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  <xsd:element id="gm_ValuationAllowanceMethodologyNumberOfYearsUtilized" name="ValuationAllowanceMethodologyNumberOfYearsUtilized" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:durationItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="gm_VariableInterestEntitiesAbstract" name="VariableInterestEntitiesAbstract" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:stringItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="gm_VehiclesandPartsMember" name="VehiclesandPartsMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="gm_WarrantiesIssuedAndAssumedInPeriodProductWarranty" name="WarrantiesIssuedAndAssumedInPeriodProductWarranty" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element id="gm_WarrantiesIssuedAndAssumedInPeriodRecallCampaigns" name="WarrantiesIssuedAndAssumedInPeriodRecallCampaigns" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="xbrli:monetaryItemType" xbrli:balance="credit" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
  <xsd:element abstract="true" id="gm_WarrantsExercisableIntoFixedNumberOfPubliclyTradedSharesMember" name="WarrantsExercisableIntoFixedNumberOfPubliclyTradedSharesMember" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" type="nonnum:domainItemType" xbrli:periodType="duration" />
</xsd:schema>
