Kettering of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) and Henry M. The action of the bankers was partially influenced by the Panic of 1910–1911 that followed the earlier enforcement of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. Durant over- leveraged GM in making acquisitions, and was removed by the board of directors in 1910 at the order of the bankers who backed the loans to keep GM in business. Under Durant, GM went on to acquire Cadillac, Elmore, Welch, Cartercar, Oakland (the predecessor of Pontiac), the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company of Pontiac, Michigan, and the Reliance Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan (predecessors of GMC) in 1909.ĭurant, with the board's approval, also tried acquiring Ford Motor Company, but needed an additional $2 million. GM's first acquisition was Buick, which Durant already owned, then Olds Motor Works on November 12, 1908. Durant formed the General Motors Company in 1908 as a holding company, with partner Charles Stewart Mott, borrowing a naming convention from General Electric. Whiting, owner of Flint Wagon Works, sold him the Buick Motor Company in 1904. Durant was averse to automobiles, but fellow Flint businessman James H. Durant's Durant-Dort Carriage Company of Flint, Michigan had become the largest manufacturer of horse-drawn vehicles in the United States. įurther information: History of General Motorsīy 1900, William C. Īs of January 2023, GM is ranked 25th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. The current entity was established in 2009 after the General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization. Durant, the largest seller of horse-drawn vehicles at the time. The company traces itself to a holding company for Buick established on September 16, 1908, by William C. GM offers more flexible-fuel vehicles, which can operate on either E85 ethanol fuel or gasoline, or any blend of both, than any other automaker. In January 2021, GM announced plans to end production and sales of vehicles using internal combustion engines, including hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrids, by 2035, as part of its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. GM also owns the BrightDrop delivery vehicle manufacturer, a namesake defense vehicles division which produces military vehicles for the United States government and military, the vehicle safety, security, and information services provider OnStar, the auto parts company ACDelco, a namesake financial lending service, and majority ownership in the self-driving cars enterprise Cruise LLC. It also holds interests in Chinese brands Baojun and Wuling via SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile. Its four core automobile brands are Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac.
General Motors operates manufacturing plants in eight countries. By sales, it was the largest automaker in the United States in 2022, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008. General Motors ( GM), formally the General Motors Company, is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (50%).
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