DETROIT – Normal Motors CEO and Chair Mary Barra on Thursday mentioned she has no plans to retire any time quickly as she tries to make sure the corporate’s transformation is on “a very good path.”

Barra, who’s the longest tenured CEO outdoors of the corporate’s founder, has been requested about retirement for a number of years. The questions have grown as executives of rivals have come and gone below Barra’s greater than 10-year tenure main GM.

“I am having a variety of enjoyable, and I need to be certain now we have our transformation on a very good path,” she mentioned throughout a fireplace chat at a Detroit Financial Membership assembly. “So, I am younger and in good well being, I’ve acquired a supportive household, so I do not assume I am headed wherever quickly.”

Many potential successors inside GM have come and gone throughout Barra’s tenure. A number of left the corporate for different alternatives, whereas others retired or left the corporate for unspecified causes.

Barra reiterated she serves on the pleasure of the GM board and that she continues to have “enjoyable.” She mentioned she is working by “essentially the most thrilling time” for the automotive business throughout her profession.

GM, like different automakers, is investing billions of {dollars} into all-electric automobiles, regardless of shopper adoption coming extra slowly than many anticipated only a couple years in the past.

The Detroit automaker is also making an attempt to relaunch its Cruise autonomous car enterprise after it ceased public operations following an Oct. 2 accident by which a pedestrian in San Francisco was dragged 20 toes by a Cruise robotaxi.

Cruise and EVs, together with software-defined automobiles and companies, have been among the many largest potential progress areas below Barra, who grew to become CEO in January 2014.