SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549-1004





                                    FORM 8-K
                    CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF
                       THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



          Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported) April 3, 2001
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                           GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




      STATE OF DELAWARE                 1-143                 38-0572515
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(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
 of incorporation)                                        Identification No.)




   300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan                 48265-3000
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                   (Zip Code)







Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (313)-556-5000
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   On April 18,  2001,  General  Motors  Corporation's  (GM)  subsidiary  Hughes
Electronics  Corporation (Hughes) filed a Form 8-K, dated April 3, 2001, related
to their acquisition of nationwide residential  Digital  Subscriber Line ("DSL")
service  provider  Telocity   Delaware,   Inc.  The  following   describes  this
acquisition:


Item 5.  OTHER ITEMS.

   On April 3, 2001, Hughes Electronics Corporation  ("Hughes"),  a wholly owned
subsidiary  of  General  Motors  Corporation,  acquired  nationwide  residential
Digital  Subscriber  Line  ("DSL")  service  provider  Telocity  Delaware,  Inc.
("Telocity")  through  the  completion  of a  tender  offer  and  merger.  These
transactions  were pursuant to the  Agreement and Plan of Merger dated  December
21, 2000 between Hughes,  Telocity, and DIRECTV Broadband,  Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Hughes. DIRECTV Broadband, Inc. paid $2.15 in cash for each of the
approximately  77.8 million tendered  shares.  The remaining  approximately  4.9
million issued and outstanding  shares of Telocity were converted into the right
to receive $2.15 per share in cash as a result of the merger (subject to certain
shareholders' appraisal rights under Delaware law). The purchase price consisted
of  approximately  $177.8  million in cash,  and an  additional  $20  million of
interim financing provided by Hughes.

   Refer to Hughes  Form 8-K dated April 3, 2001 and filed with the SEC on April
18, 2001 for further information related to this transaction.


                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                            GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION
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                                                    (Registrant)
Date    April 18, 2001
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                                       By
                                            s/Peter R. Bible
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                                            (Peter R. Bible,
                                             Chief Accounting Officer)



















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