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General Motors Chairman and CEO, Mary Barra, is interviewed by Cox Automotive's Michelle Krebs during an Automotive Press Association event, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, in Detroit. Barra said General Motors is committed to creating a sexual "harassment-free" workplace.

General Motors CEO Mary Barra commits to ‘harassment-free’ workplace

December 18, 2018 at 12:04 a.m.

General Motors is committed to creating a sexual "harassment-free" workplace, CEO Mary Barra said Monday. "It's unacceptable to not have a policy (against sexual harassment)," she said. Her year-end interview...

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV gets pluggined into a DC fast charger.

Trump tax plan will pull plug on $7,500 credit for electric vehicle buyers

June 1, 2019 at 7:06 a.m.

Selling a gas-thirsty American market on the merits of electric vehicles could get a lot harder if a Trump administration proposal to eliminate a $7,500 tax credit for hybrids and...

Cadillac program offers multiple models for $1,500 per month

August 18, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

Almost a century ago, then-General Motors CEO Alfred Sloan declared the company would sell a car "for every purse and purpose." Early in January, Cadillac launched a new program in...

The percentage of carbuyers trading in cars that are worth less than their loan balances reached a record 32 percent so far in 2016, according to Edmunds.com. People with those underwater loans will find it hard to obtain financing when they want to buy their next vehicle.

Record number of car buyers ‘upside down’ on trade-ins

June 1, 2019 at 6:56 a.m.

DETROIT - The wave of easy credit and longer auto loans has left a record percentage of consumers trading in vehicles that are worth less than what the borrowers owe...

Zipcar is among the companies offering discounted rides on Election Day.

Lyft, Uber, Zipcar, Maven offer Election Day rides

August 22, 2019 at 1:49 a.m.

Attention millennials, especially those living in cities. Don't panic if it comes down to late Tuesday afternoon. There are no excuses for not voting. Not work hours. Not weather. Not...

Buick launches luxurious Avenir sub-brand

June 1, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

Buick will launch a sub-brand, Avenir, to highlight higher trim levels of each model, much as GMC has done with Denali. Such sub-brands help differentiate certain models with more upscale...

Ford is preparing to move production of small cars from the U.S. to Mexico, CEO Mark Fields told investors Wednesday.

Ford shifting all U.S. small-car production to Mexico

August 22, 2019 at 1:07 a.m.

Ford is shifting all North American small-car production to Mexico, CEO Mark Fields told investors Wednesday. "Over the next two to three years, we will have migrated all of our...

‘Live Another Day’ documentary about auto bailout raises big questions

June 1, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

A new documentary revisits the grisly days of 2008 and 2009 leading to the bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors with some harsh takes on the UAW and on past...

Government officials have been sounding the alarm on subprime auto lending recently. Borrowers need to be careful not to overstretch on the size of the loan or the interest rate.

Auto loan delinquencies spike, used car prices drop

June 1, 2019 at 6:55 a.m.

More people are defaulting on high-risk auto loans and a credit rating agency predicts the trend could continue through the end of 2016 as prices of used cars are beginning...

GM set to cruise with self-driving capability on highways

June 1, 2019 at 6:52 a.m.

General Motors received quick regulatory approval of its acquisition of Cruise Automation, the three-year-old start-up that has developed a "highway autopilot" product that could accelerate GM's quest for a fully...

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