Lindsay VanHulle

<p>Only Buick reported a sales gain in the fourth quarter, up 57 percent.</p>

<p>A Cadillac spokesperson said the brand “will offer performance variants no matter the propulsion.”</p>

<p>Last redesigned for the 2018 model year, the three-row Enclave will follow redesigns of the Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia crossovers, which will be built alongside the Enclave in Michigan.</p>

<p>General Motors and Honda said their hydrogen fuel cell joint venture reached a milestone with the start of production at a factory in southeast Michigan.</p>

<p>GM has said it would earn nearly $10 billion last year and offset higher labor costs in 2024, but it has to work through troubles with EV production and its Cruise robotaxi business.</p>

<p>Although net income exceeded GM’s full-year projections, fourth-quarter adjusted pretax earnings and profit margin fell by more than half.</p>

<p>CEO Mary Barra did not disclose which vehicle segments will receive the plug-in technology or when.</p>

<p>CEO Mary Barra did not say which segments GM will target with plug-in hybrids or when they would arrive, though they are not expected this year.</p>

<p>The brand will work on a training component this year to ensure a high-end customer experience is delivered consistently across Cadillac showrooms.</p>

<p>Kurt Kelty will be tasked with leading GM’s overall approach to EV batteries, including sourcing raw materials and investing in and commercializing battery technology.</p>

<p>A spokesperson told that Cadillac would release details later this year.</p>

<p>Buoyed by a strong combustion vehicle portfolio, the automaker needs to prove that it also can build EVs on its Ultium battery platform at scale, CEO Mary Barra said at a Wolfe Research investor conference.</p>

<p>Sales of the new model year GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado are being delayed while a software fix is tested and validated. The decision affects about 15,000 pickups.</p>

<p>For 2024, 60 percent of salaried employees’ bonuses will come from earnings before interest and taxes and free cash flow, while 40 percent will come from EVs, software and services and Cruise, has learned.</p>

<p>The plant, which makes the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave, was idled Friday for a “temporary supply-chain issue” that the company did not identify.</p>

<p>In an interview for the “Daily Drive” podcast, GM CFO Paul Jacobson discussed EVs, China and relaunching Cruise.</p>

<p>Chevy said the Blazer EV will have a lower starting price and again qualify for the full $7,500 federal purchase tax credit on new EVs.</p>

<p>Gerald Johnson, GM’s top manufacturing executive, is retiring and former Apple executive Mike Abbott, who oversees software and services, is leaving for health reasons.</p>

<p>Last summer, General Motors combined separate digital storefronts — one for parts, one for vehicle accessories — into a single website for each of its four vehicle brands.</p>

<p>When the redesigned Enclave large crossover goes on sale this year, all four of the General Motors premium crossover brand’s nameplates will have been introduced or updated within the last 18 months.</p>