GM affirms profit and cost cutting targets

Reuters

Published Sep 21, 2016 10:34AM ET

GM affirms profit and cost cutting targets

DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co (N:GM) on Wednesday affirmed its forecast for 2016 profit of up to $6.00 per share and said it expected to exceed its cost-savings target of $5.5 billion by 2018 as the automaker unveiled a new effort to convince investors of its value.

GM said it cut costs by $3.1 billion in the first half, "more than offsetting incremental investments" in engineering and technology, including more than $1 billion spent on ride-sharing and vehicle automation.