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A Cruise robotaxi in downtown Dallas in June 2024, with the Hyatt Regency and Reunion Tower in the background. [Photo: Cruise]
GM’s Cruise Robotaxis Return to Dallas Streets for Testing, Driverless Taxi Service To Resume ‘Later’
by David Seeley | Jul 24, 2024
After a months-long pause following a pedestrian collision in San Francisco last October, Cruise robotaxis are being tested once again in Dallas, Houston, and Phoenix—without paying customers and with a "safety driver" in the car, the New York Times reports.
by David Seeley |
Nov 9, 2023
Last month, Cruise began operating its driverless robotaxis on Dallas streets without a human in front, in a run-up to commercial launch. After pausing the process in late October, the company has now issued a voluntary software recall of its entire driverless fleet. The moves stem from an incident in San Francisco on October 2 and the company's response to it.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 9, 2023
General Motors said the investment will enable it to strengthen its industry-leading full-size SUV business. Since 2013, GM has announced nearly $2 billion in investments for its Arlington Assembly plant. See why the company is committed to offering internal combustion engine vehicles for years to come—despite its plan to spend $35 billion on electric and autonomous vehicle development by 2025.
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by David Seeley |
May 11, 2023
Earlier this month, we told you that San Francisco-based Cruise may be expanding its robotaxi ridehailing service to Dallas. Now Co-Founder and CEO Kyle Vogt has tweeted that Cruise "will go live in Houston and Dallas in the next few months. Supervised autonomous driving will start in Houston in a few days, with Dallas to follow soon after." Here's how you can get on the waitlist.
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Reggie Spraggins, body shop team leader at GM Arlington Assembly plant. [Video still: GM]
The Last Word: GM’s Reggie Spraggins on Being a Third-Generation Company Man
by David Seeley | Apr 17, 2023
Last month, the General Motors Arlington Assembly plant set a 70-year monthly production record in March by producing more than 34,000 vehicles. Now a worker at the plant is featured in a company video campaign called "Earn a Living. Make a Life."
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 10, 2023
The record of 34,000 vehicles was achieved with three shifts working 27 days, the company said. The final number broke the previous monthly record set in March 2022. "Our celebration of this milestone is not just about the number, it's about the people who build consistent quality into every SUV that we produce," said the plant's executive director, John Urbanic.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 5, 2021
The Arlington Assembly plant has 5,677 employees and has produced more than 12 million vehicles since it opened in 1954. The new investment follows a $1.4 billion, 1.6 million-square-foot expansion at the plant that began in 2015.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 19, 2021
AT&T and GM want to set the benchmark for automotive connectivity by bringing 5G connectivity to select model year 2024 vehicles.
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Centuries Old German Manufacturer Kirchhoff Looks Ahead with $20M Garland Expansion
by Lance Murray | Oct 18, 2018
From needles in 1785 in Germany to auto parts in 2018 at its Garland facility, Kirchhoff shows that innovation and adaptation can help a company stick around.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Feb 10, 2017
Texas has more than 20,000 megawatts of wind power capacity, nearly one-fourth of the total capacity in the country.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Feb 3, 2017
Chevrolet vehicle owners used 4.2 million gigabytes of data in 2016, that's 200 percent more than in 2015.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Jan 11, 2017
The plant debuted new robotic carts that follow a predetermined path to deliver parts to the line.
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