberg in November 1974.[66][67]

GM installed its first catalytic converters in its 1975 models.[68]

From 1978 to 1985, GM pushed the benefits of diesel engines and cylinder deactivation technologies. However, it had disastrous results due to poor durability in the Oldsmobile diesels and drivability issues in the Cadillac V8-6-4 variable-cylinder engines.[69]

GM sold Frigidaire in 1979. Although Frigidaire had between $450 million and $500 million in annual revenues, it was losing money.[70]

Robert Lee of GM invented the Fe14Nd2B the Neodymium magnet, which was fabricated by rapid solidification, in 1984.[71] This magnet is commonly used in products like a computer hard disk. The same year, GM acquired Electronic Data Systems for $2.5 billion from Ross Perot as part of a strategy by CEO Roger Smith to derive at least 10% of its annual worldwide revenue from non-automotive sources.[72] GM also intended to have EDS handle its bookkeeping, help computerize factories, and integrate GM's computer systems. The transaction made Ross Perot the largest shareholder of GM; however, disagreements with Roger Smith led the company to buy all shares held by Ross Perot for $750 million in 1986.[73]

In a continuation of its diversification plans, GMAC formed GMAC Mortgage and acquired Colonial Mortgage as well as the servicing arm of Norwest Mortgage in 1985. This acquisition included an $11 billion mortgage portfolio.[74] The same year, GM acquired the Hughes Aircraft Company for $5 billion in cash and stock, and merged it into Delco Electronics.[75] The following year, GM acquired 59.7% of Lotus Cars, a British producer of high-performance sports cars.[76]

In 1987, in conjunction with AeroVironment, GM built the Sunraycer, which won the inaugural World Solar Challenge and was a showcase of advanced technology. Much of the technology from Sunraycer found its way into the Impact prototype electric vehicle (also built by Aerovironment) and was the predecessor to the General Motors EV1.[77]

In 1988, GM acquired a 15% stake in AeroVironment.[78]

In 1989, GM acquired half of Saab Automobile's car operations for $600 million.[79]

In August 1990, Robert Stempel became CEO of the company, succeeding Roger Smith.[80] GM cut output significantly and suffered losses that year due to the early 1990s recession.[81]

In 1990, GM debuted the General Motors EV1 (Impact) concept, a battery electric vehicle, at the LA Auto Show. It was the first car with zero emissions marketed in the US in over three decades. The Impact was produced as the EV1 for the 1996 model year and was available only via lease from certain dealers in California and Arizona. In 1999–2002, GM ceased production of the vehicles and started to not renew the leases, disappointing many people, allegedly because the program would not be profitable and would cannibalize its existing business. All of the EV1s were eventually returned to General Motors, and except for around 40 which were donated to museums with their electric powertrains deactivated, all were destroyed. The documentary film Who Killed the Electric Car? covered the EV1 story.[82]

In November 1992, John F. Smith Jr. became CEO of the company.[83]

In 1993, GM sold Lotus Cars to Bugatti.[84]

In 1996, in a return to its automotive basics, GM completed the corporate spin-off of Electronic Data Systems.[85][86]

In 1997, GM sold the military businesses of Hughes Aircraft Company to Raytheon Company for $9.5 billion in stock and the assumption of debt.[87][88][89][90]

In February 2000, Rick Wagoner was named CEO, succeeding John F. Smith Jr.[91][92] The next month, GM gave 5.1% of its common stock, worth $2.4 billion, to acquire a 20% share of Fiat.[93]

In May 2004, GM delivered the first full-sized pickup truck hybrid vehicles, the 1/2-ton Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra trucks.[94] These mild hybrids did not use electrical energy for propulsion, like GM's later designs. Later, the company debuted another hybrid technology, co-developed with DaimlerChrysler and BMW, in diesel-electric hybrid powertrain manufactured by Allison Transmission for transit buses.[95] Continuing to target the diesel-hybrid market, the Opel Astra diesel engine hybrid concept vehicle was rolled out in January 2005.[96] Later that year, GM sold its Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive division to private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Greenbriar Equity Group.[97][98]

GM paid $2 billion to sever its ties with Fiat in 2005, severing ties with the company due to an increasingly contentious dispute.[99]

GM began adding its "Mark of Excellence" emblem on all new vehicles produced and sold in North America in mid-2005. However, after the reorganization in 2009, the company no longer added the logo, saying that emphasis on its four core divisions would downplay the GM logo.[100][101]

In 2005, Edward T. Welburn was promoted to the newly created position of vice president, GM Global Design, making him the first African American to lead a global automotive design organization and the highest-ranking African American in the US motor industry at that time. On July 1, 2016, he retired from General Motors after 44 years. He was replaced by Michael Simcoe.[102][103]

In 2006, GM introduced a bright yellow gas cap on its vehicles to remind drivers that cars can operate using E85 ethanol fuel.[104] They also introduced another hybrid vehicle that year, the Saturn Vue Green Line.[105]

In 2008, General Motors committed to engineering half of its manufacturing plants to be landfill-free. In order to achieve its landfill-free status, production waste is recycled or reused in the manufacturing process.[106] Continuing their environmental-conscious development, GM started to offer the 2-mode hybrid system in the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, Cadillac Escalade, and pickup trucks.[107]

In late 2008, the world's largest rooftop solar power installation was installed at GM's manufacturing plant in Zaragoza. The Zaragoza solar installation has about 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2) of roof at the plant and contains about 85,000 solar panels. The installation was created, owned and operated by Veolia Environment and Clairvoyant Energy, which leases the rooftop area from GM.[108][109][110]

Chapter 11 bankruptcy and bailout

Further information: General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization

In March 2009, after the company had received $17.4 billion in bailouts but was not effective in a turnaround, President Barack Obama forced the resignation of CEO Rick Wagoner.[111]

General Motors filed for a government-backed Chapter 11 reorganization on June 8, 2009.[112][113] On July 10, 2009, the original General Motors sold assets and some subsidiaries to an entirely new company, including the trademark "General Motors".[112][113] Liabilities were left with the original GM, renamed Motors Liquidation Company, freeing the companies of many liabilities and resulting in a new GM.[112][113]

Through the Troubled Asset Relief Program, the United States Department of the Treasury invested $49.5 billion in General Motors and recovered $39 billion when it sold its shares on December 9, 2013, resulting in a loss of $10.3 billion. The Treasury invested an additional $17.2 billion into GM's former financing company, GMAC (now Ally Financial). The shares in Ally were sold on December 18, 2014, for $19.6 billion netting the government $2.4 billion in profit, including dividends.[114][115] A study by the Center for Automotive Research found that the GM bailout saved 1.2 million jobs and preserved $34.9 billion in tax revenue.[116]

In 2009, the company shut down its Saturn Corporation and Pontiac brands after failing to find a buyer for the brands, and sold Hummer to Tengzhong.[117]

General Motors Canada was not part of the General Motors Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[118]

Post-reorganization

In June 2009, at the request of Steven Rattner, lead adviser to President Barack Obama on the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, Edward Whitacre Jr., who had led a restructuring of AT&T was named chairman of the company.[119]

In July 2009, after 40 days of bankruptcy protection, the company emerged from the government-backed General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization.[120]

In December 2009, the board of directors forced CEO Frederick Henderson to resign and Edward Whitacre Jr. was named interim CEO.[121]

In 2010, GM acquired Americredit, a subprime lender, for $3.5 billion, which was merged into GM Financial.[122]

In November 2010, GM again became a public company via an initial public offering that was one of the world's top five largest IPOs to date.[123]

The company returned to profitability in 2010.[124]

In January 2010, GM sold Saab Automobile to Dutch automaker Spyker Cars.[125][126]

In May 2010, the company repaid a $6.7 billion loan from the government ahead of schedule.[127]

In September 2010, Daniel Akerson became CEO of the company.[128]

In 2010, GM introduced the Chevrolet Volt as an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV), an electric vehicle with back-up generators powered by gasoline, or series plug-in hybrid.[129][130] GM delivered the first Volt in December 2010.[131] The Chevrolet Volt was a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with back-up generators powered by gasoline (range-extended electric vehicle).[132] General Motors built a prototype two-seat electric vehicle with Segway Inc. An early prototype of the Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility vehicle—dubbed Project P.U.M.A. – was presented in New York at the 2009 New York International Auto Show.[133]

In July 2011, General Motors invested $7.5 million in solar-panel provider Sunlogics to install solar panels on GM facilities.[136]

In October 2011, GM introduced the Chevrolet Spark EV, an all-electric car version of the third generation Chevrolet Spark, the first all-electric passenger car marketed by General Motors in the U.S. since the General Motors EV1 was discontinued in 1999. The production version was unveiled at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show.[137][138] The Chevrolet Spark was released in the U.S. in selected markets in California and Oregon in June 2013.[139] Retail sales began in South Korea in October 2013.[140]

In 2011, GM revived one of its idled U.S. factories for the production of a subcompact car in Orion, Michigan, with the creation of 1,500 jobs. This was the first time that GM produced a subcompact car in the United States since the Chevrolet Chevette ended production in 1986.[141] Production started in late 2011 with the Chevrolet Sonic.[142] GM ended production of the Sonic at Orion Assembly on October 19, 2020.[143]

In 2012, PSA Group and General Motors formed an alliance, and GM acquired 7% of PSA Group.[144] The ownership was divested on December 13, 2013, generating gross proceeds of €250 million.[145][146]

On July 2, 2013, GM and Honda announced a partnership to develop fuel cell systems and hydrogen storage technologies for the 2020 time frame. GM and Honda are leaders in fuel cell technology, ranking first and second, respectively, in total fuel cell patents filed between 2002 and 2012, with more than 1,200 between them according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index.[147][148][149]

In late 2013, after losing approximately $18 billion over 12 years, GM began phasing out mainstream sales of Chevrolet in Europe and finished by late 2015 to focus on Opel/Vauxhall. The Chevrolet brand had been reintroduced in Europe in 2005, selling mostly rebranded Daewoo Motors cars acquired by GM Korea.[150][151]

On January 15, 2014, Mary Barra was named chief executive officer, succeeding Daniel Akerson. Barra also joined the GM board.[152]

The 2014 General Motors recall, which was due to faulty ignition switches, and was linked to at least 124 deaths, was estimated to cost the company $1.5 billion.[153]

In October 2015, the second-generation Volt was launched in the United States and Canada. The second generation had an upgraded drivetrain and improved battery system that increased the all-electric range from 38 to 53 miles (61 to 85 km).[154][155][156]

On January 4, 2016, GM invested $500 million in Lyft.[157] This was GM's first investment in ride-sharing.[158]

In March 2016, General Motors acquired Cruise, a San Francisco self-driving vehicle start-up, to develop self-driving cars that could be used in ride-sharing fleets.[159][160]

In October 2016, GM began production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV, the first ever mass market all-electric car with a range of more than 200 miles (320 km).[161][162] The battery pack and most drivetrain components were built by LG Corporation and assembled in GM's plant in Lake Orion, Michigan.[163]

In December 2016, General Motors began testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in Michigan after Governor Rick Snyder signed bills legalizing the operation of autonomous vehicles.[164]

In 2017, GM introduced its Super Cruise autopilot feature into certain models of its cars.[165][166]

On March 6, 2017, General Motors sold its Opel and Vauxhall brands to PSA Group for $2.3 billion.[167][168]

On April 20, 2017, the Government of Venezuela seized the General Motors Venezolana plant in Valencia, Carabobo.[169]

In October 2017, GM acquired Strobe, a solid state LIDAR company. Strobe's prototypes produce brief "chirps" of frequency-modulated (FM) laser light, where the frequency within each chirp varies linearly. Measuring the phase and frequency of the echoing chirp allows the system to directly measure both the distance and the velocity of objects on the road ahead. Strobe, Cruise, and GM will work together to develop the technology for future self-driving cars.[170][171]

In October 2018, Honda invested $2.75 billion in GM's self-driving car unit, including an initial investment of $275 million, followed by $2 billion within a year.[172][173][174]

In November 2018, GM announced it would lay off more than 14,000 employees in North America, comprising 15% of its workforce and 25% of its executive staff in the region.[127] The company ceased production at three assemblies: Lordstown Assembly in Ohio, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Michigan and Oshawa in Canada and two engine/transmission (White Marsh, Maryland, and Warren, Michigan) plants in 2019.[175][176]

In March 2019, GM ceased production of the Chevrolet Volt.[177]

In March 2019, the company announced that it would begin production of a new EV model in Lake Orion, Michigan.[178]

