General Motors
General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands: Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac. By total sales, it has continuously been the largest automaker in the United States, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.
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| Successor | Detroit Diesel
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| Founded | September 16, 1908
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| Number of locations | 396 facilities on six continents
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| Area served | Worldwide (except India, Hong Kong, Macau, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Syria, and Afghanistan.)
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| Production output |  8,384,000 vehicles (2018) |
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| Services | Vehicle financing
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| Operating income | US$11.783 billion (2018) |
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| Net income |  US$8.014 billion (2018) |
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| Total assets | US$227.339 billion (2018) |
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| Total equity | US$42.777 billion (2018) |
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| Number of employees | 173,000 (December 2018)
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| Subsidiaries | List
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