GM Excites Investors With Brutal Action To Resize. Investors Love The Move, Seen As Anticipating Trouble. GM Embraces New Technology; Puts Pressure On Ford To Act. “Jawboning” Trump said GM should stop making cars in China and make them in the U.S. instead”. General Motors shock move to shut up to 5 North American factories, […]
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GM Aims For 2019 Self-Driving Car, But Doubts Mount
GM Aims For 2019 Self-Driving Car, But Doubts Mount. Investors Impressed By Technology But Doubt Start Date. “We believe that stock market expectations for commercialisation at scale and profitability may need to be dialled back significantly” General Motors showed off its autonomous vehicle (AV) capabilities and although investors were impressed by its technology they reckoned […]
GM’s Autonomous Car Impresses, But Big Hurdles Remain
GM’s Autonomous Car Impresses, But Big Hurdles Remain. “Courageous of GM to allow investors to peek into its AV world. The ride was entertaining. It mostly worked, and will surely improve, but we believe that the last 1 per cent will be extremely difficult to perfect” General Motors’ demonstration of its commercial autonomous vehicle (AV) […]
Joy Abounds In Detroit As GM Dumps Loss-Making Opel
Joy Abounds In Detroit As GM Dumps Loss-Making Opel. But What If PSA Turns It Around? “two drowning men don’t make a swimmer“ They will dancing in the streets of Detroit today as the news sinks in. Or will they? General Motors has finally managed to dump its chronic European loss-maker Opel-Vauxhall on PSA of […]
PSA “Wins” Battle To Buy GM’s Opel-Vauxhall
PSA “Wins” Battle To Buy GM’s Opel-Vauxhall. But GM Pleased To Have Dumped Chronic Loss-Maker. Can PSA Make The Merger Work? “is it possible to create one competitive firm out of two relatively weak ones” Both sides of the Peugeot/Opel Vauxhall merger were smiling after the news broke, but it will probably take years before […]
Shareholders Will Be Cheering As GM Dumps Opel-Vauxhall
Shareholders Will Be Cheering As GM Dumps Opel-Vauxhall. “We’re confident that the Opel-Vauxhall turnaround will significantly accelerate with our support” General Motors shareholders might well be dancing in the streets today after news that it has finally managed to dump its chronic, perpetually loss-making European operations on France’s PSA Group. GM’s Opel-Vauxhall brands have lost […]
PSA Raises Profits Again, But Restrained On Future Promises
PSA Raises Profits Again, But Restrained On Future Promises. “Long term guidance has been upgraded but it is disappointing again”If Acquired, Opel Would Be Used To Target Export Markets PSA Group, in the spotlight because of its audacious attempt to takeover GM Europe’s Opel-Vauxhall, was less adventurous with its own profit projections, said to be […]
Hang On, Maybe GM Europe/PSA Merger Could Work?
Hang On, Maybe GM Europe/PSA Merger Could Work? Fiddling With Accountancy Rules Makes Opel-Vauxhall Look Good. Putting Lipstick On A Pig? “Perhaps GM wants to bow out now and avoid potential election trouble?” Investment banks couldn’t raise much initial enthusiasm for a merger between France’s PSA and GM’s Opel-Vauxhall, but some are having second thoughts. […]
Lukewarm Reaction To GM Europe PSA Merger Possibility
Lukewarm Reaction To GM Europe PSA Merger Possibility. “And why would GM want to get rid of it?” France’s PSA Peugeot-Citroen (PSA) is discussing taking over General Motor’s European operations, but analysts and academics can’t raise much enthusiasm for the deal. The two companies tried once before to merge, but that failed in 2014, not […]
Hang On, Maybe GM Europe/PSA Merger Could Work?
Hang On, Maybe GM Europe/PSA Merger Could Work? Fiddling With Accountancy Rules Makes Opel-Vauxhall Look Good. Putting Lipstick On A Pig? “Perhaps GM wants to bow out now and avoid potential election trouble?” Investment banks couldn’t raise much initial enthusiasm for a merger between France’s PSA and GM’s Opel-Vauxhall, but some are having second thoughts. […]