G.M.’s ‘Car Guy’ Talks Electrics, China and Nepotism

kept by eddie aug 12

Mark Reuss, GM's president and son of a former GM executive fired decades ago, discusses the company's electric vehicle strategy, challenges in China, and addresses perceptions of nepotism in his rise to leadership.

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