In May 2019, General Motors received pushback on its plan to release a fleet of up to 2,500 modified Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles. The company planned to release these vehicles by Q4 of 2019 as part of initiatives to build a controlled self-driving fleet.[179]

In November 2019, GM sold its former Chevy Cruze plant in Lordstown, Ohio to Lordstown Motors.[180]

In January 2020, GM announced the return of the Hummer nameplate as a series of electric vehicles to be sold from within the GMC portfolio, known as the GMC Hummer EV.[181] The first vehicle, a pickup truck variant with over 1,000 horsepower, shipped in December 2021.[182][183][184]

On March 21, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, General Motors began assisting Ventec Life Systems to produce ventilators.[185]

In April 2020, the company shut down Maven, a car-sharing service in the United States.[186][187]

In September 2020, GM announced a partnership with Nikola Corporation to engineer and manufacture the Nikola Badger, and GM made an equity investment in Nikola. The Badger will use GM's Ultium battery technology, and GM will be an exclusive fuel cell supplier for all of Nikola's class 7/8 trucks.[188] Following fraud allegations from short-seller[citation needed] Hindenburg Research concerning the mechanical capabilities of the Badger pickup truck along with separate sexual misconduct allegations involving former CEO Trevor Milton, GM scaled back its investment with Nikola via a smaller revised deal.[189][190]

In September 2020, GM and Honda announced an alliance to cooperate on purchasing, research, and vehicle development.[191][192]

In November 2020, GM committed to increased capital investment in electric vehicles to over half of new capital expenditures, totalling $27 billion over five years.[193]

On January 8, 2021, GM introduced a new logo alongside a tagline "EVerybody in", with the capitalized "EV" as a nod to the company's commitment to electric vehicles.[194][195] GM's new logo used negative space to create the idea of an electric plug in the "M" of the logo.[196]

At the January 2021 Consumer Electronics Show, GM launched BrightDrop, its brand for all-electric commercial vehicles.[197]

On January 28, 2021, GM announced that it will end production and sales of fossil-fuel vehicles (including hybrids and plug-in hybrids) by 2035 as part of its plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2040.[198]

In 2021, GM announced plans to establish an automotive battery and battery pack laboratory in Michigan.[199][200][201] GM will be responsible for battery management systems and power electronics, thermal management, as well as the pack assembly. An existing GM facility at Brownstown Township was chosen to be upgraded as a battery pack plant.[129] LG Chem's U.S. subsidiary, Compact Power of Troy, Michigan, has been building the prototype packs for the development vehicles and will continue to provide integration support and act as a liaison for the program.[202]

in April 2021, after being criticized for not advertising enough in black-owned businesses, General Motors said that it will spend 2% of 2021's advertising budget in Black-owned media and 4% in 2022 until reaching 8% in 2025.[203]

In April 2021, GM announced a joint venture with LG, to build a $2.3 billion plant to build batteries for electric vehicles.[204]

In November 2021, GM acquired a 25% stake in Pure Watercraft, a producer of all-electric boats.[205]

General Motors has launched the largest investment project in its home state of Michigan, announcing plans to invest $7 billion to convert a plant to produce electric cars and build a new battery plant.[206][207] Besides that General Motors has announced investment of $154 million into its Western New York Lockport Components plant.[208][209]

In August 2022, the company announced that it would reinstate its quarterly dividend at a rate of 9 cents per share, compared to 38 cents per share when it was first cut in April 2020, and increase its share buyback program to $5 billion from $3.3 billion.[210]

Also in August 2022, the company announced that it would offer buyouts to the roughly 2,000 Buick dealers in the US that didn't want to make investments as the company switches to an all-electric lineup. This move came after a similar move with Cadillac dealers that reduced their presence by about a third.[211][212]

In September 2022, the firm announced it would introduce an electric version of its popular Chevy Equinox in the third quarter of 2023, priced around $30,000 to leave it less expensive than comparable vehicles. This move was another step in the firm's decision to go all-electric.[213][214]

In October 2022, the company announced the creation of GM Energy, a new unit that would provide battery packs, EV chargers, and software to help residential and business customers to help with charging and electrical grid disruptions. Offerings would be tailored to specifics homes and businesses. At the time of the announcement, the company said some products would be provided by third party partners.[215][216][217]

Other international history

China

For the Chinese market, most of its cars are manufactured within China. Shanghai GM, a joint venture with the Chinese company SAIC Motor, was created with Canadian Regal 1990 on March 25, 1997. The Shanghai GM plant was officially opened on December 15, 1998, when the first Chinese-built Buick came off the assembly line. The SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile joint-venture is also selling microvans under the Wuling brand (34% owned by GM).

Buick is strong in China from its early introduction by the Canadian Buick sold to the last Emperor of China, later being led by the Buick Regal 1990 subcompact. The last emperor of China owned a Buick.[218]

The Cadillac brand was introduced in China in 2004, starting with exports to China. GM pushed the marketing of the Chevrolet brand in China in the mid-2000s as well. As part of this push, GM transferred Buick Sail to that brand as an attempt to appeal to Chinese middle-class buyers looking for small and affordable cars.[219]

In August 2009, FAW-GM, a joint venture between GM and FAW Group that mainly produced FAW Jiefang light-duty trucks, was formed.[220] GM left the joint venture in 2019, and the Jiefang brand is now wholly owned by FAW.[221]

In 2011, GM opened an auto research center as part of a US250 million corporate campus in Shanghai to develop gasoline-hybrid cars, electric vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles, engines, and new technologies.[222] A second phase opened in 2012.[223]

SAIC-GM-Wuling established the low-cost Baojun brand to better compete with domestic rivals, Chery Automobile, Geely Automobile and BYD Auto for first-time buyers of cars priced around US$10,000.[224]

Japan

GM maintains a dealership presence in Japan, called GM Chevrolet Shop, previously known as GM Auto World Shop.[225] Current GM Japan dealerships were either former Saturn dealerships or Isuzu dealership locations. GM products are also currently sold by the company Yanase Co., Ltd. since 1915.[226]

Indonesia

In August 2011, GM announced plans to build a $150 million 190,300 square-foot plant in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, which would produce 40,000 passenger cars per year for the Southeast Asian market.[227] The plant opened on March 11, 2013.[228] The plant was shut in 2015.[229]

GM withdrew the Chevrolet brand from Indonesia in March 2020. However, GM will continue to sell the Wuling and Baojun badged vehicles in Indonesia through the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture.[230]

South Korea

In October 2011, the South Korea free trade agreement opened the South Korean auto market to American-made cars.[231] GM owns 77.0% of its joint venture in South Korea, GM Korea, which mainly designs and produces Chevrolet and Holden branded vehicles.[2]

In 2011, GM discontinued the Daewoo brand in South Korea and replaced it with the Chevrolet brand.[232]

In 2018, the company approached the Korea Development Bank to participate in a $2.7 billion debt swap issued by its Korean subsidiary.[233]

In February 2018, General Motors shut one factory in South Korea. The plant was affected by the pullout of the Chevrolet brand from Europe.[234]

Uzbekistan

In 2008, GM Uzbekistan was established, owned 25% by GM. It produced Ravon, Chevrolet, and Daewoo branded vehicles. This interest was sold to the Government of Uzbekistan in 2019.

India

In 1928, GM became the first car maker to manufacture cars in India. GM entered the market for the second time in 1996. The older Halol, Gujarat plant, with a capacity of 50,000 units, stopped production on April 28, 2017, and was sold to MG Motor India. GM continues to manufacture cars for the export market from its Talegaon Dhamdhere, Maharashtra plant, which has a capacity of 160,000 units annually.

Thailand

GM stopped production of the Chevrolet Sonic in Thailand in mid-2015.[235]

In February 2020, GM discontinued the Chevrolet brand in Thailand.[236] GM withdrew from the Thai market and sold its Rayong plant to Great Wall Motors.[237]

Egypt

GM has a long history in Egypt which began in the 1920s with the assembly of cars and light pickup trucks for the local market. In the mid of the 1950s, GM withdrew from the Egyptian market. Some years later, the Ghabbour Brothers began to assemble Cadillac, Chevrolet, and Buick models up to the 1990s.

Since 1983, GM and Al-Monsour Automotive have owned General Motors Egypt, which is currently the only manufacturer of traditional GM branded vehicles in Egypt.[238]

Nigeria

In the 1920s, Miller Brothers Nigeria was founded as an importer of commercial vehicles of the Bedford brand in the country. In 1949, the company opened its own assembly plant and operated under the name Niger/Nigeria Motors. In 1965 the plant and its distribution network were split into different companies and renamed Federated Motors Industries. In 1991 the company was taken in by a joint venture between General Motors and UACN of Nigeria.[citation needed]

Tunisia

In 1982, GM formed Industries Mécaniques Maghrébines, which built a plant in Kairouan, Tunisia.[239]

East Africa

Formed in 1975, General Motors East Africa (GMEA) was the largest assembler of commercial vehicles in the region, exporting them from Kenya to East and Central African countries, including Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Rwanda and Burundi. Its facility located in Nairobi assembled a wide range of Isuzu trucks and buses, including the popular Isuzu N-Series versatile light commercial vehicle, TF Series pick-ups, and Isuzu bus chassis. In addition to assembly, GMEA also marketed the Chevrolet Spark and Optra. In 2017, GM sold its 57.7% stake in General Motors East Africa to Isuzu,[240] and GMEA was renamed Isuzu East Africa Limited.[241]

South Africa

General Motors began operating in South Africa in 1913 through its wholly owned subsidiary, General Motors South Africa, and was a market that briefly had its own local brand, Ranger. Following the passage of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act in 1986, GM was forced to divest from South Africa, and GMSA became the independent Delta Motor Corporation. GM purchased a 49% stake in Delta in 1997 following the end of apartheid and acquired the remaining 51% in 2004, reverting the company to its original name. By 2014, it was targeting the production of 50,000 cars a year but was being hampered by national labor unrest, strikes, and protests.[242] GM exited the South Africa market in 2017, selling its parts business to Isuzu.[243]

New Zealand

In New Zealand, GM locally assembled Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, and Pontiac vehicles from 1926 and Vauxhall cars from 1931. After World War II, the local production of Chevrolet and Vauxhalls resumed, followed by Pontiac in 1959. In 1954, sales of fully imported Holden vehicles into New Zealand began. New Zealand assembly of Holdens began in 1957, and by the end of the 1960s, Holdens replaced all Chevrolets and Pontiacs (both in 1968) and most Vauxhalls. Opel, Bedford, and Isuzu vehicles were assembled or imported at different times during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. All local General Motors assembly plants in New Zealand closed by 1990. GM New Zealand was renamed Holden New Zealand in 1994.[244]

Australia

Main article: Holden
 
GMSV logo

In 1926, GM formed an Australian subsidiary, General Motors (Australia) Limited, which imported, distributed and assembled General Motors products.[245] The bodies were manufactured at an Adelaide-based family business, Holden's Motor Body Builders, which had built up its operations with the help of tariff protection and amicable relations with trade unions.[246] During the Great Depression, Holden's Motor Body Builders collapsed, which allowed General Motors to acquire Holden, becoming General Motors-Holden [GMH] in 1931. In 1948, the first fully manufactured Australian car, the Holden 48-215, was released to great fanfare amongst the Australian public. It was marketed as "Australia's Own" Holden, and became an iconic feature of post-war Australian culture.[247] In 2020, GM discontinued the Holden brand due to poor reception and sales, shutting the facilities where they were produced. GM continues to export some Buick, Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC vehicles through a new entity called General Motors Specialty Vehicles.[248][249]

In 2012, GM established Opel as a niche marque in Australia and began to sell Opel branded cars in Australia. However, in August 2013, sales of Opel ceased due to low sales.[250][251]

Motorsports history

GM participated in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) from 2004 to 2012,[252] and has also participated in other motorsport championships, including 24 Hours of Le Mans,[253] NASCAR,[254] SCCA[255] and Supercars Championship.[256]

GM's engines were successful in the Indy Racing League (IRL) throughout the 1990s, winning many races in the small V8 class. GM has also done much work in the development of electronics for GM auto racing. An unmodified Aurora V8 in the Aerotech captured 47 world records, including the record for speed endurance in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. Recently, the Cadillac V-Series has entered motorsports racing.

