Automotive IT News and Facts
General Motors opened a new 130 million-dlr data center this week, as the automaker continues its company-wide IT transformation. The center – in Warren, Michigan, outside Detroit – will serve as the backbone for all of the company’s global computing operations. It is one of just two that will replace 23 global IT centers over [...]
General Motors plans to equip next-generation models with embedded 4G LTE sim cards, paving the way for a greater array of services to be available to the connected car. The US automaker announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the first GM cars to get 4G LTE would be 2015 Chevrolet, Buick GMC [...]
Former Continental and Volkswagen executive Karl-Thomas Neumann will become the new CEO of Opel effective March 1. Neumann, 51, most recently headed VW’s China operations but was replaced in that position several months ago. He takes over at Opel from Thomas Sedran, who has ran the German division of General Motors on an interim basis. [...]
General Motors plans to hire about 1,000 IT specialists to staff a new Information Technology Innovation center near Atlanta, Georgia, in the southern part of the US. The hiring push will focus on software developers, project managers, database experts, business analysts and other IT professionals. Atlanta is one of four US IT centers. GM has [...]
LAS VEGAS ā€“ Developers will be able to create in-vehicle apps for General Motors infotainment systems, after the US carmaker announced a software development kit for programmers. The kit will allow drivers to add apps and features to their cars after the initial purchase, which will mean infotainment systems can continuously be improved and upgraded. [...]
General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will build three cars together and move ahead Ā with plans to jointly purchase components. The US and French carmakers, which earlier Ā this year agreed on a far-reaching cooperation, said they would develop common vehicle architectures for a C-segment vehicle for Opel and Peugeot; a B-segment MPV for both groups; and an [...]
Opel plans to end car production in Bochum, Germany, in 2016 as it reacts to continuing losses in the shrinking European car market. The German division of General Motors of the US said in a press release that it will cease car production in Bochum at the end of the lifecyle of the current Zafira [...]
General Motors sees a growing market for electric vehicles in China and is stepping up its local EV development activities. “Electrified vehicles will play a critical role in efforts to conserve and ultimately displace petroleum as the major source of transportation energy,ā€¯ predicted Jon Lauckner, GM’s chief technology officer. In an address to the Fisita [...]
Chevrolet’s smaller models will be able to use the iPhone’s Siri voice-control software to operate several in-car functions, the brand announced at the Los Angeles auto show Tuesday. Chevrolet said several Spark and Sonic models will from early 2013 be able to communicate through Siri using the brand’s MyLink connectivity system. They will need an [...]
General Motors, which is keen to broaden the geographical reach of its OnStar safety and emergency calling system, will make the technology available in Mexico from 2013. OnStar is already marketed in the US, Canada and China. “We will continue to grow GMā€™s connected vehicle solutions in other regions of the world in the coming [...]
