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The United States rejects separate requests from General Motors and Chinese-owned Volvo Cars for an exemption to the new 25 percent tariffs on their Chinese-made sport utility vehicle models.
2019-06-4

General Motors announces it will cease production at the Oshawa Car Assembly in Oshawa, Lordstown Assembly in Lordstown, Ohio, and the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly in Detroit. Two transmission plants, the Baltimore Transmission in Baltimore and the Warren Transmission in Warren, Michigan, are also expected to stop production.
2018-11-26

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the United States launches an investigation into potential defects in the airbag control systems of some Kia and Hyundai models.
2018-03-17

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) reach a new tentative four-year labor agreement, averting a threatened strike of the automaker’s U.S. operations. The agreement must be ratified by a vote of FCA's 40,000 U.S. union workers, who rejected the previous proposal earlier this month. If ratified, the UAW intends to use the pact as a template for negotiations with General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Company.
2015-10-8

More than 5,000 workers at a General Motors plant in Brazil joins in a strike against the dismissal of proposal for another 800 factory employees.
2015-02-21

General Motors recalls 511,528 Chevrolet Camaros over fears that drivers could bump the key out of the "run" position, turning off the car.
2014-06-13

General Motors announces that it is recalling 218,000 older model Chevrolet Aveos due to a fire hazard.
2014-05-21

Mary Barra of General Motors becomes the first female CEO of an automotive company.
2013-12-10

American automaker General Motors strikes a $559 million marketing deal with English football club Manchester United.
2012-08-5

GM workers protest a drop in wages, from $58,000-year to $30,000-year, at a new car plant in Michigan that was funded by a $50 billion government bailout and is receiving $770 million in tax incentives.
2010-10-17