GM has also designed cars specifically for use in NASCAR auto racing. The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is the only entry in the series.[257] In the past, the Pontiac Grand Prix,[258] Buick Regal, Oldsmobile Cutlass, Chevrolet Lumina, Chevrolet Malibu, Chevrolet Monte Carlo, Chevrolet Impala, and the Chevrolet SS were also used. GM has won many NASCAR Cup Series manufacturer's championships, including 40 with Chevrolet,[259] the most of any make in NASCAR history, 3 with Oldsmobile, 2 with Buick, and 1 with Pontiac. In 2021, Chevrolet became the first brand to reach 800 wins.[260]

In Australia, Holden cars based on the Monaro, Torana and Commodore platforms raced in the Australian Touring Car Championship until 2022. Holden won the Bathurst 1000, a record 36 times between 1968 and 2022 and the Australian Touring Car Championship 23 times.[261] From 2023, the Chevrolet Camaro will be raced.[262]

Logo evolution

Evolution of the GM logo through the years:[263]

Brands

Current

Origin Brand [266] Founded Began
manuf. 		Joined
GM 		Markets served today
  USA BrightDrop 2021 2021 2021 North America
  USA Buick 1899 1903 1908 China, North America
  USA Cadillac 1902 1902 1909 North America, Middle East, China, Japan, South Korea, Europe
  USA Chevrolet 1911 1911 1918 Americas, China, Middle East, CIS, South Korea, Philippines
  USA GMC 1912 1912 1919 North America, Middle East, South Korea
  CHN Baojun 2010 2010 2010 China
  CHN Wuling 2002 2002 2002 China, Indonesia

Former

Origin Brand [266] Founded Began
manuf. 		Joined
GM 		Fate Defunct /
Sold 		Notes
  CAN Acadian 1962 1962 1962 Discontinued 1971
  CAN Beaumont 1966 1966 1966 Discontinued 1969
  USA Cartercar 1905 1905 1909 Discontinued 1915
  KOR Daewoo 1972 1972 1999 Discontinued 2011 Succeeded by GM Korea
  USA Elmore 1893 1900 1912 Discontinued 1916
  USA Ewing 1908 1908 1909 Discontinued 1911
  USA Geo 1989 1989 1989 Discontinued 1997
  AUS Holden 1856 1908 1926 Discontinued 2020
  USA Hummer 1992 1992 1998 Discontinued 2010 Name revived in 2021 for GMC Hummer EV
  USA LaSalle 1927 1927 1927 Discontinued 1940
  UK Lotus 1948 1948 1986 Sold to Romano Artioli 1993 Currently owned by Geely
  USA Marquette 1909 1909 1909 Discontinued 1931
  CAN McLaughlin 1907 1907 1918 Discontinued 1942
  USA Oakland 1907 1907 1909 Discontinued 1931
  USA Oldsmobile 1897 1897 1908 Discontinued 2004
  USA Passport 1987 1987 1987 Discontinued 1991
  GER Opel 1899 1899 1931 Sold to PSA Group 2017 Currently owned by Stellantis
  USA Pontiac 1926 1926 1926 Discontinued 2010
  USA Rainier 1905 1905 1909 Discontinued 1911
  USA Rapid 1902 1902 1909 Discontinued 1912
  USA Reliance 1903 1903 1911 Discontinued 1912
  SWE SAAB 1945 1949 1990 Sold to Spyker N.V. 2010 Company defunct in 2016
  USA Saturn 1985 1990 1985 Discontinued 2010
  USA Scripps-Booth 1913 1913 1916 Discontinued 1923
  USA Sheridan 1920 1920 1920 Discontinued 1921
  UK Vauxhall 1903 1903 1925 Sold to PSA Group 2017 Currently owned by Stellantis
  USA Viking 1929 1929 1929 Discontinued 1930
  USA Welch 1901 1901 1910 Discontinued 1911

Financial results

Vehicle sales

General Motors was the largest global automaker by annual vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years, from 1931, when it overtook Ford Motor Company, until 2008 when it was overtaken by Toyota. This reign was longer than any other automaker, and GM is still among the world's largest automakers by vehicle unit sales.[267]

In 2008, the third-largest individual country by sales was Brazil, with some 550,000 GM vehicles sold. In that year, Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela sold another 300,000 GM vehicles, suggesting that the total GM sales in South America (including sales in other South American countries such as Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, etc.) in that year were at a similar level to sales in China.[citation needed]

In 2009, General Motors sold 6.5 million cars and trucks globally; in 2010, it sold 8.39 million.[268] Sales in China rose 66.9% in 2009 to 1,830,000 vehicles and accounting for 13.4% of the market.[269]

In 2010, General Motors ranked second worldwide with 8.5 million vehicles produced.[270] In 2011, GM returned to the first place with 9.025 million units sold worldwide, corresponding to 11.9% market share of the global motor vehicle industry. In 2010, vehicle sales in China by GM rose 28.8% to a record 2,351,610 units.[271] The top two markets in 2011 were China, with 2,547,203 units, and the United States, with 2,503,820 vehicles sold. The Chevrolet brand was the main contributor to GM performance, with 4.76 million vehicles sold around the world in 2011, a global sales record.[272]

Based on global sales in 2012, General Motors was ranked among the world's largest automakers.[273]

In May 2012, GM recorded an 18.4% market share in the U.S. with stock imported.[274]

Annual worldwide sales volume reached 10 million vehicles in 2016.[275][276][277] Sales in India for April 2016 – March 2017 declined to 25,823 units from 32,540 the previous year and market share contracted from 1.17% to 0.85% for the same period. However, exports surged 89% during the same period to 70,969 units. GMTC-I, GM's technical center in Bangalore, India continued in operation. Weak product line-up and below par service quality were the reasons for the poor showing by GM in India that year.[278][279]

Global Volt/Ampera family sales totalled about 177,000 units from its inception in December 2010 through 2018.[280] including over 10,000 Opel/Vauxhall Amperas sold in Europe up to December 2015.[281][282] The Volt family of vehicles ranked as the world's all-time top-selling plug-in hybrid as of September 2018, and it is also the third best selling plug-in electric car in history after the Nissan Leaf (375,000) and the Tesla Model S (253,000), as of October 2018.[280] The Chevrolet Volt is also the U.S. all-time top-selling plug-in electric car with 148,556 units delivered through October 2018.[283][284]

GM worldwide 2008 vehicle sales[285]
(thousands)
Rank
in GM 		Location Vehicle
sales 		Market
share (%)
1   United States 2,981 22.1%
2   China 1,095 12.0%
3   Brazil 549 19.5%
4   United Kingdom 384 15.4%
5   Canada 359 21.4%
6   Russia 338 11.1%
7   Germany 300 8.8%
8   Mexico 212 19.8%
9   Australia 133 13.1%
10   South Korea 117 9.7%
11   France 114 4.4%
12   Spain 107 7.8%
13   Argentina 95 15.5%
14   Venezuela 91 33.3%
15   Colombia 80 36.3%
16   India 66 3.3%
Year U.S. sales
(vehicles) 		Chg/yr.
1998[286] 4,603,991
1999 5,017,150  9.0%
2000[287] 4,953,163  1.3%
2001 4,904,015  1.0%
2002 4,858,705  0.9%
2003 4,756,403  2.1%
2004[288] 4,707,416  1.0%
2005 4,517,730  4.0%
2006[289] 4,124,645  8.7%
2007[290] 3,866,620  6.3%
2008[291] 2,980,688  22.9%
2009[292] 2,084,492  30.1%
2010[293] 2,215,227  6.3%
2011[294] 2,503,820  13.7%
2012 2,595,717  3.7%
2013[295] 2,786,078  7.3%
2014[296] 2,935,008  5.3%
2015[297] 3,082,366  5.0%
2016 3,042,773  1.3%
2017 3,002,241  1.3%
2018 2,954,037  1.5%
2019 2,887,046[298]  2.3%
2020 2,547,339[299]  11.8%
GM worldwide 2019 vehicle sales[300]
Location Total sales Year-On-Year
change 		Year-On-Year
change (%)
GM North America 3,367,374 (122,740) (3.5)
GM Europe 3,590 (266) (6.9)
GM South America 668,842 (21,355) (3.1)
GM International 584,520 28,033 5.0
China 3,093,604 (551,440) (15.1)
Total 7,717,930 (667,768) (8.0)

Management

Current board of directors

Notable members of the board of directors of the company are as follows:[2]

Chairmen of the Board of General Motors

Chief Executive Officers of General Motors

Chief Executive Officers of General Motors

Philanthropy

GM publishes an annual Social Impact Report detailing its contributions to charity; in 2020 it provided nearly $35 million in funding to 357 U.S.-based non-profits as well as in-kind assets (primarily donations of vehicles) to non-profits valued at more than $9.8 million.[301][302] From 1976 until 2017, philanthropic activity was carried out via the General Motors Foundation, a 501(c)(3) foundation.[303]

General Motors has a close relationship with the Nature Conservancy and has fundraised for and donated cash and vehicles to the charity.[304]

In 1996, GM commissioned five designer-original vehicles, sold in a silent auction for Concept: Cure, to benefit the Nina Hyde Center for breast cancer research, founded by Ralph Lauren. The program involved five designers, each lending their artistic talents to customize five different vehicles. Nicole Miller, Richard Tyler, Anna Sui, Todd Oldham, and Mark Eisen were tasked with transforming a Cadillac STS, Buick Riviera, GMC Yukon, Oldsmobile Bravada and Chevrolet Camaro Z28, respectively. The cars were then auctioned with the proceeds presented to the Nina Hyde Center at the Greater LA Auto Show in 1997.[305][306][307][308]

Since 1997, GM has been a source of funding for Safe Kids Worldwide's "Safe Kids Buckle Up" program, an initiative to ensure child automobile safety through education and inspection.[309][310]

Labor conflicts

Flint sit-down strike

Main article: Flint sit-down strike
 
Young striker off sentry duty sleeping on the assembly line of auto seats

The 1936–1937 Flint sit-down strike against General Motors changed the United Automobile Workers (UAW) from a collection of isolated local unions on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and led to the unionization of the domestic United States automobile industry.

After the first convention of UAW in 1936, the union decided that it could not survive by piecemeal organizing campaigns at smaller plants, as it had in the past, but that it could organize the automobile industry only by going after its biggest and most powerful employer, General Motors Corporation, focusing on GM's production complex in Flint, Michigan.

Organizing in Flint was a difficult and dangerous plan. GM controlled city politics in Flint and kept a close eye on outsiders. According to Wyndham Mortimer, the UAW officer put in charge of the organizing campaign in Flint, he received a death threat by an anonymous caller when he visited Flint in 1936. GM also maintained an extensive network of spies throughout its plants. This forced UAW members to keep the names of new members secret and meeting workers at their homes.

As the UAW studied its target, it discovered that GM had only two factories that produced the dies from which car body components were stamped: one in Flint that produced the parts for Buicks, Pontiacs, and Oldsmobiles, and another in Cleveland that produced Chevrolet parts.

 
National Guardsmen with machine guns overlooking Chevrolet factories number nine and number four

While the UAW called for a sit-down strike in Flint, the police, armed with guns and tear gas, attempted to enter the Fisher Body 2 plant on January 11, 1937. The strikers inside the plant pelted them with hinges, bottles, and bolts. At the time, Vice President John Nance Garner supported federal intervention to break up the Flint Strike, but this idea was rejected by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The president urged GM to distinguish a union so the plants could re-open. The strike ended after 44 days.

That development forced GM to bargain with the union. John L. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers and founder and leader of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, spoke for the UAW in those negotiations; UAW President Homer Martin was sent on a speaking tour to keep him out of the way. GM's representatives refused to be in the same room as the UAW, so Governor Frank Murphy acted as a courier and intermediary between the two groups. Governor Murphy sent in the U.S. National Guard not to evict the strikers but rather to protect them from the police and corporate strike-breakers. The two parties finally reached an agreement on February 11, 1937, on a one-page agreement that recognized the UAW as the exclusive bargaining representative for GM's employees, who were union members for the next six months.[311]

Tool and die strike of 1939

Main article: Tool and die strike of 1939

The tool and die strike of 1939, also known as the "strategy strike", was an ultimately successful attempt by the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) to be recognized as the sole representative for General Motors workers. In addition to representation rights, the UAW, working jointly with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), sought to resolve existing grievances of skilled workers.

