GM CEO Mary Barra Will Earn $14.4 Million in 2014
11 Feb 2014, 09:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors CEO Mary Barra will earn about $14.4 million this year, the Detroit-based company revealed earlier this month in response to reports speculating on her compensation. According to A...
GM Won’t Pay Back $10 Billion Bailout Loss, Says Akerson
18 Dec 2013, 12:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors won’t be covering the $10 billion the US government lost on the Detroit manufacturer’s bailout, chairman and CEO Dan Akerson said earlier this week. GM’s outgoin...
Mary Barra Named GM CEO, Becomes First Female to Lead a Global Automaker
10 Dec 2013, 15:54 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors has announced that Mary Barra, the manufacturer’s current vice president of Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain, will become the company’s next CEO, re...
Buick Could Probably Use a Flagship, Says GM
18 Nov 2013, 12:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / About a week ago GM president Mark Reuss revealed that Buick could introduce a flagship model described as "a much more beautiful Porsche Panamera". The representative declined other detai...
GM’s Dan Akerson Talks Re-Establishing Cadillac
18 Nov 2013, 12:18 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says Cadillac could be re-established as a luxury brand 2020, adding that it will take years for its product to achieve the pricing power of brands such as BMW or Merc...
GM to Change "Confusing" Brand Strategy in Europe, Says Akerson
17 Nov 2013, 11:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors is looking to commence a major strategic shift in Europe in order to eliminate the conflict between the company's Chevrolet and Opel brands, both of which, according to CEO Dan A...
Dan Akerson May Leave GM Next Year
15 Nov 2013, 09:13 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Rumor has it Dan Akerson will step down as General Motors chairman and CEO next year, although the 65-year-old has yet to notify company of his plans. The news comes via The Economic Times, who s...
Next-Gen Chevrolet Volt Will be $10K Cheaper
2 May 2013, 08:36 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The next-generation Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid will be significantly less expensive than the current model, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said earlier this week. Speaking at Fortune’s B...
GM CEO Akerson’ 58 Chevy Corvette Up for Grabs
21 Nov 2012, 11:37 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Two-tone paint, charcoal interior, 245 hp small block V8 engine, these are all things that this 1958 C1 Corvette has going for it. But the cherry on top of the retro cake is the fact that it’s...
GM’s CEO Dan Akerson Explains Share Sales
21 Apr 2011, 11:23 UTC · By: Cosmin Voicu / Dan Akerson, General Motors Chairman and CEO, said that the US government is taking into consideration some factors in order to find the right time to sell its remaining GM shares. According to t...
GM to Bring 20 New or Upgraded Models in China
15 Feb 2011, 10:19 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors sees China as a real paradise, especially because it keeps growing in terms of new cars sales, a fact which mostly translates into bigger sales for the US-based car giant. And because...
It's Your Call: GM's CEO Should Drive a Prius for the Rest of His Life!
17 Jan 2011, 11:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / As most of you know by now, the guys over at General Motors are pretty proud of their Chevrolet Volt and, every time they have the occasion to praise it, they certainly do it. That's the case o...
Chevy Volt Tech to Underpin Minivan
13 Jan 2011, 10:00 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Rumors pointed to Cadillac as being the first recipient of of the Voltec powertrain, but General Motors looks like it plans to build a minivan that uses the drivetrain from the Chevy Volt first. Thi...
GM CEO Says Volt Is an American Symbol
21 Dec 2010, 09:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / General Motors CEO Dan Akerson is again making the headlines, this time talking less about the Volt's rivals and more about Chevrolet's recently launched product. Referring to the Volt, Ak...
GM CEO Pokes Fun at Toyota Prius
12 Dec 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Now that Chevrolet Volt is out in the wild, those working for General Motors are trying whatever it’s possible to make people give the Volt a chance. And if this also included making fun of th...
GM's IPO: The Spiritual Rebirth of a Giant
19 Nov 2010, 09:51 UTC · By: Andrei Costea / Yesterday, in New York, the beginning of a new era has happened. General Motors CEO Dan Akerson rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, followed by the satisfying roar of a muscle car&...
GM CEO Donates $10,000 for Athletic Programs
30 Oct 2010, 09:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The new chief executive officer of American giant GM has apparently not lost touch with his roots. Akerson is a Naval Academy graduate and and quite an established boxer. As such, he is pretty much ...
Whitacre Writes Goodbye Memo to Employees
14 Aug 2010, 16:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As you already know, American manufacturer GM announced last week that its current CEO and chairman, Edward E. Whitacre Jr., will be leaving his positions starting September 1, to leave the carmaker...
Whitacre Forced to Leave GM before IPO?
13 Aug 2010, 10:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The news that Ed. Whitacre, General Motors’ CEO and Chairman is leaving the company is still a burning hot topic. As expected, a hurricane of other news related to this is starting to come to ...