Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Fleet Forward, Green Fleet, Small Fleet, Suppliers

The batteries supplied to GM for these electric vehicles may have two manufacturing defects in the same battery cell, which increases the risk of fire.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10149736/gm-expands-chevrolet-bolt-recall

Categories: Fleet Forward, Mobility, Operations, Rental Operations, Shared Mobility, Vehicle OEM

Maven, launched in 2016 as a no-membership-fee carsharing service, will continue to be available in some of the markets its leaving under the peer-to-peer...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/332305/gm-ends-carsharing-service-maven-in-8-cities

Categories: Rental Operations

In seven months, GM’s Maven carsharing program has expanded to five U.S. cities with 4.2 million miles driven.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/136595/gms-maven-carsharing-service-hits-4-2-million-miles

Categories: Electric, Electric Vehicles, Electrification, Fleet, Fleet Forward, Green Fleet, Small Fleet

The partnership leverages the wide and deep scalability of the two automotive giants so they can target new EV models to large vehicle segments, including...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/10165270/gm-honda-to-build-electric-vehicles-for-mass-market

Categories: Operations, Rental Operations

The recall, which affects just 90 2016-MY trucks, will let dealers fix a problem related to the air bag sensing and diagnostic module.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/133099/silverado-sierra-pickups-recalled-for-air-bags

Categories: Fleet Acquisition, Operations, Small Fleet

Sales of vehicles to commercial, daily rental, and government fleets declined 13.1% to 279,063 in March and remain negative for the first quarter in the...

https://www.autorentalnews.com/139815/fleet-sales-decline-nearly-11-in-march

Categories: Green Fleet, Rental Operations

South Korea-based Lotte Rent-a-Car has partnered with GM Korea to add Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicles to its rental fleet.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/139791/lotte-rent-a-car-to-offer-bolt-ev

Categories: Rental Operations, Safety

Cruise Automation, based in San Francisco, will operate as an independent unit within GM’s recently formed autonomous vehicle development team.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/134148/gm-to-acquire-autonomous-vehicle-tech-firm

Categories: Rental Operations

Maven Gig drivers are provided access to vehicles they can use for independent gigs, such as package delivery, food or grocery delivery, and ride sharing....

https://www.autorentalnews.com/140282/maven-program-targets-gig-economy

Maven’s Alex Keros shares insights into evolving smart mobility business models and new opportunities with fleet management.

https://www.autorentalnews.com/159965/auto-manufacturers-mobility-disruptors-or-fleet-providers