United Auto Workers (UAW) strike of 1945–1946

Main article: United Auto Workers (UAW) strike of 1945–1946

From November 21, 1945, until March 13, 1946, (113 days) CIO's United Automobile Workers (UAW), organized "320,000 hourly workers" to form a US-wide strike against the General Motors Corporation, workers used the tactic of the sit down strike.[312] It was "the longest strike against a major manufacturer" that the UAW had yet seen, and it was also "the longest national GM strike in its history".[312] As director of the UAW's General Motors Department (coordinator of union relations with GM),[313] Walter Reuther suggested to his colleagues the idea of striking the GM manufacturing plants with a 'one-at-a-time' strategy, which was "intended to maximize pressure on the target company".[312] Reuther also put forth the demands of the strikers: a 30 percent increase in wages and a hold on product prices. However, the strike ended with the dissatisfaction of Walter Reuther and the UAW, and the workers received only a 17.5-percent increase in wages.

2007 General Motors strike

Main article: 2007 General Motors strike

The 2007 General Motors strike was a strike from September 24 to 26, 2007, by the United Auto Workers (UAW) against General Motors.

On September 24, 2007, General Motors workers represented by the United Auto Workers union went on strike against the company. The first US-wide strike against GM since 1970 was expected to idle 59 plants and facilities for an indefinite period of time. Talks broke down after more than 20 straight days of bargaining failed to produce a new contract. Major issues that proved to be stumbling blocks for an agreement included wages, benefits, job security and investments in US facilities.[314][315][316]

Two car assembly plants in Oshawa, Ontario and a transmission facility in Windsor closed on September 25. However, on September 26, a tentative agreement was reached, and the strike's end was announced by UAW officials in a news conference at 4 a.m.[317] By the following day, all GM workers in both countries were back to work.

2019 General Motors strike

Main article: 2019 General Motors strike

On the morning of September 15, 2019, after talks broke down to renew their contract, which expired earlier that day, the United Auto Workers announced that GM employees would begin striking at 11:59 PM.[318] This strike shut down operations in nine states, including 33 manufacturing plants and 22 parts distribution warehouses.[319] After 40 days, on October 25, 2019, the "longest strike by autoworkers in a decade" and the longest against GM since 1970 came to an end when United Auto Workers members voted to approve a new contract with GM. The strike cost GM more than $2 billion, while members of the labor union were reduced to a salary of $275 a week in strike pay.[320]

Controversies

Streetcar conspiracy

Main article: General Motors streetcar conspiracy

Between 1938 and 1950, GM allegedly deliberately monopolized the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and its subsidiaries, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, intending to dismantle streetcar systems in many cities in the United States and make buses, sold by GM, the dominant form of public transport.

Ralph Nader and the Corvair

 
1961–63 Corvair swing-axle rear suspension

Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader, published in 1965, is a book accusing car manufacturers of being slow to introduce safety features and reluctant to spend money on improving safety. It relates to the first models of the Chevrolet Corvair (1960–1964) that had a swing axle suspension design that was prone to 'tuck under' in certain circumstances. To compensate for the removal of a front stabilizer bar (anti-roll bar) as a cost-cutting measure, Corvairs required tire pressures that were outside of the tire manufacturer's recommended tolerances. The Corvair relied on an unusually high front to rear pressure differential (15 psi front, 26 psi rear, when cold; 18 psi and 30 psi hot), and if one inflated the tires equally, as was standard practice for all other cars at the time, the result was dangerous over-steer.[321]

In early March 1966, several media outlets, including The New Republic and The New York Times, alleged that GM had tried to discredit Ralph Nader, hiring private detectives to tap his phones and investigate his past, and hiring prostitutes to trap him in compromising situations.[322][323] Nader sued the company for invasion of privacy and settled the case for $425,000. Nader's lawsuit against GM was ultimately decided by the New York Court of Appeals, whose opinion in the case expanded tort law to cover "overzealous surveillance".[324] Nader used the proceeds from the lawsuit to start the pro-consumer Center for Study of Responsive Law.

A 1972 safety commission report conducted by Texas A&M University concluded that the 1960–1963 Corvair possessed no greater potential for loss of control than its contemporary competitors in extreme situations.[325] The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a press release in 1972 describing the findings of NHTSA testing from the previous year. NHTSA conducted a series of comparative tests in 1971 studying the handling of the 1963 Corvair and four contemporary cars — a Ford Falcon, Plymouth Valiant, Volkswagen Beetle, and Renault Dauphine — along with a second-generation Corvair (with its completely redesigned, independent rear suspension). The 143-page report reviewed NHTSA's extreme-condition handling tests, national crash-involvement data for the cars in the test as well as General Motors' internal documentation regarding the Corvair's handling.[326] NHTSA went on to contract an independent advisory panel of engineers to review the tests. This review panel concluded that 'the 1960–63 Corvair compares favorably with contemporary vehicles used in the tests [...] the handling and stability performance of the 1960–63 Corvair does not result in an abnormal potential for loss of control or rollover, and it is at least as good as the performance of some contemporary vehicles both foreign and domestic'.

Former GM executive John DeLorean asserted, in his book On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors, that Nader's criticisms were valid.[327]

Journalist David E. Davis noted that despite Nader's claim that swing-axle rear suspension were dangerous, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen all used similar swing-axle concepts during that era.[328]

Ignition switch recall

Main article: General Motors ignition switch recalls

In May 2014, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration fined the company $35 million for failing to recall cars with faulty ignition switches for a decade, despite knowing there was a problem with the switches. General Motors paid compensation for 124 deaths linked to the faulty switches.[329] The $35 million fine was the maximum the regulator could impose.[330] The total cost of the recall was estimated to be $1.5 billion.[153] As well as the Cobalts, the switches of concern had been installed in many other cars, such as the Pontiac G5, the Saturn Ion, the Chevrolet HHR, the Saturn Sky, and Pontiac Solstice. The recall involved about 2.6 million GM cars worldwide.[331]

Xinjiang region

In 2020, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute accused at least 82 major brands, including General Motors, of being connected to forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang.[332]

