American Automobile Industry

Ford To Cut 4,200 Blue-Collar Employees, Report

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 09.11.2008 | Business

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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. has said that it wants to cut its blue-collar work force by another 4,200 employees, according to a person briefed on a...

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Car Industry Group to Public: It's Not All Our Fault, It's Yours Too

Steve Parker | Posted 08.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology, Gas Prices, Chevrolet, Chevy Volt, Andrew Card, Gm, American Automobile Industry, Mazda, Captive Imports, Detroit Three, Ford, Ecodriving, Cars, American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Mercedes Benz, Chrysler, Rube Goldberg, Bmw, Chevy, General Motors, Malibu, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Mitsubishi, Plug-in Hybrids, Corvette, Aama, Ecodriver, Aam, Business News
Steve Parker

It's the same story we've been hearing from car-makers, especially those in Detroit, for the past 30 years: "Just wait a little longer and we'll have those new cars and trucks you've been hoping for."

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An Essential and Viable Energy Fix, and the Renaissance of Detroit

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Israel, Franklin Roosevelt, American Automobile Industry, Arsenal of Democracy, Project Better Place, Denmark, Detroit, Energy, Greatest Generation, Israel Electric Cars, Detroit Arsenal, Fdr, Renault Nissan Electric Cars, Renault Nissan, Shai Agassi Car Project, Shai Agassi, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

To make Israel oil independent by 2020, Renault Nissan is building cars running purely on electricity, with Denmark signing on to implement the sinews of this major electric car initiative.

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In 2008: A Few Questions on Energy For The Candidate

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.31.2007 | Business

Read More: House of Representatives, Nuclear Energy, Bp, American Automobile Industry, Department of Interior, The Administratioin, Congress, Rocky Mountain Institute, Colorado, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Opec, Arsenal of Democracy, Brazil, US Courts, Nopec, Nuclear Power Plants, Earl Deveny, Rep. George Miller, Department of Energy, Ethanol, World War II, President Bush, Amaranth, China, 2008 New Year, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

This administration has done little to confront the looming danger that our consumption of fossil fuels presents to the nation's environment, economy and national security.

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