DETROIT — General Motors is laying off about 1,000 workers worldwide, shedding costs as it tries to compete in a crowded global automobile market.

This smaller recall from GM comes three years after a larger callback of the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt for a similar hazard.

The Detroit-based automaker is working to secure a North American supply of lithium iron phosphate batteries, according to its vice president of battery strategy.

Cruise is targeting a return to running fully autonomous rides later this year and possibly charging fares by early 2025, said people familiar with the matter.

GM’s Cruise autonomous unit is nearing the resumption of testing in the coming weeks, with Houston and Dallas emerging as potential locations, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

DETROIT — General Motors’ net income rose 12% last year despite losing more than $1 billion when many of its plants were shut down by a six-week autoworkers’ strike.

SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors is facing a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a collision that critically injured a pedestrian and derailed its self-driving car ambitions.

General Motors Co. missed its goal of producing 150,000 electric vehicles last year, with about half of them being new models built using its Ultium battery pack, by a significant margin.

General Motors Co. said in a lawsuit that San Francisco unfairly taxed it $108 million over seven years, despite the automaker having very low sales and almost no personnel in the city.

Automotive giant General Motors is to team up with Birmingham, Ala-based Autocar Industries to develop a range of hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy-duty vocational trucks, the companies said.