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The General Motors Company 2 GM is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit Michigan United States 3 It is the largest automaker in the United States and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008 4 5 General Motors CompanyGM Renaissance Center in Detroit MichiganFormerlyGeneral Motors CorporationTypePublicTraded asNYSE GMS amp P 100 componentS amp P 500 componentISINUS37045V1008IndustryAutomotiveFoundedSeptember 16 1908 114 years ago 1908 09 16 1 original company July 10 2009 13 years ago 2009 07 10 present company FoundersWilliam C DurantCharles Stewart MottFrederic L SmithHeadquartersRenaissance Center Detroit Michigan U S Number of locations396 facilities on six continents 2 Area servedWorldwideKey peopleMary Barra Chairperson amp CEO 2 Mark Reuss President ProductsAutomobilesAutomobile partsCommercial vehiclesProduction output6 291 000 vehicles sales 2021 2 ServicesVehicle financingRevenueUS 127 004 billion 2021 2 Operating incomeUS 9 324 billion 2021 2 Net incomeUS 9 945 billion 2021 2 Total assetsUS 244 718 billion 2021 2 Total equityUS 65 815 billion 2021 2 Number of employees157 000 December 2021 2 DivisionsBuickCadillacChevroletGMCSubsidiariesList Transportation SAIC GM Wuling Automobile 44 Baojun BrightDrop CruiseFinancial Services GM FinancialOthersLogistics GM Certified Service OnStar Industrial ACDelco DMAX 60 GM Components Holdings GM Defense International GM Argentina GM Brazil GM Canada CAMI Automotive GM Chile GM Colombia GM Egypt GM Japan GM Korea GM MexicoWebsitegm comFootnotes references 2 General Motors operates manufacturing plants in eight countries 6 Its four core automobile brands are Chevrolet Buick GMC and Cadillac It also holds interests in Chinese brands Wuling Motors and Baojun as well as DMAX via joint ventures 2 Additionally GM also owns the BrightDrop delivery vehicle manufacturer 7 a namesake Defense vehicles division which produces military vehicles for the United States government and military 8 the vehicle safety security and information services provider OnStar 9 the auto parts company ACDelco a namesake financial lending service and majority ownership in the self driving cars enterprise Cruise LLC In January 2021 GM announced plans to end production and sales of vehicles using internal combustion engines including hybrid vehicles and plug in hybrids by 2035 as part of its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 10 GM offers more flexible fuel vehicles which can operate on either E85 ethanol fuel or gasoline or any blend of both than any other automaker 11 The company traces itself to a holding company for Buick established on September 16 1908 by William C Durant the largest seller of horse drawn vehicles at the time 12 The current entity was established in 2009 after the General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization 13 GM is ranked 22nd on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue 14 Contents 1 History 1 1 Chapter 11 bankruptcy and bailout 1 2 Post reorganization 1 3 Other international history 1 3 1 China 1 3 2 Japan 1 3 3 Indonesia 1 3 4 South Korea 1 3 5 Uzbekistan 1 3 6 India 1 3 7 Thailand 1 3 8 Egypt 1 3 9 Nigeria 1 3 10 Tunisia 1 3 11 East Africa 1 3 12 South Africa 1 3 13 New Zealand 1 3 14 Australia 1 4 Motorsports history 1 5 Logo evolution 2 Brands 2 1 Current 2 2 Former 3 Financial results 3 1 Vehicle sales 4 Management 4 1 Current board of directors 4 2 Chairmen of the Board of General Motors 4 3 Chief Executive Officers of General Motors 5 Philanthropy 6 Labor conflicts 6 1 Flint sit down strike 6 2 Tool and die strike of 1939 6 3 United Auto Workers UAW strike of 1945 1946 6 4 2007 General Motors strike 6 5 2019 General Motors strike 7 Controversies 7 1 Streetcar conspiracy 7 2 Ralph Nader and the Corvair 7 3 Ignition switch recall 7 4 Xinjiang region 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory EditFurther information History of General Motors General Motors headquarters building 1981 By 1900 William C Durant s Durant Dort Carriage Company of Flint Michigan had become the largest manufacturer of horse drawn vehicles in the United States 15 Durant was averse to automobiles but fellow Flint businessman James H Whiting owner of Flint Wagon Works sold him the Buick Motor Company in 1904 16 Durant formed the General Motors Company in 1908 as a holding company with partner Charles Stewart Mott borrowing a naming convention from General Electric 17 GM s first acquisition was Buick which Durant already owned then Oldsmobile on November 12 1908 18 Under Durant GM went on to acquire Cadillac Elmore Welch Cartercar Oakland the predecessor of Pontiac the Reliance Motor Truck Company of Owosso Michigan and the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company of Pontiac Michigan predecessors of GMC in 1909 Durant with the board s approval also tried acquiring Ford Motor Company but needed an additional 2 million 19 Durant over leveraged GM in making these acquisitions and was removed by the board of directors in 1910 at the order of the bankers who backed the loans to keep GM in business 16 The action of the bankers was partially influenced by the Panic of 1910 1911 that followed the earlier enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 In 1911 Charles F Kettering with Henry M Leland of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company DELCO invented and patented the first electric starter in America 20 In November 1911 Durant co founded Chevrolet with Swiss race car driver Louis Chevrolet who left the company in 1915 after a disagreement with Durant 21 General Motors Company share certificate issued October 13 1916 GM was reincorporated in Detroit in 1916 as General Motors Corporation and became a public company via an initial public offering By 1917 Chevrolet had become successful enough that Durant with the backing of Samuel McLaughlin and Pierre S du Pont reacquired a controlling interest in GM The same year GM acquired Samson Tractor 22 Chevrolet Motor Company was consolidated into GM on May 2 1918 and the same year GM acquired United Motors a parts supplier founded by Durant and headed by Alfred P Sloan for 45 million and the McLaughlin Motor Car Company founded by R S McLaughlin became General Motors of Canada Limited 23 24 25 In 1919 GM acquired Guardian Frigerator Company part owned by Durant which was renamed Frigidaire With this acquisition the General Motors Acceptance Corporation GMAC which provides financing to automotive customers was formed 26 16 In 1920 du Pont orchestrated the removal of Durant once again and replaced him with Alfred P Sloan 27 At a time when GM was competing heavily with Ford Motor Company Sloan established annual model changes making previous years models dated and created a market for used cars 28 He also implemented the pricing strategy used by all car companies today The pricing strategy had Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick and Cadillac priced from least expensive to most respectively 29 In 1921 Thomas Midgley Jr an engineer for GM discovered tetraethyllead leaded gasoline as an antiknock agent and GM patented the compound because ethanol could not be patented 30 This led to the development of higher compression engines resulting in more power and efficiency The public later realized that lead contained in the gasoline was harmful to various biological organisms including humans 31 Evidence shows that corporate executives understood the health implications of tetraethyllead from the beginning 32 As an engineer for GM Midgley also developed chlorofluorocarbons which have now been banned due to their contribution to climate change 33 Under the encouragement of GM President Alfred P Sloan Jr GM acquired Vauxhall Motors for 2 5 million in 1925 34 The company also acquired an interest in the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company the same year and its president John D Hertz joined the board of directors of GM it acquired the remainder of the company in 1943 16 In 1926 the company introduced the Pontiac brand and established the General Motors Group Insurance Program to provide life insurance to its employees 16 The following year after the success of the 1927 model of the Cadillac Lasalle designed by Harley Earl Sloan created the Art and Color Section of GM and named Earl as its first director Earl was the first design executive to be appointed to leadership at a major American corporation Earl created a system of automobile design that is still practiced today 35 At the age of 24 Bill Mitchell was recruited by Harley Earl to the design team at GM and he was later appointed as Chief Designer of Cadillac After Earl retired in December 1958 Mitchell took over automotive design for GM 36 GM acquired Allison Engine Company 16 37 and began developing a 1 000 horsepower liquid cooled aircraft engine in 1929 16 The same year GM acquired 80 of Opel which at that time had a 37 5 market share in Europe for 26 million It acquired the remaining 20 in 1931 34 In the late 1920s Charles Kettering embarked on a program to develop a lightweight two stroke diesel engine for possible usage in automobiles 38 Soon after GM acquired Electro Motive Company and the Winton Engine Co and in 1941 it expanded EMC s realm to locomotive engine manufacturing 39 In 1932 GM acquired Packard Electric 16 40 not the actual car company which would merge with Studebaker years later The following year GM acquired a controlling interest in North American Aviation and merged it with the General Aviation Manufacturing Corporation 41 The GM labor force participated in the formation of the United Auto Workers labor union in 1935 and in 1936 the UAW organized the Flint Sit Down Strike which initially idled two key plants in Flint Michigan and later spread to 6 other plants including those in Janesville Wisconsin and Fort Wayne Indiana In Flint police attempted to enter the plant to arrest strikers leading to violence in other cities the plants were shuttered peacefully The strike was resolved on February 11 1937 when GM recognized the UAW as the exclusive bargaining representative for its workers and gave workers a 5 raise and permission to speak in the lunchroom 42 Jominy amp Boegehold of GM invented the Jominy end quench test for hardenability of carbon steel in 1937 a breakthrough in heat treating still in use today as ASTM A255 43 GM established Detroit Diesel the next year 44 In 1939 the company founded Motors Insurance Corporation and entered the vehicle insurance market 26 The same year GM introduced the Hydramatic the world s first affordable and successful automatic transmission for the 1940 Oldsmobile 45 46 1926 Pontiac radiator logo 1928 Pontiac Series 6 28 2 door 5 passenger Coach sedan 1932 Pontiac Series 402 Six 2 door 5 passenger Coach sedan 1936 Pontiac Master Six Series 6BB Coupe During World War II GM produced vast quantities of armaments vehicles and aircraft for the Allies of World War II In 1940 GM s William S Knudsen served as head of U S wartime production for President Franklin Roosevelt and by 1942 all of GM s production was to support the war 47 GM s Vauxhall Motors manufactured the Churchill tank series for the Allies instrumental in the North African campaign 16 However its Opel division based in Germany supplied the Nazi Party with vehicles Sloan head of GM at the time was an ardent opponent of the New Deal which bolstered labor unions and public transport and Sloan admired and supported Adolf Hitler 48 49 Nazi armaments chief Albert Speer allegedly said in 1977 that Hitler would never have considered invading Poland without synthetic fuel technology provided by General Motors GM was compensated 32 million by the U S government because its German factories were bombed by U S forces during the war 50 Effective January 28 1953 Charles Erwin Wilson then GM president was named by Dwight D Eisenhower as United States Secretary of Defense 16 In December 1953 GM acquired Euclid Trucks a manufacturer of heavy equipment for earthmoving including dump trucks loaders and wheel tractor scrapers which later spawned the Terex brand 51 52 Alfred P Sloan retired as chairman and was succeeded by Albert Bradley in April 1956 53 In 1962 GM introduced the first turbo charged engine in the world for a car in the Oldsmobile Cutlass Turbo Jetfire 16 54 Two years later the company introduced its Mark of Excellence logo and trademark at the 1964 New York World s Fair The company used the mark as their main corporate identifier until 2021 55 GM released the Electrovan in 1966 the first hydrogen fuel cell car ever produced 56 Though fuel cells have existed since the early 1800s General Motors was the first to use a fuel cell supplied by Union Carbide to power the wheels of a vehicle with a budget of millions of dollars 57 58 59 An advertisement for the 1969 Chevrolet Nova using the advertising slogan Putting you first keeps us first In the 1960s GM was the first to use turbochargers and was an early proponent of V6 engines but quickly lost interest as the popularity of muscle cars increased GM demonstrated gas turbine vehicles powered by kerosene an area of interest throughout the industry but abandoned the alternative engine configuration due to the 1973 oil crisis 60 In partnership with Boeing GM s Delco Defense Electronics Division designed the Lunar Roving Vehicle which traversed the surface of the Moon in 1971 61 62 The following year GM produced the first rear wheel anti lock braking system for two models the Toronado and Eldorado 63 In 1973 the Oldsmobile Toronado was the first retail car sold with a passenger airbag 64 65 Thomas Murphy became CEO of the company succeeding Richard C Gerstenberg in November 1974 66 67 GM installed its first catalytic converters in its 1975 models 68 From 1978 to 1985 GM pushed the benefits of diesel engines and cylinder deactivation technologies However it had disastrous results due to poor durability in the Oldsmobile diesels and drivability issues in the Cadillac V8 6 4 variable cylinder engines 69 GM sold Frigidaire in 1979 Although Frigidaire had between 450 million and 500 million in annual revenues it was losing money 70 Robert Lee of GM invented the Fe14Nd2B the Neodymium magnet which was fabricated by rapid solidification in 1984 71 This magnet is commonly used in products like a computer hard disk The same year GM acquired Electronic Data Systems for 2 5 billion from Ross Perot as part of a strategy by CEO Roger Smith to derive at least 10 of its annual worldwide revenue from non automotive sources 72 GM also intended to have EDS handle its bookkeeping help computerize factories and integrate GM s computer systems The transaction made Ross Perot the largest shareholder of GM however disagreements with Roger Smith led the company to buy all shares held by Ross Perot for 750 million in 1986 73 In a continuation of its diversification plans GMAC formed GMAC Mortgage and acquired Colonial Mortgage as well as the servicing arm of Norwest Mortgage in 1985 This acquisition included an 11 billion mortgage portfolio 74 The same year GM acquired the Hughes Aircraft Company for 5 billion in cash and stock and merged it into Delco Electronics 75 The following year GM acquired 59 7 of Lotus Cars a British producer of high performance sports cars 76 In 1987 in conjunction with AeroVironment GM built the Sunraycer which won the inaugural World Solar Challenge and was a showcase of advanced technology Much of the technology from Sunraycer found its way into the Impact prototype electric vehicle also built by Aerovironment and was the predecessor to the General Motors EV1 77 In 1988 GM acquired a 15 stake in AeroVironment 78 In 1989 GM acquired half of Saab Automobile s car operations for 600 million 79 In August 1990 Robert Stempel became CEO of the company succeeding Roger Smith 80 GM cut output significantly and suffered losses that year due to the early 1990s recession 81 In 1990 GM debuted the General