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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...

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GM sues to recoup $450K in employee discounts

AP | Posted 08.30.2008 | Business

Read More: General Motors, General Motors Benefits, Gm, General Motors Lawsuit, Business News

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. is cracking down on workers and retirees who it says have improperly extended employee discounts to non-relatives...

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$50 Billion for the Detroit Three: Yea or Nay?

Steve Parker | Posted 08.28.2008 | Business

Read More: White House, American Motors, Jaguar, Tesla Motors, Tata Motors, Chrysler, Buick, Andrew Card, Dodge Viper, Cars, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Humvees, General Motors, Nascar, Nissan, Carl Levin, Hummer, Saabs, Kurt Busch, Range Rover, Bob Nardelli, Toyota, Gm, Carlos Ghosn, Santa Monica Airport, Detroit Three, Ford, Chevrolet, AM General, Volvo, Barack Obama, Cerberus, Pontiac, Cadillac, h3, H1, H2, Avanti, Cancun, Mishawaka, Studebaker, Gmc, Shreveport, Business News

Should Chrysler, or two of the car-makers or even all three go bust, then, this time, the American people will pay the price, both literally and figuratively.

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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

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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GM Employee Discount Offered To General Public On 2008 Vehicles

AP | DAN STRUMPF | Posted 08.19.2008 | Business

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NEW YORK — General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will extend employee discounts to everyone on almost all of its 2008 and some of its 2009 models...

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GM Can't Unload Hummer Even On Chinese Military

Clusterstock | Corey Lorinsky | Posted 08.18.2008 | Business

Read More: General Motors, Gm, Hummer, Cars, Hummer Sale, China, Business News

Despite how badly GM wants to dump the Hummer, a looming global recession (and of course high oil prices) may be putting the kibosh on that plan. Gen...

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Greening Hollywood: For Love Of Water

Paige Donner | Posted 08.18.2008 | Entertainment

Crowning the first-ever Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles, L.A.'s premier "green" and sustainable film festival - was Sunday night's open air scree...

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GM Pulls Oscars Advertising Plan

Reuters | Posted 08.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Cars, GM Finance, Chevy Volt, General Motors, Gm, Advertising, The Oscars, GM Money, GM Advertising, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. has pulled out of its longtime sponsorship of the Academy Awards, one of the biggest annual e...

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Detroit Three's Plan Greener Future -- Too Little, Too Late?

Steve Parker | Posted 08.15.2008 | Green

Read More: Chevy Volt, Cars, Highlander, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Grand Cherokees, Ford, F-Series Truck, Clean Diesel, Dodge Ram, Woodward Avenue, Chevy Silverado, General Motors, Chevy Tahoe, Toyota Prius, Crossfire, Nissan, Chrysler PT Cruiser, Dodge, GMC Sierra, Toyota, Renault SA, Gmc Yukon Hybrid, Gm, Alan Mulally, Imperial, Carlos Ghosn, Chevy Malibu, Texas, Detroit Automakers, XFE Engines, Chevrolet Corvette, Nissan Maxima, Gs-F, Altima, Caliber, Compass, Expedition, Flex, Ka, Green News

GM is promoting the non-existent Chevrolet Volt, telling Olympics viewers it will be manufactured in 2010, but that's not definite. They say its gasoline powers a "generator" which keeps on-board batteries juiced-up.

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Chevy Volt: Batteries Charge Fine, It's Carrying, Cooling And Using Them Them That's Not Ready

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 08.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevy Volt, Chevrolet Volt, GM Volt, Gm, Chevrolet, Electric Car, Alternative Energy, Green Car, Sustainable Car, Phevs, Business News

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Early versions of the Chevrolet Volt's battery packs are powerful enough to run the high-stakes rechargeable car, but doz...

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Clean Diesels- The Line-Up So Far

Steve Parker | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Volkswagen, 24 Hours of LeMans, Cars, Peugeot, Grand Cherokees, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Honda, California, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Nissan, Detroit, Americans, Dodge Ram, Gm, Detroit Three, Acura, Pontiac, Chrysler, Bmw, Turbodiesel, Jeep, Audi, Low Sulfur, Tdi, Maxima, Vw, Tsx, Touraeg, Bluetec, Q7, Green News

Sometimes, it's the incongruities, not the new models, which make the auto industry so interesting.

