On September 15, General Motors announced that its assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri will be temporarily closed from September 29 to October 19.
GM spokesperson Diana Forbes said the company has “temporarily adjusted production schedules at Wentzville Assembly to address supply chain issues and align with overal

Continental AG (Continental) announced that it will supply its CrossContact RX tires as original equipment for General Motors’ electric SUVs, the Cadillac OPTIQ and Chevrolet Equinox EV, in 20- and 21-inch sizes across multiple countries.
The all-weather touring tire features ContiSeal technology, which can seal punc

On September 15, it was reported that General Motors and Hyundai will manufacture five new models in South America under their alliance, starting with a midsize pickup confirmed for production in São José dos Campos, Brazil, on the same platform as the next Chevrolet S10 in 2028.
GM Brazil will lead development and p

General Motors CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Canada will resume Chevrolet BrightDrop production on November 17 with fewer than 400 hourly workers and no local battery output, according to the union that represents workers at the plant.
Mike Van Boekel, plant chair with Unifor Local 88, said work will run on one s

General Motors will pause production of the Cadillac XT5 at the GM Spring Hill Assembly plant in Tennessee for the entire month of December to better align production with shifting market demand.
The upcoming production pause for the Cadillac XT5 will coincide with reduced production of the electric Cadillac Lyriq an

On September 9, General Motors, Pilot Company, and EVgo Inc. today announced their collaborative network now reaches more than 200 locations across nearly 40 states. In just over two years, the companies have worked together to deploy nearly 850 new EV fast charging stalls across the U.S. 
The network has expanded fr

On August 31, AKL Auto Feeding Industries announced that it has launched Egypt's first automated production line for headlights, taillights, and side mirrors. It will supply the new Optra model from General Motors Egypt. Auto-feeding is a leading manufacturer of automotive parts in the Middle East and North Africa re

On September 4, Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI) reported sales of 124,180 light vehicles in August, representing an decrease of 3.0% from the 128,008 sales in August 2024.
Nissan sold 23,671 units in August, an increase of 9.9% from the previous year.
Overall Volkswagen Group sales of 1

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