Motors EV1 Impact concept a battery electric vehicle at the LA Auto Show It was the first car with zero emissions marketed in the US in over three decades The Impact was produced as the EV1 for the 1996 model year and was available only via lease from certain dealers in California and Arizona In 1999 2002 GM ceased production of the vehicles and started to not renew the leases disappointing many people allegedly because the program would not be profitable and would cannibalize its existing business All of the EV1s were eventually returned to General Motors and except for around 40 which were donated to museums with their electric powertrains deactivated all were destroyed The documentary film Who Killed the Electric Car covered the EV1 story 82 In November 1992 John F Smith Jr became CEO of the company 83 In 1993 GM sold Lotus Cars to Bugatti 84 In 1996 in a return to its automotive basics GM completed the corporate spin off of Electronic Data Systems 85 86 In 1997 GM sold the military businesses of Hughes Aircraft Company to Raytheon Company for 9 5 billion in stock and the assumption of debt 87 88 89 90 In February 2000 Rick Wagoner was named CEO succeeding John F Smith Jr 91 92 The next month GM gave 5 1 of its common stock worth 2 4 billion to acquire a 20 share of Fiat 93 Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid vehicle Second generation Chevrolet Volt The Chevrolet Volt The General Motors EV1 an electric car was introduced in California in 1996 In May 2004 GM delivered the first full sized pickup truck hybrid vehicles the 1 2 ton Chevrolet Silverado GMC Sierra trucks 94 These mild hybrids did not use electrical energy for propulsion like GM s later designs Later the company debuted another hybrid technology co developed with DaimlerChrysler and BMW in diesel electric hybrid powertrain manufactured by Allison Transmission for transit buses 95 Continuing to target the diesel hybrid market the Opel Astra diesel engine hybrid concept vehicle was rolled out in January 2005 96 Later that year GM sold its Electro Motive Diesel locomotive division to private equity firms Berkshire Partners and Greenbriar Equity Group 97 98 GM paid 2 billion to sever its ties with Fiat in 2005 severing ties with the company due to an increasingly contentious dispute 99 GM began adding its Mark of Excellence emblem on all new vehicles produced and sold in North America in mid 2005 However after the reorganization in 2009 the company no longer added the logo saying that emphasis on its four core divisions would downplay the GM logo 100 101 In 2005 Edward T Welburn was promoted to the newly created position of vice president GM Global Design making him the first African American to lead a global automotive design organization and the highest ranking African American in the US motor industry at that time On July 1 2016 he retired from General Motors after 44 years He was replaced by Michael Simcoe 102 103 In 2006 GM introduced a bright yellow gas cap on its vehicles to remind drivers that cars can operate using E85 ethanol fuel 104 They also introduced another hybrid vehicle that year the Saturn Vue Green Line 105 In 2008 General Motors committed to engineering half of its manufacturing plants to be landfill free In order to achieve its landfill free status production waste is recycled or reused in the manufacturing process 106 Continuing their environmental conscious development GM started to offer the 2 mode hybrid system in the Chevrolet Tahoe GMC Yukon Cadillac Escalade and pickup trucks 107 In late 2008 the world s largest rooftop solar power installation was installed at GM s manufacturing plant in Zaragoza The Zaragoza solar installation has about 2 000 000 square feet 190 000 m2 of roof at the plant and contains about 85 000 solar panels The installation was created owned and operated by Veolia Environment and Clairvoyant Energy which leases the rooftop area from GM 108 109 110 Chapter 11 bankruptcy and bailout Edit Further information General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization In March 2009 after the company had received 17 4 billion in bailouts but was not effective in a turnaround President Barack Obama forced the resignation of CEO Rick Wagoner 111 General Motors filed for a government backed Chapter 11 reorganization on June 8 2009 112 113 On July 10 2009 the original General Motors sold assets and some subsidiaries to an entirely new company including the trademark General Motors 112 113 Liabilities were left with the original GM renamed Motors Liquidation Company freeing the companies of many liabilities and resulting in a new GM 112 113 Through the Troubled Asset Relief Program the United States Department of the Treasury invested 49 5 billion in General Motors and recovered 39 billion when it sold its shares on December 9 2013 resulting in a loss of 10 3 billion The Treasury invested an additional 17 2 billion into GM s former financing company GMAC now Ally Financial The shares in Ally were sold on December 18 2014 for 19 6 billion netting the government 2 4 billion in profit including dividends 114 115 A study by the Center for Automotive Research found that the GM bailout saved 1 2 million jobs and preserved 34 9 billion in tax revenue 116 In 2009 the company shut down its Saturn Corporation and Pontiac brands after failing to find a buyer for the brands and sold Hummer to Tengzhong 117 General Motors Canada was not part of the General Motors Chapter 11 bankruptcy 118 Post reorganization Edit This section appears to be slanted towards recent events Please try to keep recent events in historical perspective and add more content related to non recent events September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message This section is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this section if appropriate Editing help is available September 2022 In June 2009 at the request of Steven Rattner lead adviser to President Barack Obama on the Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry Edward Whitacre Jr who had led a restructuring of AT amp T was named chairman of the company 119 In July 2009 after 40 days of bankruptcy protection the company emerged from the government backed General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization 120 In December 2009 the board of directors forced CEO Frederick Henderson to resign and Edward Whitacre Jr was named interim CEO 121 In 2010 GM acquired Americredit a subprime lender for 3 5 billion which was merged into GM Financial 122 In November 2010 GM again became a public company via an initial public offering that was one of the world s top five largest IPOs to date 123 The company returned to profitability in 2010 124 In January 2010 GM sold Saab Automobile to Dutch automaker Spyker Cars 125 126 In May 2010 the company repaid a 6 7 billion loan from the government ahead of schedule 127 In September 2010 Daniel Akerson became CEO of the company 128 In 2010 GM introduced the Chevrolet Volt as an extended range electric vehicle EREV an electric vehicle with back up generators powered by gasoline or series plug in hybrid 129 130 GM delivered the first Volt in December 2010 131 The Chevrolet Volt was a plug in hybrid electric vehicle with back up generators powered by gasoline range extended electric vehicle 132 General Motors built a prototype two seat electric vehicle with Segway Inc An early prototype of the Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility vehicle dubbed Project P U M A was presented in New York at the 2009 New York International Auto Show 133 2nd generation Buick LaCrosse 2010 2016 134 135 General Motors Sequel a fuel cell powered vehicle from GM E85 FlexFuel Chevrolet Impala LT 2009 USA The Chevrolet Bolt EV was released in late 2016 In July 2011 General Motors invested 7 5 million in solar panel provider Sunlogics to install solar panels on GM facilities 136 In October 2011 GM introduced the Chevrolet Spark EV an all electric car version of the third generation Chevrolet Spark the first all electric passenger car marketed by General Motors in the U S since the General Motors EV1 was discontinued in 1999 The production version was unveiled at the 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show 137 138 The Chevrolet Spark was released in the U S in selected markets in California and Oregon in June 2013 139 Retail sales began in South Korea in October 2013 140 In 2011 GM revived one of its idled U S factories for the production of a subcompact car in Orion Michigan with the creation of 1 500 jobs This was the first time that GM produced a subcompact car in the United States since the Chevrolet Chevette ended production in 1986 141 Production started in late 2011 with the Chevrolet Sonic 142 GM ended production of the Sonic at Orion Assembly on October 19 2020 143 In 2012 PSA Group and General Motors formed an alliance and GM acquired 7 of PSA Group 144 The ownership was divested on December 13 2013 generating gross proceeds of 250 million 145 146 On July 2 2013 GM and Honda announced a partnership to develop fuel cell systems and hydrogen storage technologies for the 2020 time frame GM and Honda are leaders in fuel cell technology ranking first and second respectively in total fuel cell patents filed between 2002 and 2012 with more than 1 200 between them according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index 147 148 149 In late 2013 after losing approximately 18 billion over 12 years GM began phasing out mainstream sales of Chevrolet in Europe and finished by late 2015 to focus on Opel Vauxhall The Chevrolet brand had been reintroduced in Europe in 2005 selling mostly rebranded Daewoo Motors cars acquired by GM Korea 150 151 On January 15 2014 Mary Barra was named chief executive officer succeeding Daniel Akerson Barra also joined the GM board 152 The 2014 General Motors recall which was due to faulty ignition switches and was linked to at least 124 deaths was estimated to cost the company 1 5 billion 153 In October 2015 the second generation Volt was launched in the United States and Canada The second generation had an upgraded drivetrain and improved battery system that increased the all electric range from 38 to 53 miles 61 to 85 km 154 155 156 On January 4 2016 GM invested 500 million in Lyft 157 This was GM s first investment in ride sharing 158 In March 2016 General Motors acquired Cruise a San Francisco self driving vehicle start up to develop self driving cars that could be used in ride sharing fleets 159 160 In October 2016 GM began production of the Chevrolet Bolt EV the first ever mass market all electric car with a range of more than 200 miles 320 km 161 162 The battery pack and most drivetrain components were built by LG Corporation and assembled in GM s plant in Lake Orion Michigan 163 In December 2016 General Motors began testing self driving vehicles on public roads in Michigan after Governor Rick Snyder signed bills legalizing the operation of autonomous vehicles 164 In 2017 GM introduced its Super Cruise autopilot feature into certain models of its cars 165 166 On March 6 2017 General Motors sold its Opel and Vauxhall brands to PSA Group for 2 3 billion 167 168 On April 20 2017 the Government of Venezuela seized the General Motors Venezolana plant in Valencia Carabobo 169 In October 2017 GM acquired Strobe a solid state LIDAR company Strobe s prototypes produce brief chirps of frequency modulated FM laser light where the frequency within each chirp varies linearly Measuring the phase and frequency of the echoing chirp allows the system to directly measure both the distance and the velocity of objects on the road ahead Strobe Cruise and GM will work together to develop the technology for future self driving cars 170 171 In October 2018 Honda invested 2 75 billion in GM s self driving car unit including an initial investment of 275 million followed by 2 billion within a year 172 173 174 In November 2018 GM announced it would lay off more than 14 000 employees in North America comprising 15 of its workforce and 25 of its executive staff in the region 127 The company ceased production at three assemblies Lordstown Assembly in Ohio Detroit Hamtramck Assembly in Michigan and Oshawa in Canada and two engine transmission White Marsh Maryland and Warren Michigan plants in 2019 175 176 In March 2019 GM ceased production of the Chevrolet Volt 177 In March 2019 the company announced that it would begin production of a new EV model in Lake Orion Michigan 178 In May 2019 General Motors received pushback on its plan to release a fleet of up to 2 500 modified Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles The company planned to release these vehicles by Q4 of 2019 as part of initiatives to build a controlled self driving fleet 179 In November 2019 GM sold its former Chevy Cruze plant in Lordstown Ohio to Lordstown Motors 180 In January 2020 GM announced the return of the Hummer nameplate as a series of electric vehicles to be sold from within the GMC portfolio known as the GMC Hummer EV 181 The first vehicle a pickup truck variant with over 1 000 horsepower shipped in December 2021 182 183 184 On March 21 2020 during the COVID 19 pandemic General Motors began assisting Ventec Life Systems to produce ventilators 185 In April 2020 the company shut down Maven a car sharing service in the United States 186 187 In September 2020 GM announced a partnership with Nikola Corporation to engineer and manufacture the Nikola Badger and GM made an equity investment in Nikola The Badger will use GM s Ultium battery technology and GM will be an exclusive fuel cell supplier for all of Nikola s class 7 8 trucks 188 Following fraud allegations from short seller citation needed Hindenburg Research concerning the mechanical capabilities of the Badger pickup truck along with separate sexual misconduct allegations involving former CEO Trevor Milton GM scaled back its investment with Nikola via a smaller revised deal 189 190 In September 2020 GM and Honda announced an alliance to cooperate on purchasing research and vehicle development 191 192 In November 2020 GM committed to increased capital investment in electric vehicles to over half of new capital expenditures totalling 27 billion over five years 193 On January 8 2021 GM introduced a new logo alongside a tagline EVerybody in with the capitalized EV as a nod to the company s commitment to electric vehicles 194 195 GM s new logo used negative space to create the idea of an electric plug in the M of the logo 196 At the January 2021 Consumer Electronics Show GM launched BrightDrop its brand for all electric commercial vehicles 197 On January 28 2021 GM announced that it will end production and sales of fossil fuel vehicles including hybrids and plug in hybrids by 2035 as part of its plan to reach carbon neutrality by 2040 198 In 2021 GM announced plans to establish an automotive battery and battery pack laboratory in Michigan 199 200 201 GM will be responsible for battery management systems and power electronics thermal management as well as the pack assembly An existing GM facility at Brownstown Township was chosen to be upgraded as a battery pack plant 129 LG Chem s U S subsidiary Compact Power of Troy Michigan has been building the prototype packs for the development vehicles and will continue to provide integration support and act as a liaison for the program 202 in April 2021 after being criticized for not advertising enough in black owned businesses General Motors said that it will spend 2 of 2021 s advertising budget in Black owned media and 4 in 2022 until reaching 8 in 2025 203 In April 2021 GM announced a joint venture with LG to build a 2 3 billion plant to build batteries for electric vehicles 204 In November 2021 GM acquired a 25 stake in Pure Watercraft a producer of all electric boats 205 General Motors has launched the largest investment project in its home state of Michigan announcing plans to invest 7 billion to convert a plant to produce electric cars and build a new battery