When General Motors introduced the High Energy Ignition (HEI) distributor in the mid-1970s, it was revolutionary. So much so that it still has a strong following among today's hot rodders.

If you're swapping points to an HEI distributor to lower maintenance requirements, you're good to go, but will you be able to feel a difference if you do?

Within 60 days, GM also will launch a new diagnostic software package to alert customers of potential battery module abnormalities.

GM will replace all modules in some Chevy Bolt EVs within weeks to avoid Bolt EV fires. Electrek sits down with a spokesperson from GM to get the details.

General Motors Co said on Monday that due to the global semiconductor chip shortage the U.S. automaker is building certain 2021 light-duty full-size pickup trucks without a fuel management module ...

General Motors began rolling out its High Energy Ignition (HEI) system in 1974 with a long-lasting electronic module that didn’t require any maintenance. It brought a stronger spark by replacing ...

GM, After Six-Year Battle, Settles Another Ignition-Switch Lawsuit for $120 Million This class-action lawsuit sought damages for loss of value to owners' vehicles because of the faulty switch.

As GM refined HEI and the aftermarket got on board it only got better to where it became an industry standard. It became the best factory ignition system of its time.

General Motors faces a potential payout of $1 billion in stock to address claims related to its ignition-switch crisis, depending on the outcome of a looming trial.

Per a Reuters report, General Motors Company (GM) has agreed to settle lawsuits moved by 203 plaintiffs pertaining to the defective ignition switches in vehicles.

The Supreme Court refuses to intervene in a case that could subject New GM to liability over Old GM's defective ignition switches.

The U.S. Supreme Court let stand Monday a lower court ruling that General Motors can no longer avoid lawsuits from potential victims of ignition-switch defects that came before its bankruptcy.