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Lloyd Reuss obituary: Former GM president championed engineeringLloyd Reuss obituary: Former GM president championed engineering

April 24, 2023| 2:12 pm

DETROIT — Lloyd Reuss, a mechanical engineer who rose to become General Motors president in the early 1990s, died on Friday. He was 86. Reuss, a classic company man with sharp political instincts and a passion for performance, was the father of Mark Reuss, GM’s current president and head of the automaker’s regional and international operations, global product development programs, quality and design. Mark Reuss posted the news of his father’s death on Facebook. Lloyd Reuss became GM president on Aug. 1, 1990, as part of incoming Chairman Robert Stempel’s executive team. As president, he was an early supporter of… [...]

Rivian will speed up factory flow by making its own motorsRivian will speed up factory flow by making its own motors

April 18, 2023| 12:02 pm

Rivian is offering the most configurations of its electric pickup and crossover with only the dual-motor setup. For example, the Enduro motors can be combined with three battery sizes on the R1T: standard pack, with 270 miles of range; large pack, with 350 miles of range; and max pack, with 400 miles of range, according to Rivian’s website. The quad-motor setup — an $8,000 option — can be paired only with the large pack for 328 miles of range. Rivian customers who had already preordered the quad-motor setup with the max pack will have their orders converted automatically to [...]