Fired up by yesterday’s post, I went back through some of my prior posts on Mary Barra specifically and women in the auto industry generally, and came across a few oldies but goodies. Sharing the collection here for anyone interested: It Doesn’t Have to Be a Revolution – December 4, 2013 One Small Step for Woman – […]
Tag Archives: General Motors
January
04
Glass Ceiling: Smashed
posted by Motorista
As with everything other than work, I am behind in reading Automotive News, my weekly source of all things automotive. I just started on the November 9, 2015 edition, which includes a 128-page special section entitled 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry (shout-out to my friend Lisa Copeland for being included on this […]
September
02
GM Recall: the Ignition Switch
posted by Motorista
Ignition switch. The two words that cause heart palpitations and cold sweats among GM management, engineers and lawyers. The one small part that will ultimately cost GM over $9 billion. What is it, and what went wrong? The Valukas Report begins with the following sentence: “In the fall of 2002, General Motors personnel made a […]
August
30
GM Recall: My Article in Texas Lawyer
posted by Motorista
Excited to have been published in the most recent issue of Texas Lawyer, a weekly legal newspaper, on the topic of the General Motors recall and the Valukas report. My article is geared to an attorney audience and has some legalese, but it is mostly an overview of the findings in the Valukas report, so […]
August
24
GM Recall: the Valukas Report – What It Is (and What It Isn’t)
posted by Motorista
The “Valukas Report,” otherwise known as “Report to Board of Directors of General Motors Company Regarding Ignition Switch Recalls,” is a 325-page document (including the Table of Contents), with 1,356 footnotes and seven appendices. It has been mentioned fairly frequently on the news and in Congressional hearings. As I wrote previously, I have read the […]
August
18
GM Recall: Cast of Characters
posted by Motorista
As promised, I am kicking off a series of posts on the General Motors ignition switch recall. You may have heard about that little recall – it’s been in the news just a bit. I’m skeptical of the news, myself, so when I heard GM had hired an outside attorney to conduct an internal investigation […]
August
13
New Gigs
posted by Motorista
Hey, race fans! I’m still here – really. Life stays busy, and then gets busier, so it’s hard to blog every day or every other day, like I have always tried to do. I’m not complaining – it’s good to be busy. But I didn’t forget about you! Other than real-life work, I’m up to […]
July
11
General Motors, the Fortress
posted by Motorista
Here is an interesting Part Two to my Alternate Mary Barra Interview. I merely intended to ask the questions. My dear friend, the brave, barnstorming Ashleigh Burroughs (my collaborator on Project Keychain), decided to actively try to get answers to my questions. So she tried to track down Mary Barra. Head over to her blog, the […]
July
08
The Alternate Mary Barra Interview
posted by Motorista
You may recall my recent annoyance with Matt Lauer’s sorry excuse for an “exclusive” interview with General Motors CEO Mary Barra. Barra doesn’t give many interviews, even to the local Detroit press, and Lauer completely muffed his opportunity to ask relevant, meaningful questions of one of the world’s most powerful women, at a crucial time […]
June
26
News Flash: Woman Can Be Mother and CEO at Same Time!
posted by Motorista
Hurry quick, someone get Matt Lauer some impressive journalism award! The Pulitzer, perhaps? Granted an exclusive, one-on-one interview, Lauer got this juicy bombshell from Mary Barra: General Motors’ first female CEO can be a CEO and a mom. At the same time. Holy crap. Stop the presses. Because, good to know, right? That’s definitely the first […]
June
25
Still Here!
posted by Motorista
Hello, world! Yes, Motorista is still truckin’ along; June has just turned out to be a really busy month. Between vacation, skyscraper rappelling, obtaining a mascot, and working, there hasn’t been a lot of time for le blogge. My bad. Lots of good things coming up, though – Dad and I are off to Houston […]
May
26
CTS Vsport – Not Your Grandmother’s Cadillac
posted by Motorista
To borrow slightly from a common saying, what floats like an aircraft carrier and stings like the world’s largest wasp’s nest? Answer: the new Cadillac CTS Vsport. Here’s the background: beginning with its renaissance in the early 2000s (remember the splash the all-new CTS made in The Matrix Reloaded?), Cadillac has increasingly focused its efforts on […]
April
03
GM Recallgate
posted by Motorista
By now, you may have heard that small news item about the GM recall. A recall that is now quite massive in scale, and that was precipitated by a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths. Yeah, it’s kind of a big deal. I had all sorts of things to say about Recallgate, […]
January
21
Do the Job You’re Doing
posted by Motorista
A little insight into GM’s new CEO, Mary Barra. And a useful perspective for all of us, no? P.S. If, for any reason, you can’t see the embedded video above, click here.
January
15
Detroit Day 2 – Published!
posted by Motorista
I left Detroit today in a snow flurry, and returned to a big Texas full moon. Sometimes the best part of leaving is coming home. But enough sappiness. More importantly, my second story is up on Jean Knows Cars, along with a photo gallery! See it all here. I will be posting more on the […]
December
10
One Small Step for Woman…
posted by Motorista
Very excited to hear today that General Motors has appointed Mary Barra as its new CEO, effective early next year. Barra will be the first female CEO of a major car company. I was just complaining to Jean Knows Cars earlier this year about the dearth of women in the C-suite. Who knew GM would […]
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