Bob Lutz

GM Bankruptcy Never Discussed, Says Lutz

Detroit Free Press | Posted 11.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Automaker Bailout, Bankruptcy, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Gm, GM Bankruptcy, Economy, Financial Crisis, Cars, Business News

"Bankruptcy for GM certainly is not an option," Lutz said Monday morning while speaking to the Public Relations Society of America. "The board has nev...

Read Whole Story

Global Warming Denier Bob Lutz Continues Making General Motors Look Ridiculous

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Auto Companies, General Motors, Politics, 60 Minutes, Greenwashing, Climate Change, Electric Car, Tom Wilkinson, Bob Lutz, Global Warming, Green News
Josh Nelson

Show me an environmentalist that "likes" Bob Lutz and I'll show you a gullible fool. Seriously, I'd love to know who he is talking about.

Read Post

General Motors Continues to Send Mixed Messages on Global Warming

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Bob Lutz, General Motors, Chevy Volt, Global Warming Deniers, Climate Change, Global Warming, Tom Wilkinson, Green News
Josh Nelson

A General Motors corporate executive with a history of denying global warming went on a widely watched television show and pushed a thoroughly discredited theory on the science of climate change.

Read Post

Green "Correction" in Auto Sector Leaves GM Clinging to Government Loans

George Spyros | Posted 09.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Chevy Volt, Government Bailout, Bob Lutz, Gm, General Motors, Financial Crisis, Green Business, Global Warming, Green News
George Spyros

To adopt some financial lingo being bantered about quite a bit these days, the green "correction" to the U.S. auto industry is in full swing. GM lea...

Read Post

General Motors Responds, Defends Global Warming Denier Bob Lutz

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

Read More: General Motors, Climate Science, Climate Change, Colbert Report, Tom Wilkinson, Bob Lutz, Global Warming Denier, Global Warming, Political News, Politics, Green News
Josh Nelson

A top executive at GM, Bob Lutz, doesn't accept the role humans play in global warming. Incredibly, GM dispatched its Director of News Relations to defend both Mr. Lutz and the company's environmental policies by commenting here on the Huffington Post.

Read Post

Chevy Volt Exec Bob Lutz On Colbert Report (VIDEO)

Comedy Central | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Gm, GM Volt, Electric Cars, Environment, Cars, Auto, GM Electric Car, Green News

Colbert gets faux-outraged that an electric car is tantamount to admitting that humans have to do something about climate change. COLBERT: "Why not j...

Read Whole Story

General Motors Executive Doesn't Recognize Global Warming as Fact -- He Should Be Fired

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Big Auto Makers, General Motors, Bob Lutz, Global Warming Deniers, Auto Industry, Climate Change, Global Warming, Politics, Political Contributions, Green News
Josh Nelson

Originally posted at The Seminal. The Green Miles has the scoop:General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Bob Lutz was just on The C...

Read Post

GM's Lutz Asks For Break On Crash Tests To Focus On Fuel Efficiency

DailyTech | Jason Mick | Posted 09.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Autos, Fuel Efficiency, Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz, Gm, Energy Use, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Cars, Fuel Economy, CAFE Legislation, Corvette, Green News

It's no secret that America's largest automakers -- General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Chrysler -- are struggling. Weighted by the burden of a t...

Read Whole Story

GM Jam: Keeping Parts Moving Proves Difficult

Reuters, AP | Posted 08.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Cars, Bob Lutz, GM Profits, Gm, GM Cash Flow, Volt, Delphi, GM Losses, Business News

Even as CNBC aired a documentary this week called "Saving General Motors" -- in which GM's Bob Lutz drives a Chevy Volt and seems almost relieved it w...

Read Whole Story

Robert Lutz's Chevy Volt Test Drive: "You'll Note There Is No Engine Sound"

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Cars, Gas Prices, Chevy Volt Test Drive, Video, Chevy Volt, Saving General Motors, Electric Cars, Bob Lutz, Robert Lutz, Green News

Bob Lutz, a Vice-Chairman at GM, turns the key and there is no engine sound. There is no hyperbole in that statement. There is NO engine sound. Lutz ...

Read Whole Story

Chevrolet To Bring Subcompact Concept Car To Market Stateside

Automobile Mag | Evan McCausland | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevy Groove, Gas Prices, Chevrolet, Bob Lutz, Subcompact Car, Chevy, Chevy Beat, Reducing Emissions, Cars, Chevy Trax, Business News

It won't, however, be the angular green Beat hatchback. Although a production version of that car will be built and sold in other countries, GM's 'ca...

Read Whole Story

Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Buick, Rick Wagoner, Detroit Auto Show, Home Depot, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Robert Nardelli, Toyota Prius, Pontiac GTO, Plug-in Hybrids, Paris Auto Show, Energy, John McCain, Gm, Alan Mulally, Chevrolet, Beat, Volt, Duke University, Harvard Business School, Detroit Automakers, Corvette, Chrysler, Chevrolet Volt, Bmw, Ford of Europe, Holden Commodore, Cadillac, Cruze, Pontiac, Camaro, Daewoo, Oldsmobile, Cobalt, Business News
Steve Parker

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

Read Post

GM's Chevy Volt Will Take Bravery, Government Help And Luck

HybridCars.com | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Crisis, Chevrolet, Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Gm, Electric Car, Green Technology, Green News

General Motors can't catch a break with its green car plans. As hybrids steadily gained market share in the first half of this decade, the company sta...

Read Whole Story

GM's Dark Ages Approach to Global Warming

Laurie David | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Detroit Automakers, Climate Change, Bob Lutz, Auto Industry, Global Warming, Global Warming Bob Lutz, Politics News
Laurie David

Why does GM keep someone around who's still stuck in the dark ages while everyone else -- including its competition -- has woken up to the threat of global warming and its impact on their customers?

Read Post

GM Exec Defends Calling Global Warming A "Crock Of ..."

Reuters | Kevin Krolicki | Posted 02.22.2008 | Business

Read More: General Motors Global Warming, General Motors, Bob Lutz, Global Warming Bob Lutz, Global Warming, Business News

General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Vice Chairman Bob Lutz has defended remarks he made dismissing global warming as a "total crock o...

Read Whole Story