Kettering to Get $4 Million From GM for Testing Facilities

Kettering University, which gave General Motors Co. leaders such as Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra, is getting a $4 million gift from the carmaker to build an automotive proving ground and powertrain test lab.

GM’s philanthropy arm plans to announce the donation Tuesday to the Flint, Michigan, school, which the automaker once owned. The facilities, to be built in the next two to three years, will be used by students and professors researching topics such as electric cars and autonomous vehicles.