News reports about General Motors Co.

Investors brace for GM losses in Europe

Concern is spreading on Wall Street that General Motors Co.’s struggling European operations could take a heavy toll on the automaker’s bottom line when it reports its 2011 earnings next week.

GM exec to turn car buying trip into Disney-like ride

The manager of General Motors Co.’s Orion Assembly Plant, whom executives credit with helping keep the factory from shuttering during bankruptcy restructuring, is being tapped to make the experience of car buying more akin to the most magical place on Earth.

UAW's Bob King to serve on Opel board

General Motors Co. will name United Auto Workers President Bob King to the supervisory board of its German subsidiary, Adam Opel AG, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Volt January sales take a jolt, worst since August

General Motors’ extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt had its worst sales month since August, as negative publicity over fire risks hurt January sales.

GM: Bad publicity hurt Volt

Washington — The day after a congressional hearing into a fire in crash-tested Chevrolet Volt, General Motors Co. acknowledged that sales of the car had been hurt by bad publicity.

GM’s Akerson stands firm in Congress’ Volt hearings

Washington — General Motors Co. Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson strongly defended the safety of the Chevrolet Volt before Congress on Wednesday, saying the extended-range electric car has become “a political punching bag.”

GM chief keeps his cool

Washington — Dan Akerson, the General Motors Co. CEO known for being blunt and impatient, made it through his first Capitol Hill testimony Wednesday without a hiccup.

GM CEO to Congress: Volt is safe

Washington — General Motors chairman and CEO Dan Akerson is expected to defend the company’s Chevrolet Volt today, telling Congress the vehicle is safe and that politics is to blame for the intense scrutiny.

Akerson: GM to restructure Volt’s image

“We engineered the Volt to show the world the great vehicles we make at General Motors,” he said. “Although we loaded the Volt with state of the art safety features, we did not engineer the Volt to be a political punching bag. Sadly that is what it’s become.”

NHTSA closes Volt fire probe, accepts GM fix

Federal safety regulators closed a government safety probe into General Motors Co.’s extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt on Friday, saying it does not believe Volts or other electric vehicles pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline-powered vehicles.

GM again world’s largest on strong Chevy sales

General Motors Co. says it sold more than 9 million cars and trucks worldwide last year — a 7.6 percent increase that allowed the company to reclaim the title of world’s largest automaker.

GM picks N.Y. man’s ad to air during Super Bowl

General Motors Co. has picked an independently produced ad to air during Super Bowl XLVI.

Akerson to testify in Volt probe

General Motors chairman and CEO Dan Akerson agreed Wednesday to testify next week before a House panel investigating the government’s handling of an investigation into fire risks in the Chevrolet Volt.

General Motors comes on strong in Iraq 21 years after war derailed market prospects

It’s a mostly forgotten story, but GM once planned to build a factory in Iraq. And it’s a mostly obscure statistic, but the company has finally started moving the metal there.

GM takes crown, selling more than 9 million vehicles in 2011

GM’s Tom Stephens to retire