The top U.S. automaker said in a filing on Tuesday with U.S. safety regulators that the switch used in the Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo, Buick LaCrosse and Lucerne, and Cadillac DeVille and DTS cars that were recalled on June 16 was made by China-based Dalian Alps Electronics Co Ltd.
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GM considers returning power electronics production back in-house
GM is almost two-thirds of the way through a $16.6-million project ($6 million in funding support from the DOE) to design and to build a next-generation power inverter capable of 55 kW peak/30 kW continuous power.
GM offering magnetic ride control on Sierra Denali pickup
GM is offering magnetic ride control on the 2015 GMC Sierra Denali; it’s the first time the advanced, electronically controlled damping system has been offered on a full-size truck. GM offers magnetic ride control on a number of other vehicles, including Cadillacs, Corvettes and Buicks.
GM emails show more unheeded warnings about ignition defects
By Ben Klayman and Eric Beech
U.S. lawmakers accused General Motors of a “disturbing pattern” of neglecting safety and revealed emails from 2005 in which a GM employee warned a “big recall” may be necessary over an ignition-switch problem that was only addressed this week.
GM car owners in U.S. owed about $10 billion in lost value after recalls, lawsuit says
General Motors is facing a new lawsuit that says the automaker should compensate millions of vehicle owners in the United States for lost resale value, potentially exceeding $10 billion (€7.3 billion), because a slew of recalls and a deadly delay in calling back cars with defective ignition switches has damaged its brand.
