On September 2, General Motors announced it had record EV sales for the month of August. Coming one month before the end of EV tax credits (on September 30), GM had sales of more than 21,000 EVs combined from Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC. Recognizing it to be short-lived, GM still expects the buying surge to pay long

Magna International is shutting down the Qualtech Seating Systems division London, Ontario in October. The single Qualtech plant there employs 49 people. One of the models it supplied was the Chevrolet BrightDrop, which has had an extended production shutdown, causing Qualtech to cease operations. 
The plant was in o

On August 27, General Motors announced to employees that its EV manufacturing plant Factory Zero will partially shut down its first and second shift production temporarily beginning September 2, the day after Labor Day, and resume October 6. The move impacts approximately 360 employees.
The company confirmed that pro

GM Canada has reiterated its commitment to produce the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado at the GM Oshawa Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada, even as the facility has been affected by newly imposed U.S. tariffs.
In a series of recent social media posts, GM Canada highlighted Oshawa’s unique role in Silverado product

On August 27, Boston-based advanced battery technology company Nanoramic Inc. announced that it has received a follow-on strategic equity investment from Top Material Co., Ltd. to establish a manufacturing base in South Korea for Nanoramic’s Neocarbonix battery technology.
Neocarbonix is a drop-in electrode technolog

General Motors is recalling 23,656 Chevrolet Corvette models from 2023–2026 due to a fuel system issue that can cause gasoline to spill into the filler pocket and leak onto ignition sources during refueling. The defect poses a fire risk if the spilled fuel contacts hot engine or exhaust components. Impacted models in

On August 15, it was reported that Mexico overtook the United States as Canada’s top vehicle supplier for the first time in more than three decades.
According to Statistics Canada, Canadian imports of vehicles from Mexico reached CAD 1.08 billion in June 2025, surpassing the CAD 950 million in imports from the U.S. T

South Korea’s Posco Future M Co., Ltd. announced that it has begun shipping cathode materials produced using self-sufficient precursors in July 2025. In June 2025, the company constructed a precursor plant with an annual production capacity of 45,000 tons　at the cathode material plant site in Gwangyang, Jeollanam-do.

According to sources familiar with the matter, General Motors Co. is planning to resume development of a self-driving vehicle with an increased focus on personal usage instead of as a robotaxi service. GM initially plans to develop technologies and systems capable of hands-free and eyes-free driving with a human back

On August 8, it was reported that Nanjing Julong Science & Technology Co., a Chinese specialist in modified engineering plastics, inaugurated its first plant outside China in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico.
The plant, located in the VYNMSA Industrial Park Sector II, is a 4,540 square-meter facility strategically positioned nea

According to sources familiar with the matter, General Motors plans to import electric vehicle batteries from China-based battery supplier CATL to support production of its upcoming Chevrolet Bolt EV. The Wall Street Journal initially reported that GM will source lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries from CATL over

On August 6, Hyundai Motor Company and General Motors announced plans for their first five co-developed vehicles. 
The companies will jointly develop four vehicles for the Central and South American markets, including a compact SUV, a car, a small pickup, and a mid-size pickup, all designed to run on either internal

Noveon Magnetics announced that it reached a multi-year supply agreement with General Motors to provide rare earth magnets for a wide range of vehicle components. Noveon started production prior to the development of the agreement and began rear earth magnet deliveries to GM in July 2025. Under the supply agreement,

Ford Motor Co. has spent several days making the case to the public and the Trump Administration that the company is being penalized for its highly North American manufacturing process and described the situation as "urgent", describing the new 15% automotive import tariff deals and remaining sectoral tariffs as disa

On August 4, Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI) reported sales of 124,482 light vehicles in July, representing an decrease of 0.6% from the 125,260 sales in July 2024.
Nissan sold 23,614 units in July, an increase of 13.3% from the previous year.
Overall Volkswagen Group sales of 13,902 un

Reported on August 1, 2025, General Motors (GM) has partnered with Phnom Penh-based United Auto Trading Co., Ltd. (UAT), a leading Cambodian automotive distributor, to locally assemble DKD (Disassembled Knock-Down) Chevrolet vehicles at UAT’s new advanced facility.
The new plant, under TH Automotive Manufacturing Co.

On July 22, Chinese company UTAS-NOVA Automotive Lighting Systems began the construction of its new MXN 930 million plant in the VESTA Industrial Park, south of the city of Aguascalientes, Mexico. The facility will generate more than 250 new jobs and will focus on the manufacture of exterior lighting systems for the

On July 24, J.D. Power released its 2025 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study, which was based on responses from 92,964 owners of new 2025 model-year vehicles who were surveyed after 90 days of ownership.
Overall satisfaction was 851 (on a 1,000-point scale), an increase of 4 points from a

On July 22, General Motors reported that its Q2 2025 net income dropped 35.4% to USD 1.9 billion, with import tariffs costing it USD 1.1 billion since first imposed in April.
EBIT Adjusted of USD 3.04 billion was down 31.6% compared to the same period a year ago.
Q2 revenue was down 1.8% to USD 47.1 billion, with GMN

On July 24, UzAuto Motors Powertrain, in a social media post, announced that it has been exporting CSS Prime cylinder blocks to Latin America since December 2024. The total volume of shipments amounts to 40,000 units, worth USD 4.9 million.
It has implemented an HPDC (High-Pressure Die Casting) line, enabling the pro