General Motors (GM) S-8 Registration of securities for employees

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on FormS-8 of our report relating to the consolidated financial statements of General Motors Company and subsidiaries (“the Company”) and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting dated February 7, 2017, appearing in the Annual Report on Form10-K of General Motors Company for the year ended December 31, 2016.

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Detroit, Michigan

June 16, 2017