General Motors (GM) came out with quarterly earnings of $3.06 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.67 per share. This compares to earnings of $1.91 per share a year ago.
General Motors' Cruise self-driving unit will focus its development efforts on a next-generation Chevrolet Bolt rather than its planned futuristic Origin vehicle that would not have a steering wheel or other human controls, the automaker said.
General Motors reported second-quarter profit and revenue on Tuesday that beat Wall Street's expectations, and raised its annual profit forecast for a second time this year, buoyed by strong pricing and demand for gas-powered trucks.
General Motors GM 2.61%increase; green up pointing triangle on Tuesday raised its adjusted profit outlook for 2024, saying prices and demand in the U.S. remained steady even as consumers grappled with more-expensive financing.
GM is indefinitely delaying production of its Origin autonomous vehicle as its embattled Cruise self-driving unit attempts to relaunch operations. The automaker said Cruise will instead focus on using the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt for development of autonomous vehicles.
General Motors said the self-driving division's cars will operate in Dallas, Houston and Phoenix after an accident last year. Human drivers will supervise the cars.
GM's self-driving car subsidiary Cruise is scrapping plans to build the Origin — a purpose-built robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals — and will instead use the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt in its operations.
General Motors is set to report its second-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday. Wall Street analysts expect adjusted earnings per share of $2.75 and revenue of $45.46 billion.
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Wall Street expects General Motors to be the standout among the traditional Detroit automakers when they report second-quarter results this week. Some analysts expect both GM and Ford to guide toward the upper end of their 2024 financial forecasts, if not raise them.
Second-quarter earnings reporting season is heating up, with much of the action likely hitting markets on Tuesday, when both electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. — two Magnificent Seven companies whose stocks are headed in opposite directions — report quarterly results.
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