General Motors CEO Mary Barra stood firm on the automaker’s strategy to transition to electric vehicles even as some shareholders questioned market demand for the vehicles during GM’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday. Barra did say that, ultimately, the composition of GM’s future vehicle lineup will be guided by customer demand. That appeared to be an […]
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GM CEO Mary Barra doesn’t rule out demolition of Renaissance Center
General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the automaker is committed to finding a use for the Renaissance Center as GM prepares to move out next year — but she did not rule out demolition of the iconic structure. Barra spoke Thursday before the Detroit Economic Club at the Motor City Casino addressing a wide range […]
CEO Barra backs GM’s push for autonomous vehicles
(Reuters) – General Motors’ CEO Mary Barra backed the Detroit automaker’s efforts towards building autonomous vehicles at a Detroit Economic Club event on Thursday. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Barra’s comments come at a time when companies involved in autonomous driving technology are pushing for new feature-packed cars that are expected to be safer than human-driven ones. […]
GM will be executing on its EV ambitions in 2024, says CEO Mary Barra
Decades of climbing the ladder while challenging conventional thinking has brought Mary Barra to the present — the year of delivering on ambitious EV goals at storied automaker General Motors (GM). “I think in 2024, this is a year of of execution,” GM’s long-time chair and CEO said in a new episode of Yahoo Finance’s […]
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Mary Barra Spent a Decade Transforming GM. It Hasn’t Been Enough.
Updated Dec. 16, 2023 12:04 am ET Listen to article (2 minutes) At a 2018 meeting with a senior General Motors team, Chief Executive Mary Barra stunned the room with a sharp U-turn. She killed plans for a new high-end Cadillac that already had gushing reviews from the automotive press. Her reason: the car’s gas-guzzling […]