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Why GM's CEO Mary Barra is Still Bullish on Electric Vehicles

Sep 9, 2026
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Mary Barra has spent more than four decades at General Motors, rising from an 18-year-old co-op student training on the factory floor to CEO. In her 12-year tenure, she’s steered the company through a near-catastrophic safety crisis and helped turn the century-old automaker into an innovation powerhouse that currently ranks No. 23 on the Fortune 500. In this episode, Fortune’s Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell speaks with Mary about the Barra family roots in GM, as well as the company’s strategy to address shifting EV policy, growing Chinese competition, and the widening trade skills gap.