plant 206 207 Besides that General Motors has announced investment of 154 million into its Western New York Lockport Components plant 208 209 In August 2022 the company announced that it would reinstate its quarterly dividend at a rate of 9 cents per share compared to 38 cents per share when it was first cut in April 2020 and increase its share buyback program to 5 billion from 3 3 billion 210 Also in August 2022 the company announced that it would offer buyouts to the roughly 2 000 Buick dealers in the US that didn t want to make investments as the company switches to an all electric lineup This move came after a similar move with Cadillac dealers that reduced their presence by about a third 211 212 In September 2022 the firm announced it would introduce an electric version of its popular Chevy Equinox in the third quarter of 2023 priced around 30 000 to leave it less expensive than comparable vehicles This move was another step in the firm s decision to go all electric 213 214 In October 2022 the company announced the creation of GM Energy a new unit that would provide battery packs EV chargers and software to help residential and business customers to help with charging and electrical grid disruptions Offerings would be tailored to specifics homes and businesses At the time of the announcement the company said some products would be provided by third party partners 215 216 217 Other international history Edit China Edit For the Chinese market most of its cars are manufactured within China Shanghai GM a joint venture with the Chinese company SAIC Motor was created with Canadian Regal 1990 on March 25 1997 The Shanghai GM plant was officially opened on December 15 1998 when the first Chinese built Buick came off the assembly line The SAIC GM Wuling Automobile joint venture is also selling microvans under the Wuling brand 34 owned by GM Buick is strong in China from its early introduction by the Canadian Buick sold to the last Emperor of China later being led by the Buick Regal 1990 subcompact The last emperor of China owned a Buick 218 The Cadillac brand was introduced in China in 2004 starting with exports to China GM pushed the marketing of the Chevrolet brand in China in the mid 2000s as well As part of this push GM transferred Buick Sail to that brand as an attempt to appeal to Chinese middle class buyers looking for small and affordable cars 219 In August 2009 FAW GM a joint venture between GM and FAW Group that mainly produced FAW Jiefang light duty trucks was formed 220 GM left the joint venture in 2019 and the Jiefang brand is now wholly owned by FAW 221 In 2011 GM opened an auto research center as part of a US250 million corporate campus in Shanghai to develop gasoline hybrid cars electric vehicles and alternative fuel vehicles engines and new technologies 222 A second phase opened in 2012 223 SAIC GM Wuling established the low cost Baojun brand to better compete with domestic rivals Chery Automobile Geely Automobile and BYD Auto for first time buyers of cars priced around US 10 000 224 Japan Edit GM maintains a dealership presence in Japan called GM Chevrolet Shop previously known as GM Auto World Shop 225 Current GM Japan dealerships were either former Saturn dealerships or Isuzu dealership locations GM products are also currently sold by the company Yanase Co Ltd since 1915 226 Indonesia Edit In August 2011 GM announced plans to build a 150 million 190 300 square foot plant in Bekasi West Java Indonesia which would produce 40 000 passenger cars per year for the Southeast Asian market 227 The plant opened on March 11 2013 228 The plant was shut in 2015 229 GM withdrew the Chevrolet brand from Indonesia in March 2020 However GM will continue to sell the Wuling and Baojun badged vehicles in Indonesia through the SAIC GM Wuling joint venture 230 South Korea Edit In October 2011 the South Korea free trade agreement opened the South Korean auto market to American made cars 231 GM owns 77 0 of its joint venture in South Korea GM Korea which mainly designs and produces Chevrolet and Holden branded vehicles 2 In 2011 GM discontinued the Daewoo brand in South Korea and replaced it with the Chevrolet brand 232 In 2018 the company approached the Korea Development Bank to participate in a 2 7 billion debt swap issued by its Korean subsidiary 233 In February 2018 General Motors shut one factory in South Korea The plant was affected by the pullout of the Chevrolet brand from Europe 234 Uzbekistan Edit In 2008 GM Uzbekistan was established owned 25 by GM It produced Ravon Chevrolet and Daewoo branded vehicles This interest was sold to the Government of Uzbekistan in 2019 India Edit In 1928 GM became the first car maker to manufacture cars in India GM entered the market for the second time in 1996 The older Halol Gujarat plant with a capacity of 50 000 units stopped production on April 28 2017 and was sold to MG Motor India GM continues to manufacture cars for the export market from its Talegaon Dhamdhere Maharashtra plant which has a capacity of 160 000 units annually Thailand Edit GM stopped production of the Chevrolet Sonic in Thailand in mid 2015 235 In February 2020 GM discontinued the Chevrolet brand in Thailand 236 GM withdrew from the Thai market and sold its Rayong plant to Great Wall Motors 237 Egypt Edit GM has a long history in Egypt which began in the 1920s with the assembly of cars and light pickup trucks for the local market In the mid of the 1950s GM withdrew from the Egyptian market Some years later the Ghabbour Brothers began to assemble Cadillac Chevrolet and Buick models up to the 1990s Since 1983 GM and Al Monsour Automotive have owned General Motors Egypt which is currently the only manufacturer of traditional GM branded vehicles in Egypt 238 Nigeria Edit In the 1920s Miller Brothers Nigeria was founded as an importer of commercial vehicles of the Bedford brand in the country In 1949 the company opened its own assembly plant and operated under the name Niger Nigeria Motors In 1965 the plant and its distribution network were split into different companies and renamed Federated Motors Industries In 1991 the company was taken in by a joint venture between General Motors and UACN of Nigeria citation needed Tunisia Edit In 1982 GM formed Industries Mecaniques Maghrebines which built a plant in Kairouan Tunisia 239 East Africa Edit Formed in 1975 General Motors East Africa GMEA was the largest assembler of commercial vehicles in the region exporting them from Kenya to East and Central African countries including Uganda Tanzania Malawi Rwanda and Burundi Its facility located in Nairobi assembled a wide range of Isuzu trucks and buses including the popular Isuzu N Series versatile light commercial vehicle TF Series pick ups and Isuzu bus chassis In addition to assembly GMEA also marketed the Chevrolet Spark and Optra In 2017 GM sold its 57 7 stake in General Motors East Africa to Isuzu 240 and GMEA was renamed Isuzu East Africa Limited 241 South Africa Edit General Motors began operating in South Africa in 1913 through its wholly owned subsidiary General Motors South Africa and was a market that briefly had its own local brand Ranger Following the passage of the Comprehensive Anti Apartheid Act in 1986 GM was forced to divest from South Africa and GMSA became the independent Delta Motor Corporation GM purchased a 49 stake in Delta in 1997 following the end of apartheid and acquired the remaining 51 in 2004 reverting the company to its original name By 2014 it was targeting the production of 50 000 cars a year but was being hampered by national labor unrest strikes and protests 242 GM exited the South Africa market in 2017 selling its parts business to Isuzu 243 New Zealand Edit In New Zealand GM locally assembled Chevrolet Buick Oldsmobile Cadillac and Pontiac vehicles from 1926 and Vauxhall cars from 1931 After World War II the local production of Chevrolet and Vauxhalls resumed followed by Pontiac in 1959 In 1954 sales of fully imported Holden vehicles into New Zealand began New Zealand assembly of Holdens began in 1957 and by the end of the 1960s Holdens replaced all Chevrolets and Pontiacs both in 1968 and most Vauxhalls Opel Bedford and Isuzu vehicles were assembled or imported at different times during the 1970s 1980s and 1990s All local General Motors assembly plants in New Zealand closed by 1990 GM New Zealand was renamed Holden New Zealand in 1994 244 Australia Edit Main article Holden GMSV logo In 1926 GM formed an Australian subsidiary General Motors Australia Limited which imported distributed and assembled General Motors products 245 The bodies were manufactured at an Adelaide based family business Holden s Motor Body Builders which had built up its operations with the help of tariff protection and amicable relations with trade unions 246 During the Great Depression Holden s Motor Body Builders collapsed which allowed General Motors to acquire Holden becoming General Motors Holden GMH in 1931 In 1948 the first fully manufactured Australian car the Holden 48 215 was released to great fanfare amongst the Australian public It was marketed as Australia s Own Holden and became an iconic feature of post war Australian culture 247 In 2020 GM discontinued the Holden brand due to poor reception and sales shutting the facilities where they were produced GM continues to export some Buick Chevrolet Cadillac and GMC vehicles through a new entity called General Motors Specialty Vehicles 248 249 In 2012 GM established Opel as a niche marque in Australia and began to sell Opel branded cars in Australia However in August 2013 sales of Opel ceased due to low sales 250 251 Motorsports history Edit Chevrolet Corvette C8 R in the IMSA SportsCar Championship GM participated in the World Touring Car Championship WTCC from 2004 to 2012 252 and has also participated in other motorsport championships including 24 Hours of Le Mans 253 NASCAR 254 SCCA 255 and Supercars Championship 256 GM s engines were successful in the Indy Racing League IRL throughout the 1990s winning many races in the small V8 class GM has also done much work in the development of electronics for GM auto racing An unmodified Aurora V8 in the Aerotech captured 47 world records including the record for speed endurance in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America Recently the Cadillac V Series has entered motorsports racing GM has also designed cars specifically for use in NASCAR auto racing The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is the only entry in the series 257 In the past the Pontiac Grand Prix 258 Buick Regal Oldsmobile Cutlass Chevrolet Lumina Chevrolet Malibu Chevrolet Monte Carlo Chevrolet Impala and the Chevrolet SS were also used GM has won many NASCAR Cup Series manufacturer s championships including 40 with Chevrolet 259 the most of any make in NASCAR history 3 with Oldsmobile 2 with Buick and 1 with Pontiac In 2021 Chevrolet became the first brand to reach 800 wins 260 In Australia Holden cars based on the Monaro Torana and Commodore platforms raced in the Australian Touring Car Championship until 2022 Holden won the Bathurst 1000 a record 36 times between 1968 and 2022 and the Australian Touring Car Championship 23 times 261 From 2023 the Chevrolet Camaro will be raced 262 Logo evolution Edit Evolution of the GM logo through the years 263 1938 1964 263 Mark of Excellence 1964 2021 263 2001 2021 263 2010 2021 263 2021 gradient 263 2021 flat 264 2022 wordmark 265 Brands EditCurrent Edit Origin Brand 266 Founded Beganmanuf Joined GM Markets served today USA BrightDrop 2021 2021 2021 North America USA Buick 1899 1903 1908 China North America USA Cadillac 1902 1902 1909 North America Middle East China Japan South Korea Europe USA Chevrolet 1911 1911 1918 Americas China Middle East CIS South Korea Philippines USA GMC 1912 1912 1919 North America Middle East South Korea CHN Baojun 2010 2010 2010 China CHN Wuling 2002 2002 2002 China IndonesiaFormer Edit Origin Brand 266 Founded Beganmanuf Joined GM Fate Defunct Sold Notes CAN Acadian 1962 1962 1962 Discontinued 1971 CAN Beaumont 1966 1966 1966 Discontinued 1969 USA Cartercar 1905 1905 1909 Discontinued 1915 KOR Daewoo 1972 1972 1999 Discontinued 2011 Succeeded by GM Korea USA Elmore 1893 1900 1912 Discontinued 1916 USA Ewing 1908 1908 1909 Discontinued 1911 USA Geo 1989 1989 1989 Discontinued 1997 AUS Holden 1856 1908 1926 Discontinued 2020 USA Hummer 1992 1992 1998 Discontinued 2010 Name revived in 2021 for GMC Hummer EV USA LaSalle 1927 1927 1927 Discontinued 1940 UK Lotus 1948 1948 1986 Sold to Romano Artioli 1993 Currently owned by Geely USA Marquette 1909 1909 1909 Discontinued 1931 CAN McLaughlin 1907 1907 1918 Discontinued 1942 USA Oakland 1907 1907 1909 Discontinued 1931 USA Oldsmobile 1897 1897 1908 Discontinued 2004 USA Passport 1987 1987 1987 Discontinued 1991 GER Opel 1899 1899 1931 Sold to PSA Group 2017 Currently owned by Stellantis USA Pontiac 1926 1926 1926 Discontinued 2010 USA Rainier 1905 1905 1909 Discontinued 1911 USA Rapid 1902 1902 1909 Discontinued 1912 USA Reliance 1903 1903 1911 Discontinued 1912 SWE SAAB 1945 1949 1990 Sold to Spyker N V 2010 Company defunct in 2016 USA Saturn 1985 1990 1985 Discontinued 2010 USA Scripps Booth 1913 1913 1916 Discontinued 1923 USA Sheridan 1920 1920 1920 Discontinued 1921 UK Vauxhall 1903 1903 1925 Sold to PSA Group 2017 Currently owned by Stellantis USA Viking 1929 1929 1929 Discontinued 1930 USA Welch 1901 1901 1910 Discontinued 1911Financial results EditVehicle sales Edit General Motors was the largest global automaker by annual vehicle sales for 77 consecutive years from 1931 when it overtook Ford Motor Company until 2008 when it was overtaken by Toyota This reign was longer than any other automaker and GM is still among the world s largest automakers by vehicle unit sales 267 In 2008 the third largest individual country by sales was Brazil with some 550 000 GM vehicles sold In that year Argentina Colombia and Venezuela sold another 300 000 GM vehicles suggesting that the total GM sales in South America including sales in other South American countries such as Chile Peru Ecuador Bolivia etc in that year were at a similar level to sales in China citation needed In 2009 General Motors sold 6 5 million cars and trucks globally in 2010 it sold 8 39 million 268 Sales in China rose 66 9 in 2009 to 1 830 000 vehicles and accounting for 13 4 of the market 269 In 2010 General Motors ranked second worldwide with 8 5 million vehicles produced 270 In 2011 GM returned to the first place with 9 025 million units sold worldwide corresponding to 11 9 market share of the global motor vehicle industry In 2010 vehicle sales in China by GM rose 28 8 to a record 2 351 610 units 271 The top two markets in 2011 were China with 2 547 203 units and the United States with 2 503 820 vehicles sold The Chevrolet brand was the main contributor to GM performance with 4 76 million vehicles sold around the world in 2011 a global sales record 272 Based on global sales in 2012 General Motors was ranked among the world s largest automakers 273 In May 2012 GM recorded an 18 4 market share in the U S with stock imported 274 Annual worldwide sales volume reached 10 million vehicles in 2016 275 276 277 Sales in India for April 2016 March 2017 declined to 25 823 units from 32 540 the previous year and market share contracted from 1 17 to 0 85 for the same period However exports surged 89 during the same period to 70 969 units GMTC I GM s technical center in Bangalore India continued in operation Weak product line up and below par service quality were the reasons for the poor showing by GM in India that year 278 279 Global Volt Ampera family sales totalled about 177 000 units from its inception in December 2010 through 2018 280 including over 10 000 Opel Vauxhall Amperas sold in Europe up to December 2015 281 282 The Volt family of vehicles ranked as the world s all time top selling plug in hybrid as of September 2018 update and it is also the third best selling plug in electric car in history after the Nissan