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General Motors to Move from Long-Running Detroit HQ Into a New Location Across Town

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General Motors recently announced a move from the Renaissance Center (RenCen), the building it purchased in 1996, to a new location at the Hudson’s Detroit building further north. He did say that GM’s executives and corporate offices, including finance, legal, and other departments would make the move.

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Stellantis Investors Fume Over CEO Pay Amid Job Cuts, Plant Closures, Supplier Strife

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Investors, in particular European ones, are becoming increasingly sensitive to social aspects of corporates [sic],” Charles Pinel, CEO of Proxinvest, told Bloomberg in a recent interview. Legal challenges have also been raised on behalf of the manufacturer.

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Cruise Outsources Review of Regulatory Response

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On Friday, Cruise confirmed that its board had hired an outside law firm and technology consultants after the California Department of Motor Vehicles suspended its driverless vehicle operations. But the hiring of a legal team and technology experts makes it sound like it’s gearing up to defend itself. That’s understandable.

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Driving Dystopia: Eight Automakers Accused of Lying About Customer Data Protections

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While there are actually very few data protections on the federal level as they pertain to corporations, misrepresenting your business is something the FTC would be very interested in. Earlier this year, similar allegations were being leveled at General Motors, Honda, Acura, Kia, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi.

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San Francisco Traffic Stands Still After Cruise AVs Stall in North Beach

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According to the Los Angeles Times , nearly a dozen driverless vehicles operated by General Motors’ Cruise stopped late Friday night on Vallejo Street in the North Beach bar and restaurant district. It’s unethical and immoral but legal,” he continued. Bottom line, this all goes to Gov. Gavin Christopher Newsom.”

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New “50 by 50” Commission seeks to halve US transportation energy use by 2050

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Betsy Price, Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas; Gil Quiniones, President & CEO, New York Power Authority; Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council; Dan Turton, Vice President, North America Public Policy, General Motors; Greg White, Executive Director, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and. .;

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XIII)

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As we learned in our last installment , the Cadillac lineup was revised visually for 1957, and would be revised again in 1958 once quad headlamps became legal. General Motors Corporation. Fins grew, hoods smoothed, roofs leaned backward, and there were more Eldorado variants than ever before.

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