Urgent Order For Half A Million Ignition Switches May Have Occured Without Barra's Knowledge

When did General Motors CEO Mary Barra first know about the ignition switch problem that led to the deadliest recall in the automaker's history?

She has testified that the company moved quickly to announce a recall as soon as she and other top executives learned of the flawed ignition switches at the end of January.

But an attorney suing GM says a December email chain between the company and parts supplier Delphi is a smoking gun that suggests she knew of the problem before that.
 

MDarringer - 11/11/2014 6:16:20 PM

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The article basically says "How could Barra NOT know about a $3,000,000 parts order?" That amount is TINY given how much GM spends so it is 100% likely that Barra knew nothing. She would not burden herself with micromanaging such a small transaction.