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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...

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Luxury Cars Will Run On Regular Gas

BloggingStocks.com | Joseph Lazzaro | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Cheaper Gas, Gas Prices, Gm, Ford, Cars, Luxury Cars, Regular Gas, Low-Octane Gas, Business News

An adorable drop-in-the-bucket announcement about your favorite luxury-car-providing automakers from BloggingStocks.com: U.S. automakers, late to rec...

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GM's CEO Has Done a Horrendous Job -- So Why Does the Board Still Support Him?

Henry Blodget | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business

Read More: George Fisher, General Motors, Gm, Rick Wagoner, Business News

In the past three and a half years, GM has lost more than $67 billion. CEO Rick Wagoner has presided over all of this value destruction.

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GM To Cut 5,000 Salaried Jobs

Wall Street Journal | Sharon Terlep | Posted 07.30.2008 | Business

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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. is looking to cut its U.S. salaried headcount by 15%, or around 5,000 workers, by Nov. 1 as part of a plan to trim $10...

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Will Your Company Predict the Future Like GM or Like Toyota?

Andrew Winston | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Car Sales, Big Three Automakers, Gm, Rick Wagoner, Toyota Prius, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Business News

Toyota did look forward years ago, asked what an environmental version of its product should look like, and made it a reality.

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Hydrogen Is The Answer ... Uh, Isn't It?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Bmw, John McCain, Equinox, Gm, Internal Combustion Engine, Hydrogen Car, General Motors, Mazda, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Honda, FCX Clarity, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Green Cars, Green News

If Obama is sworn in, how can he best get us on the road to using hydrogen, along with wind and sea power, as a critical element in producing electricity for this country ... and for our cars?

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GM Employees Can Now Give Away One Employee Discount

Wall Street Journal | John D. Stoll | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp., hoping to boost demand amid a drastic downturn in the U.S. auto industry, will offer employee discounts to nonemploye...

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Electric Cars: Where Will The Infrastructure Come From?

GreenBiz | Joel Makower | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Plug-in Infrastructure, Plug-in Hybrids, Plug-in Cars, Gm, Cars, Phevs, Elecrtric Cars, Green News

This week's announcement by General Motors that it has joined with more than 30 utility companies across the U.S. to work on issues related to electri...

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McCain Boosted In Michigan by Economic Gloom and Romney Rumors

Dan Treul | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: Auto Industry, Michigan Primary, Republican Primary, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Economy, Potential Vice President, Gm, Vice Presidential Picks, Ford, Michigan Auto Industry, Michigan, Michigan Politics, John McCain, Eleciton 2008, Michigan Economy, Home News

If McCain picks Mitt Romney, son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney, as his running mate, Obama will almost certainly be forced to devote significant resources to maintain a close race in the state.

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Corporate Responsibility: How Can U.S. Economy Stay Competitive, Get Greener?

Envrionmental Capital | Keith Johnson | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Corporate America, Ge, Gm, Corporate Responsibility, Steel Industry, Economy, Ford, U.S. Climate Action Partnership, Alcoa, Green Economy, Green News

Big U.S. companies obviously want a seat at the table when it's time to draw up America's plan to fight climate change. A year after issuing its "Call...

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As GM Goes, So Goes America

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Universal Health Care, Single Payer Health Care, Health Care, General Motors, Gm, Politics News

While GM may be on the road to financial health, America continues down the same old road of health care going, going, gone for millions of Americans.

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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

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.

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Dead Electric Car's Manual For Sale On eBay -- For $100K

Huffington Post | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Who Killed the Electric Car, Gm, Ev1, EV1 Relics, Electric Cars, EV1 Manual, Ebay, Cars, Green News

Car culture blog Jalopnik noted that an original owner's manual for the long-gone iconic General Motors EV-1 electric car was on eBay for a million bu...

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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...

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