GM, St. Petersburg Government Sign Research MoU

The memorandum on industrial, engineering and research cooperation was signed within the framework of the IV. St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum. It covers development of jointly supported research projects, exploring opportunities for exchange of relevant academic and scientific information, visits and exchange between professors, scientists and students and co-development of educational programs in automotive technology.

This long-term prospective cooperation started at III St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum in 2010. Under the current program, leading universities in St. Petersburg are conducting applied research and development in the automotive industry, including training young scientists at GM in research and technical centers in the United States

According to Mikhail Oseevsky, Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg: "This cooperation is the first step towards the creation of the first R&D center in the automotive industry, in St. Petersburg and in Russia as well. This is an important input to the automotive cluster of our city.