Hacker News with Generative AI: General Motors

GM says new battery chemistry will enable 400-mile range EVs (theverge.com)
General Motors is teaming up with LG to develop lithium manganese-rich (LMR) batteries for its electric trucks and SUVs.

Electric Vehicles, Batteries, General Motors, Automotive Industry

20 points by 01-_- 10 days ago | 32 comments

GM's LMR battery breakthrough means more range at a lower cost (arstechnica.com)
WARREN, Mich.—If you've been following General Motors' development of electric vehicles on its Ultium platform, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it hasn't gone entirely smoothly.

Electric Vehicles, Batteries, General Motors, Automotive

15 points by thehoff 10 days ago | 1 comments

GM's new turbo engine rewrites the rules of torque control-and locks out tuners (carsandhorsepower.com)
Hitting the sweet spot between turbo lag and power output is a balancing act for automotive engineers and aftermarket tuners who strive to minimize the former while maximizing the latter. It’s been this way for decades, and now, it seems General Motors (GM) is moving toward a radical torque management approach with the potential to upend traditional tuning methods.

Automotive Engineering, Tuning, General Motors, Technology

34 points by Anumbia 11 days ago | 59 comments

GM Killed the Only Apple CarPlay Retrofit for Its EVs (motor1.com)
White Automotive has discontinued its CarPlay add-on after pressure from GM.

Automotive, Technology, Apple CarPlay, General Motors

18 points by josephcsible 59 days ago | 4 comments

GM Reportedly Blocks Dealership from Installing CarPlay in Newer EVs (macrumors.com)
A few years ago, the American automaker General Motors (GM) announced that it would be phasing out support for CarPlay and Android Auto in its new electric vehicles, in favor of its own software platform.

CarPlay, General Motors, Electric Vehicles, Automobiles

4 points by stalfosknight 63 days ago | 1 comments

GM's Renaissance Center Is Mostly Empty; workers will leave the building in 2025 (jalopnik.com)
The famed Renaissance Center in Detroit has been the hive where GM houses its most important worker bees since it acquired the building in 1996, but lately the building is feeling more like an empty nest.

Real Estate, Business, Detroit, General Motors

6 points by rntn 233 days ago | 0 comments

GM electric vehicles can now access Tesla Superchargers (theverge.com)
General Motors says it has updated the software in its electric vehicles so its customers can finally use Tesla’s Supercharging network.

Electric Vehicles, Tesla, General Motors, Automotive Industry

173 points by ivewonyoung 247 days ago | 244 comments

Texas Sues General Motors for Billions over Decade-Long Data Theft [video] (youtube.com)

Lawsuits, Data Security, General Motors, Texas

4 points by kklisura 276 days ago | 0 comments

General Motors cutting salaried tech workforce to 'prioritize investments' (seekingalpha.com)

General Motors, Layoffs, Tech Industry, Automotive Industry, Business

26 points by jarsin 277 days ago | 26 comments

General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy (wikipedia.org)

Conspiracy Theories, History, Transportation, General Motors

63 points by nadermx 388 days ago | 56 comments

Lawsuit accuses GM of sharing drivers' data with insurers without consent (theregister.com)

Data Privacy, Lawsuit, General Motors, Automotive, Insurance

26 points by beardyw 395 days ago | 9 comments