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Saturday, July 19, 2025
TopicGeneral Motors

Topic: General Motors

Hyundai in talks to buy GM’s Talegaon plant but your Creta, Venue isn’t coming anytime soon

It won’t be before late-2024 or early-2025 that a Hyundai-badged car leaves the Talegaon factory. There are many reasons for that.

There’s a little bit of India in cars around the world today. It’s in the codes that run them

Several car companies, including General Motors and Ford, who have both left the India market, do a huge amount of their software development work in India.

First GM, now Ford — why India is becoming a graveyard for world’s auto giants

India is a market for low-priced cars with low running costs, and global majors don’t have the models to match Maruti and Hyundai’s entry-level vehicles.

Only Mukesh: How Dhirubhai Ambani’s son is on his way to owning India’s digital market

Many believed outsize investment in a competitive business like telecom couldn’t yield a proper return, but Mukesh Ambani’s deals have shown up sceptics.

‘Challenging and lonely’ path of women CEOs slowly gets busier

The small but growing class of female CEOs, includes GM’s Marry Barra and Best Buy’s Corie Barry, who could create the critical mass needed to pull other women to the top of the corporate ladder.

Indian-American Dhivya Suryadevara to become CFO of General Motors

Suryadevara, currently the vice president of corporate finance, will succeed Chuck Stevens on 1 September.

On Camera

Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.