GM - Latest News

General Motors Company (GM), operates in Consumer Cyclical / Auto - Manufacturers, trades on NYSE.

Market capitalization stands near $78.48B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 41.57. Beta to the broader market is 1.33.

The article list below shows the most recent GM headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent GM Headlines

Ford and GM Are Locked in a New Battle Over Who's the Most American Carmaker

wsj.com - Aug 15, 2026

America's trade war has left its two largest automakers sparring over favorable tariffs on imports, batteries and more.

Why Is General Motors Resuming EV Battery Production in Ohio?

zacks.com - Aug 14, 2026

GM is restarting EV battery production in Ohio after a seven-month shutdown, with about 1,400 workers expected back.

Evolution Metals & Technologies Corp. Appoints U.S. Air Force General Thomas A. Bussiere (Ret.

globenewswire.com - Aug 13, 2026

Former Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command Brings Four Decades of Executive Strategic Planning, Defense Logistics, and Multi-Billion-Dollar E

General Motors Gains 13% in a Month: Buy, Sell or Hold the Stock?

zacks.com - Aug 13, 2026

GM's 13. 1% monthly gain reflects stronger core operations, improving earnings prospects and growth in software and digital services.

Detroit automakers fear North American trade deal revamp could cost them billions

reuters.com - Aug 13, 2026

Detroit's automakers plan to argue to the Trump administration that its proposals for a revised ​North American trade deal could cost the companies bi

How News Affects GM Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track GM's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked GM news questions

What is the latest GM news headline?

The most recent GM headline (Aug 15, 2026) is "Ford and GM Are Locked in a New Battle Over Who's the Most American Carmaker". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the GM news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What GM news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual GM options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.