• GM to pay $900 million over ignition switches
    • 17/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    General Motors has agreed to pay $900 million (£581 million) and sign a deferred-prosecution agreement to end a US government investigation into its handling of an ignition-switch flaw linked to 124 deaths. The arrangement means GM will be charged criminally with hiding the defect from regulators and in the [...]
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  • Weakness exposed in OnStar app
    • 31/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    A researcher is advising drivers not to use a mobile app for General Motors OnStar vehicle communications system, saying hackers can exploit a security flaw in the product to unlock cars and start engines remotely. Hacker Samy Kamkar posted a video on Thursday saying he had figured out a way to ‘locate, unlock [...]
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  • Who owns a connected vehicle?
    • 27/04/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Business Insider reports that John Deere, General Motors, and other automotive manufacturers have submitted comments to the US Copyright Office asserting that manufacturers still own connected vehicles even after purchase, and that the purchaser is only licensing the product. The Copyright Office plans to hold a [...]
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  • Paragon extends Vauxhall relationship
    • 07/04/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Paragon has extended its relationship with General Motors UK Ltd t/a Vauxhall in a new long-term contract. As the sole provider of vehicle refurbishment to the manufacturer, Paragon will refurbish over 30,000 vehicles a year. The renewal of the contract will lead to further investment at Paragon’s Corby site [...]
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  • GM supplier award for Axalta
    • 10/03/2015
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Axalta Coating Systems was named a ‘Supplier of the Year’ by General Motors (GM) at its Supplier of the Year awards ceremony last week. Winning suppliers from around the world received the award for going above and beyond GM’s requirements, which are designed to provide customers with the most innovative [...]
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