Leaf 375 000 and the Tesla Model S 253 000 as of October 2018 update 280 The Chevrolet Volt is also the U S all time top selling plug in electric car with 148 556 units delivered through October 2018 283 284 GM worldwide 2008 vehicle sales 285 thousands Rankin GM Location Vehiclesales Marketshare 1 United States 2 981 22 1 2 China 1 095 12 0 3 Brazil 549 19 5 4 United Kingdom 384 15 4 5 Canada 359 21 4 6 Russia 338 11 1 7 Germany 300 8 8 8 Mexico 212 19 8 9 Australia 133 13 1 10 South Korea 117 9 7 11 France 114 4 4 12 Spain 107 7 8 13 Argentina 95 15 5 14 Venezuela 91 33 3 15 Colombia 80 36 3 16 India 66 3 3 Year U S sales vehicles Chg yr 1998 286 4 603 9911999 5 017 150 9 0 2000 287 4 953 163 1 3 2001 4 904 015 1 0 2002 4 858 705 0 9 2003 4 756 403 2 1 2004 288 4 707 416 1 0 2005 4 517 730 4 0 2006 289 4 124 645 8 7 2007 290 3 866 620 6 3 2008 291 2 980 688 22 9 2009 292 2 084 492 30 1 2010 293 2 215 227 6 3 2011 294 2 503 820 13 7 2012 2 595 717 3 7 2013 295 2 786 078 7 3 2014 296 2 935 008 5 3 2015 297 3 082 366 5 0 2016 3 042 773 1 3 2017 3 002 241 1 3 2018 2 954 037 1 5 2019 2 887 046 298 2 3 2020 2 547 339 299 11 8 GM worldwide 2019 vehicle sales 300 Location Total sales Year On Yearchange Year On Yearchange GM North America 3 367 374 122 740 3 5 GM Europe 3 590 266 6 9 GM South America 668 842 21 355 3 1 GM International 584 520 28 033 5 0China 3 093 604 551 440 15 1 Total 7 717 930 667 768 8 0 Management EditCurrent board of directors Edit Notable members of the board of directors of the company are as follows 2 Mary Barra Chairman and CEO of General MotorsJoseph Ashton former Vice President of the International Union at United Automobile WorkersLinda Gooden former Vice President of Information Systems and Global Solutions at Lockheed MartinJoseph Jimenez CEO of NovartisJane Mendillo former President and CEO at Harvard Management CompanyMichael Mullen former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffJames Mulva former CEO President and Chairman at ConocoPhillipsPatricia Russo CEO of Hewlett Packard EnterpriseThomas Schoewe former CFO of Wal Mart StoresTheodore Solso former CEO and Chairman of CumminsCarol Stephenson former dean at Ivey Business School Chairmen of the Board of General Motors Edit Thomas Neal November 19 1912 November 16 1915 Pierre S du Pont November 16 1915 February 7 1929 Lammot du Pont II February 7 1929 May 3 1937 Alfred P Sloan Jr May 3 1937 April 2 1956 Albert Bradley April 2 1956 August 31 1958 Frederic G Donner September 1 1958 October 31 1967 James M Roche November 1 1967 December 31 1971 Richard C Gerstenberg January 1 1972 November 30 1974 Thomas A Murphy December 1 1974 December 31 1980 Roger B Smith January 1 1981 July 31 1990 Robert C Stempel August 1 1990 November 1 1992 John G Smale November 2 1992 December 31 1995 John F Smith Jr January 1 1996 April 30 2003 Rick Wagoner May 1 2003 March 30 2009 Kent Kresa March 30 2009 July 10 2009 Edward Whitacre Jr July 10 2009 December 31 2010 Daniel Akerson December 31 2010 January 15 2014 Tim Solso January 15 2014 January 4 2016 Mary Barra January 4 2016 PresentChief Executive Officers of General Motors Edit Chief Executive Officers of General Motors Alfred P Sloan Jr May 10 1923 June 3 1946 Charles Erwin Wilson June 3 1946 January 26 1953 Harlow H Curtice February 2 1953 August 31 1958 James M Roche November 1 1967 December 31 1971 Richard C Gerstenberg January 1 1972 November 30 1974 Thomas A Murphy December 1 1974 December 31 1980 Roger B Smith January 1 1981 July 31 1990 Robert C Stempel August 1 1990 November 1 1992 John F Smith Jr November 2 1992 May 31 2000 Rick Wagoner June 1 2000 March 30 2009 Frederick Henderson March 30 2009 December 1 2009 Edward Whitacre Jr December 1 2009 September 1 2010 Daniel Akerson September 1 2010 January 15 2014 Mary Barra January 15 2014 PresentPhilanthropy EditGM publishes an annual Social Impact Report detailing its contributions to charity in 2020 it provided nearly 35 million in funding to 357 U S based non profits as well as in kind assets primarily donations of vehicles to non profits valued at more than 9 8 million 301 302 From 1976 until 2017 philanthropic activity was carried out via the General Motors Foundation a 501 c 3 foundation 303 General Motors has a close relationship with the Nature Conservancy and has fundraised for and donated cash and vehicles to the charity 304 In 1996 GM commissioned five designer original vehicles sold in a silent auction for Concept Cure to benefit the Nina Hyde Center for breast cancer research founded by Ralph Lauren The program involved five designers each lending their artistic talents to customize five different vehicles Nicole Miller Richard Tyler Anna Sui Todd Oldham and Mark Eisen were tasked with transforming a Cadillac STS Buick Riviera GMC Yukon Oldsmobile Bravada and Chevrolet Camaro Z28 respectively The cars were then auctioned with the proceeds presented to the Nina Hyde Center at the Greater LA Auto Show in 1997 305 306 307 308 Since 1997 GM has been a source of funding for Safe Kids Worldwide s Safe Kids Buckle Up program an initiative to ensure child automobile safety through education and inspection 309 310 Labor conflicts EditFlint sit down strike Edit Main article Flint sit down strike Young striker off sentry duty sleeping on the assembly line of auto seats The 1936 1937 Flint sit down strike against General Motors changed the United Automobile Workers UAW from a collection of isolated local unions on the fringes of the industry into a major labor union and led to the unionization of the domestic United States automobile industry After the first convention of UAW in 1936 the union decided that it could not survive by piecemeal organizing campaigns at smaller plants as it had in the past but that it could organize the automobile industry only by going after its biggest and most powerful employer General Motors Corporation focusing on GM s production complex in Flint Michigan Organizing in Flint was a difficult and dangerous plan GM controlled city politics in Flint and kept a close eye on outsiders According to Wyndham Mortimer the UAW officer put in charge of the organizing campaign in Flint he received a death threat by an anonymous caller when he visited Flint in 1936 GM also maintained an extensive network of spies throughout its plants This forced UAW members to keep the names of new members secret and meeting workers at their homes As the UAW studied its target it discovered that GM had only two factories that produced the dies from which car body components were stamped one in Flint that produced the parts for Buicks Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles and another in Cleveland that produced Chevrolet parts National Guardsmen with machine guns overlooking Chevrolet factories number nine and number four While the UAW called for a sit down strike in Flint the police armed with guns and tear gas attempted to enter the Fisher Body 2 plant on January 11 1937 The strikers inside the plant pelted them with hinges bottles and bolts At the time Vice President John Nance Garner supported federal intervention to break up the Flint Strike but this idea was rejected by President Franklin D Roosevelt The president urged GM to distinguish a union so the plants could re open The strike ended after 44 days That development forced GM to bargain with the union John L Lewis President of the United Mine Workers and founder and leader of the Congress of Industrial Organizations spoke for the UAW in those negotiations UAW President Homer Martin was sent on a speaking tour to keep him out of the way GM s representatives refused to be in the same room as the UAW so Governor Frank Murphy acted as a courier and intermediary between the two groups Governor Murphy sent in the U S National Guard not to evict the strikers but rather to protect them from the police and corporate strike breakers The two parties finally reached an agreement on February 11 1937 on a one page agreement that recognized the UAW as the exclusive bargaining representative for GM s employees who were union members for the next six months 311 Tool and die strike of 1939 Edit Main article Tool and die strike of 1939 The tool and die strike of 1939 also known as the strategy strike was an ultimately successful attempt by the United Auto Workers Union UAW to be recognized as the sole representative for General Motors workers In addition to representation rights the UAW working jointly with the Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO sought to resolve existing grievances of skilled workers United Auto Workers UAW strike of 1945 1946 Edit Main article United Auto Workers UAW strike of 1945 1946 From November 21 1945 until March 13 1946 113 days CIO s United Automobile Workers UAW organized 320 000 hourly workers to form a US wide strike against the General Motors Corporation workers used the tactic of the sit down strike 312 It was the longest strike against a major manufacturer that the UAW had yet seen and it was also the longest national GM strike in its history 312 As director of the UAW s General Motors Department coordinator of union relations with GM 313 Walter Reuther suggested to his colleagues the idea of striking the GM manufacturing plants with a one at a time strategy which was intended to maximize pressure on the target company 312 Reuther also put forth the demands of the strikers a 30 percent increase in wages and a hold on product prices However the strike ended with the dissatisfaction of Walter Reuther and the UAW and the workers received only a 17 5 percent increase in wages 2007 General Motors strike Edit Main article 2007 General Motors strike The 2007 General Motors strike was a strike from September 24 to 26 2007 by the United Auto Workers UAW against General Motors On September 24 2007 General Motors workers represented by the United Auto Workers union went on strike against the company The first US wide strike against GM since 1970 was expected to idle 59 plants and facilities for an indefinite period of time Talks broke down after more than 20 straight days of bargaining failed to produce a new contract Major issues that proved to be stumbling blocks for an agreement included wages benefits job security and investments in US facilities 314 315 316 Two car assembly plants in Oshawa Ontario and a transmission facility in Windsor closed on September 25 However on September 26 a tentative agreement was reached and the strike s end was announced by UAW officials in a news conference at 4 a m 317 By the following day all GM workers in both countries were back to work 2019 General Motors strike Edit Main article 2019 General Motors strike On the morning of September 15 2019 after talks broke down to renew their contract which expired earlier that day the United Auto Workers announced that GM employees would begin striking at 11 59 PM 318 This strike shut down operations in nine states including 33 manufacturing plants and 22 parts distribution warehouses 319 After 40 days on October 25 2019 the longest strike by autoworkers in a decade and the longest against GM since 1970 came to an end when United Auto Workers members voted to approve a new contract with GM The strike cost GM more than 2 billion while members of the labor union were reduced to a salary of 275 a week in strike pay 320 Controversies EditStreetcar conspiracy Edit Main article General Motors streetcar conspiracy Between 1938 and 1950 GM allegedly deliberately monopolized the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines NCL and its subsidiaries in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 intending to dismantle streetcar systems in many cities in the United States and make buses sold by GM the dominant form of public transport Ralph Nader and the Corvair Edit 1961 63 Corvair swing axle rear suspension Unsafe at Any Speed by Ralph Nader published in 1965 is a book accusing car manufacturers of being slow to introduce safety features and reluctant to spend money on improving safety It relates to the first models of the Chevrolet Corvair 1960 1964 that had a swing axle suspension design that was prone to tuck under in certain circumstances To compensate for the removal of a front stabilizer bar anti roll bar as a cost cutting measure Corvairs required tire pressures that were outside of the tire manufacturer s recommended tolerances The Corvair relied on an unusually high front to rear pressure differential 15 psi front 26 psi rear when cold 18 psi and 30 psi hot and if one inflated the tires equally as was standard practice for all other cars at the time the result was dangerous over steer 321 In early March 1966 several media outlets including The New Republic and The New York Times alleged that GM had tried to discredit Ralph Nader hiring private detectives to tap his phones and investigate his past and hiring prostitutes to trap him in compromising situations 322 323 Nader sued the company for invasion of privacy and settled the case for 425 000 Nader s lawsuit against GM was ultimately decided by the New York Court of Appeals whose opinion in the case expanded tort law to cover overzealous surveillance 324 Nader used the proceeds from the lawsuit to start the pro consumer Center for Study of Responsive Law A 1972 safety commission report conducted by Texas A amp M University concluded that the 1960 1963 Corvair possessed no greater potential for loss of control than its contemporary competitors in extreme situations 325 The United States Department of Transportation DOT issued a press release in 1972 describing the findings of NHTSA testing from the previous year NHTSA conducted a series of comparative tests in 1971 studying the handling of the 1963 Corvair and four contemporary cars a Ford Falcon Plymouth Valiant Volkswagen Beetle and Renault Dauphine along with a second generation Corvair with its completely redesigned independent rear suspension The 143 page report reviewed NHTSA s extreme condition handling tests national crash involvement data for the cars in the test as well as General Motors internal documentation regarding the Corvair s handling 326 NHTSA went on to contract an independent advisory panel of engineers to review the tests This review panel concluded that the 1960 63 Corvair compares favorably with contemporary vehicles used in the tests the handling and stability performance of the 1960 63 Corvair does not result in an abnormal potential for loss of control or rollover and it is at least as good as the performance of some contemporary vehicles both foreign and domestic Former GM executive John DeLorean asserted in his book On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors that Nader s criticisms were valid 327 Journalist David E Davis noted that despite Nader s claim that swing axle rear suspension were dangerous Porsche Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen all used similar swing axle concepts during that era 328 Ignition switch recall Edit Main article General Motors ignition switch recalls In May 2014 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration fined the company 35 million for failing to recall cars with faulty ignition switches for a decade despite knowing there was a problem with the switches General Motors paid compensation for 124 deaths linked to the faulty switches 329 The 35 million fine was the maximum the regulator could impose 330 The total cost of the recall was estimated to be 1 5 billion 153 As well as the Cobalts the switches of concern had been installed in many other cars such as the Pontiac G5 the Saturn Ion the Chevrolet HHR the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice The recall involved about 2 6 million GM cars worldwide 331 Xinjiang region Edit In 2020 the Australian Strategic Policy Institute accused at least 82 major brands including General Motors of being connected to forced Uyghur labor in Xinjiang 332 See also Edit United States portal Michigan 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