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GM: Design Studios Must Diversify for Future Mobility

DETROIT – Even though it never left, industrial design is enjoying a bit of renaissance thanks to aggressive work by automakers and suppliers to slash tailpipe emissions, improve safety and deliver a new user experience with autonomous vehicles. read more

Transportation design students from around the globe learn emerging mobility skills here in Detroit

"Detroit is making the future of mobility ... just exterior design," he says. "Really understanding who the user is is much more critical. And a lot of the OEMs, like Ford and General Motors, are transitioning into being mobility companies." read more

Meet the top 100 business visionaries creating value for the world

When 12,000 people are on the waitlist for the launch of your latest product, you must be doing something right ... a separate division at GM exclusively focused on the mobility solutions of the future. According to Barra, GM under her leadership is ... read more

Toyota's global design chief battles the pod

The Toyota designer begs to differ with the likes of former General Motors ... design. But now, as global design chief, he says his operation must assume a much wider role than simply styling cool cars. Designers must consider all manner of new mobility. read more

General Motors' (GM) CEO Mary Barra Hosts Investor Day (Transcript)

We would like for you to leave with the appreciation that GM has the assets, the technology and the talent to lead in the future of personal mobility. A couple of housekeeping ... we believe that all AVs must be EVs and we believe that for a numbers ... read more

General Motors' CEO Hosts Annual Stockholders' Meeting Conference (Transcript)

When you step back and consider all of the sophisticated design, engineering and financial tools you need to compete in a dynamic global market, it’s clear that information technology must ... a diversity dealer and as General Motors has suffered ... read more

May 22: Public hearing on Real Estate Excise Tax for affordable housing

In developing programs, the County shall place a high priority on programs and projects that benefit full time residents of the County, with an emphasis on providing housing for households who will help diversify ... 2. Design must clearly promote ... read more

Folding cars offer solution to urban transport problems

Motorists must be a determined ... CityCar came out of a 2003 design workshop hosted by the Media Lab, sponsored by General Motors, and led by Mitchell and the renowned architect Frank Gehry. Together they established a studio to bring together students ... read more

Toyota's new execs see a crisis

"Design in this era has a responsibility to go beyond just styling stuff and present a viable story for the future. We're trying to develop a future that's actually going to be better than it is now." Gender diversity ... threats from GM, Waymo loom ... read more

Cadillac VSR Concept

The 16 was a vision of Cadillac‘s future, a mobile storyboard for the ... He now understands just how much creative freedom the GM design studio system allowed him: “Someone said to me it must be terrific not having to make any compromises, but when ... read more