General Motors opens Silicon Valley office

GM has opened a 50,000-square-foot facility in the Bay Area because its newest cars are all about tech and going electric. Scott Budman reports.

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[smoothoperator]

😂😂😂😂😂 They'll close once they see no one will buy their $150, 000 electric car.

[Matt-ktnm]

I'd much rather have less tech in my car.

[SweetNeoCon]

Tech companies, and other types as well, are leaving California due to the high cost of doing business. This seems like a backwards move by GM.

[nitroxide]

Silicon valley employees can benefit all their products, not just EVs

[cromwellco]

Too much tech in cars makes them immensely unreliable

[RacerX]

No, not about all going electric..i will drive my 2004 Buick Lesabre till it rots. I will even get the engine rebuilt.

[pilozm]

Software is critically important in an EV. GM should have done this well in advance of their EV offerings. Software issues have stranded so many Lyriq owners due to dead 12-volt batteries. It's a shame

[MultiMojo]

LOL they're 10 years late. Should have opened it a long time ago. Nobody is living in Warren, MI to build tech.

[dvivcgo]

Where do people think electricity comes from....aghhh🙄

[speedy]

GM needs to re-hire all laid off employee from Tesla supercharging division to leapfrog and lead supercharging technology and innovation.

[norcaljim]

Dont buy electric trucks to haul. Neighbor got one. Pulled his boat and gear up to a lake in the mountains. Long story short. Ran out of juice to make it back. Stranded overnight. He got a ride to an area for his cell to work. Towed back.

[superfuntime]

Un sold Tesla's are being stock piled in a dirt lot and empty business lots in Santa Clara near the Levi stadium.

[walebaker]

Another SV car? We need more engineers not tech guys in cars!

[okzzvil]

Bubble EV's narrative. People cannot afford expensive EV's.

[decnijfkris]

If a Fiat dealership also can sell me a Jeep and and Alfa Romeo why can't it sell me a Chevy? Work with Chryser !

[decnijfkris]

do you still have your property in Antwerp?

[hereandthere]

It’s not enough to just build an electric car, it must also be affordable. I have a feeling Tesla’s going to achieve this before any other auto maker.

[decnijfkris]

Do you really think self employed people are gonna buy the bzzz bzzz electric transit? No way

[decnijfkris]

Can't be all that hard you know Mary Barra

[sappysuds]

I love my Chevy Bolt. I can't wait for them to come up with a a solid towing truck with great range.