General Motors’ top North America executive has said Toyota Motor’s problems would probably lead to more electronics regulations for all automakers while GM itself wanted to add more third shifts.
GM’s president of North America operations, Mark Reuss, told Dow Jones he anticipated more National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulations following Toyota’s recall of millions of cars and trucks for brakes and acceleration problems.
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Reuss said the automaker would be ready to comply with any information demands the NHTSA makes in the coming months. The agency has already asked all automakers to submit details on how they implement the use of a brake-override system known as ‘smart pedal’.
Separately, Reuss said GM needed to employ more third-shift production at its plants – especially those that produce the Chevy Malibu and Cruze – based on increasing demand. Reuss didn’t disclose if or when more production might be added.
“We are starving and we need to add responsible, healthy production,” Reuss said. “We have to stock our dealers.”
Reuss said he backed third shifts despite critics who say that type of output lowers quality.
“We have people that are happy to work and want to be a part of that,” Reuss said.
