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General Motors announced Thursday, January 28, that it would eliminate gasoline and diesel powered engines in their passenger cars, vans, and SUVs by 2035. They also pledged to make their factories carbon neutral by 2040.  In an interview with...

In an interview with reporters, Marina v.N. Whitman, once the highest ranking female executive in the auto industry and a former vice president and group executive at General Motors, discusses the company's lengthy delay in recalling cars with...

In an interview with Business Insider, Marina v.N. Whitman explains why choosing Mary Barra as the first female chief executive of a major auto company was a brilliant move by General Motors. Whitman was vice president and group executive of Public...

In a recent interview, Detroit Free Press columnist Tom Walsh talked with Marina v.N. Whitman about her forthcoming memoir.Whitman, daughter of John von Neumann, a pioneering mathematician of the 20th century, earned her PhD in 1962 from Columbia...

Marina Whitman spoke to the Detroit Free Press about GM's new corporate culture. As described by Chief Executive Fritz Henderson, GM's new focus will be on "customers and vehicles, accountability, speed, and risk-taking." According to Whitman, "GM's...

Marina Whitman was quoted in a Washington Post article called "German government, unions angry at GM." The article discusses GM’s decision to retain its stake in the German automaker Opel. According to Whitman, a sale of Opel would have cost GM the...

Marina v.N. Whitman spoke to the Associated Press about the unique challenges facing the U.S. government as it attempts to financially support GM and Chrysler while pursuing a broad policy agenda. This story appeared in the Washington Post and other...