Mary Bara, CEO of General Motors, has been trying to bring the company into the future.

From the start of her tenure, she's set big goals for GM,

especially when it comes to two new technologies, electric vehicles and self-driving

cars. We're looking at providing electrification

and that opportunity for the mainstream customer,

for the masses.

Part of the road to Autonomous is also customer acceptance.

So we believe in it.

We're on that journey. We have many of the features right now and in

some cases we have a leadership position.

Our colleague Mike Callias covers GM, which owns car brands like Chevrolet, Cadillac, and Buick.

And he says that now, a decade into her time as CEO,

Barra's big moves haven't gone as planned.

There were some things that needed to happen this year to show investors that a lot of what

she has said over these years is on track and there's been some lack of execution

this year that she herself has described as really frustrating.

She sort of, you know, I'd say has fallen far short of what they had hoped for.

Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business, and power. I'm Jessica Mendoza.

It's Wednesday, December 20th.

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