召回事件致通用汽車利潤縮水83%
General Motors said Thursday its second-quarter profit plunged 83% due to the cost of numerous recalls and the expected cost of a compensation fund for those killed or injured by a faulty ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths.
通用汽車（General Motors）上週四表示，由於多起召回事件產生的成本，以及爲點火開關故障導致的至少13起死亡傷害建立賠償基金預計的耗費，公司第二季度的利潤縮水了83%。The automaker said its net income in the quarter fell to $200 million, compared with $1.2 billion in the same period a year earlier.
這家汽車製造商稱其第二季度的淨收益跌至2億美元，而去年同期這一數值爲12億美元。
The quarter included charges for the establishment of a victims’ compensation fund, which GM said could cost the company as much as $600 million, as well as an additional $874 million for the cost of repairing the nearly 30 million cars it has recalled so far this year.
通用汽車在這一季度計入了建立受害者賠償基金的費用，公司表示爲此要支付高達6億美元。此外，維修今年以來召回的近3,000萬輛汽車也耗費了通用汽車8.74億美元。
The automaker’s results come after a quarter in which GM has issued myriad recalls and seen CEO Mary Barra called to testify in front of Congress multiple times. The company took a $35 million fine from the Department of Transportation and National Highway Transportation Administration, and could still be looking at even bigger charges from the Justice Department for the ongoing faulty ignition switch scandal.
這一季度，通用汽車召回了大量產品，首席執行官瑪麗o巴拉也多次在國會作證。公司已經支付了美國運輸部（Department of Transportation）和美國國家公路運輸安全局（National Highway Transportation Administration）開具的3,500萬美元罰款。面對持續的點火開關故障醜聞，公司在未來可能還會收到司法部（Justice Department）更大的罰單。GM’s revenue for the quarter was mostly flat from a year prior, with total money brought in sitting at $39.6 billion compared with $39.1 billion the year before.
通用汽車本季度的收入與去年同期基本持平，爲396億美元，去年同期爲391億美元。On Wednesday, GM announced six new vehicle recalls, expanding beyond the ignition switch defect that has dogged the automaker for much of this year, bringing its total recall number for the year to 60 involving almost 30 million vehicles worldwide.
上週三，通用汽車又宣佈了召回六款汽車，範圍不止於今年困擾公司的點火開關問題。這讓通用汽車今年宣佈的召回總數增加到了60次，涉及全球近3,000萬輛汽車。For much of the year, GM has been overwhelmed by a safety crisis set off by faulty ignition switches in millions of older cars that the automaker has linked to multiple deaths.
今年以來，通用汽車持續遭遇着因點火開關故障引起的安全危機。這種存在於數百萬輛舊車上的安全隱患已經導致多人喪生。
