GM'S HARDBALL GAME PLAN - AUTOLINE THIS WEEK 2218

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This Autoline This Week episode features Dan Ammann, President of General Motors, discussing the company's strategic pivot towards an future dominated by autonomous, electric, connected, and shared vehicles. Ammann emphasizes a dual focus: optimizing current business performance while allocating significant resources to future technologies. He addresses GM's commitment to North American passenger cars, highlighting investments in flexible architectures to meet future regulatory and fuel economy standards. The discussion delves into the transition from traditional ownership models to new mobility services, with Ammann stressing the long-term nature of this evolution and GM's intent to lead in both existing and emerging markets. He outlines GM's vision of "zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion," underpinned by autonomous and electric vehicle technology, projecting a massive potential market measured in vehicle miles traveled. Ammann reassures about the safety-first approach to autonomous vehicle deployment, contrasting the potential of AVs to reduce fatalities with current road accident statistics. He also touches upon regulatory consistency, trade stability, and GM's ongoing efforts to restructure and ensure profitability in key markets like South Korea and South America.