The story of General Motors

General Motors. American car maker; owner of Opel from the 1920s.

1921–1923

General Motors developed Tetraethyl lead.

1924

General Motors founded Ethyl Corporation. Through its chemical company, with Standard Oil of New Jersey.

1930

General Motors funded Kettering Laboratory.

As The Nation reports it, with Du Pont and Ethyl; the lecture below thanks the unnamed “industrial organizations that have financed these investigations.”

General Motors, involved in General Motors and Opel, 1939–1941 and Finding tetraethyl lead’s anti-knock effect, 1921.

General Motors acquired Opel.

General Motors owns a stake in Opel.

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