A proposed contract with GM that more than 46,000 UAW members are voting on this week contains lucrative bonuses and wage gains, but it doesn't bring any production from Mexico to the U.S. or save three plants that shut down this year.

The automaker is making "deliberate, tough decisions" to transform its business and its culture, Dhivya Suryadevara said at the Automotive News Leading Women Conference last week.

Three recent drop-offs in the push toward electrification likely won't be a resounding trend throughout the auto industry.

General Motors sold 35,107 Blazer crossovers in the U.S. during the first nine months, including 20,312 units in September. 

China's State Grid said Tesla's project -- involving 34 miles of cables and about 10 miles of ducts -- was among the quickest it has completed, taking only six months.

GM’s labor costs will rise $100 million a year just due to the increases in worker pay, which “could be an even bigger headwind” for Ford and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, according to an analyst. 

If confirmed by the Senate, Dan Brouillette will replace Rick Perry, who said on Thursday he would step down by the end of the year.

The industry's plans to electrify powertrains has some big suppliers looking for opportunities in the battery world and developing innovations in the process.

The so-called BT1 electric truck/SUV program is the centerpiece of a planned $3 billion investment in the Detroit-Hamtramck plant to make electric trucks and vans, and part of a broader $7.7 billion investment in GM's U.S. plants over the next four years.

The justices said they will hear an appeal from Seila Law, a law firm being investigated by the CFPB over its sales pitches to indebted consumers. The firm argues that the bureau was set up in violation of the constitutional separation of powers.