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Jack Glenn Sunday, September 13, 2020

FreightCasts Weekly Recap (9/7-9/13)

You can find every FreightWaves podcast conveniently in one feed via the free FreightCasts channel on freightwaves.com/podcasts, iTunes, Spotify or wherever podcasts are found.  Subscribe to FreightCasts and never miss a FreightWaves podcast. The full list of FreightWaves media can be streamed via the FreightWavesTV app available for your smartphone, Apple TV, Roku and Fire […]

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Eric Kulisch Tuesday, September 17, 2019

GM strike could hurt unionized auto haulers first

The halt in vehicle production at General Motors [NYSE: GM] plants on Sept. 16 over a labor dispute is expected to have ripple effects throughout the automakers’ supply chain, but experts say the severity of any business interruption will depend on the duration of the strike by the United Auto Workers. The most immediate casualty […]

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Brian Straight Thursday, May 9, 2019

GM autonomous vehicle subsidiary Cruise nabs $1.15B investment

Cruise Automation, the autonomous vehicle startup acquired by General Motors (NYSE: GM) in 2016, has secured an equity investment of $1.15 billion that values the company at $19 billion. The group of institutional investors included parent GM along with funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates and existing partners SoftBank Vision Fund and […]

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Brian Straight Wednesday, October 18, 2017

GM plans for fuel-cell future with SURUS

General Motors has advanced its next-generation fuel cell system, which is part of its concept SURUS (Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure) platform that was shown last week at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army. Whether commercial transportation is willing to adopt fuel cell technology, though, remains a question.

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