WASHINGTON – General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra faced questions from Capitol Hill lawmakers on Wednesday on a workers’ vote at a company plant in Mexico and the company’s support for emissions reductions.
Barra met with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Democrats and touted the company’s decision announced earlier in the day to boost spending on electric and autonomous vehicles to $35 billion through 2025.
“We’re committed to an all-EV future,” Barra said in brief comments to Reuters after the meeting. “We had a lot of conversations about a lot of things that we can do to enable EV adoption.”
Until November, GM backed the Trump administration’s effort to block California from setting tougher emissions standards than the federal government.
Pelosi had expressed disappointment with GM’s support for Republican President Donald Trump’s position on the emissions rules, a source briefed on the matter said, and she urged GM to work with California and the Biden administration to reach the strongest possible vehicle emissions standards.
