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Article: General Motors Corporation
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- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
Founded in 1908, General Motors Corporation (GM) is the largest industrial company in the United States. Known primarily as a manufacturer of American cars and trucks
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including such standard nameplates as Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, GMC, and Saturn
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GM also takes part in the manufacturing and marketing of Isuzu, Saab, and other foreign and domestic vehicles. In addition to its vast interests in the automobile industry, GM produces locomotive components, products and services for telecommunications and space, consumer electronics, and financial and insurance services.
The history of GM begins in 1892, when Ransom E. Olds raised enough ...