Are you a California driver who’s owned a General Motors vehicle — Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, Cadillac — in the last few years? Did you know your private driving habits might have been sold without your knowledge? Owing to this breach of privacy, California just hit General Motors with a record privacy penalty to the tune … Read more
Major automakers unveiled new electric vehicles at the New York Auto Show on Wednesday, despite lagging consumer demand and a sharp downturn in sales after Washington eliminated a $7,500 EV tax credit. Kia said it would begin selling its lower-priced EV3 in the United States later this year, while Subaru offered a new three-row EV named … Read more
He’s writing out a large cashier’s check. An 88-year-old Army veteran heartbreakingly revealed he works five days a week at a local grocery store to help pay his bills before kindhearted shoppers rallied to raise over one million dollars for his retirement. Ed Bambas, a cashier at the Meijer store in Brighton, Michigan, lost his … Read more
General Motors is eliminating Apple CarPlay and Android Auto from all future vehicles – and it’s already maddening motorists. The surprising announcement was made earlier this week by CEO Mary Barra, who claimed the company will completely phase out the popular systems from its entire fleet of electric and gas-powered cars over the next few … Read more
General Motors said Thursday it will end production of the gas-powered Cadillac XT4 in January as it shifts production at its Kansas plant to electric vehicles. GM is investing $390 million at its Kansas assembly plant to build next-generation Chevrolet Bolt EVs. GM will end production of the gas-powered Cadillac XT4 in January. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post … Read more
General Motors is recalling more than 449,000 of its SUVs and pickup trucks because the electronic brake control module software may fail to display a warning light when a loss of brake fluid takes place. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday that the recall includes certain 2023-2024 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESVs, 2023 … Read more
General Motors said Wednesday it will end production of its gasoline-powered Chevrolet Malibu car later this year in order to produce new electric vehicles. GM has sold more than 10 million Malibus since 1964 worldwide and will end production in November. The Detroit automaker is investing $390 million at its Kansas assembly plant to build next-generation … Read more
Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self Driving technology and nine other assisted-driving systems marketed by major automakers received “poor” ratings from the US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in a new study released on Tuesday. The IIHS, a safety research arm of the insurance industry, also said there is no evidence that Autopilot or other assisted-driving systems … Read more
GM’s Cruise self-driving car unit on Thursday revealed Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission probes stemming from an October accident in which one of its robotaxis dragged a pedestrian who had been struck by another car. Cruise reported the government investigations in a blog post in which the company also vowed to reform its culture stemming from … Read more
Kyle Vogt is “embarrassed for our species,” but proud of his company’s self-driving technology after a recent incident that was caught on camera in San Francisco. Vogt, CEO of the General Motors-owned Cruise autonomous car company, posted a video to Twitter showing a man running in front of one of the company’s ride-hailing cars as it was in … Read more