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Aug
4th

US: GM invests US$5m in hybrid CV maker Bright Automotive

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General Motors has ploughed US$5m into Bright Automotive to accelerated the Indiana automaker's IDEA plug-in hybrid commercial vehicle. Full story...
Aug
4th

US: GM invests US$5m in Bright Automotive

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General Motors has ploughed US$5m into Bright Automotive to accelerated the Indiana automaker's IDEA plug-in hybrid commercial vehicle. Full story...
Aug
4th

US: GM invests US$5m in Bright Automotive

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General Motors has ploughed US$5m into Bright Automotive to accelerated the Indiana automaker's IDEA plug-in hybrid commercial vehicle. Full story...
Aug
4th

Stop-start restart: General Motors’ mild hybrids set to return in 2011:

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General Motors Co. plans to bring back mild hybrids next year, said Larry Nitz, GM executive director of hybrid and electric powertrain engineering. Full story...
Aug
4th

GM venture arm invests in electric car start-up

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General Motors Co. said it plans to invest $5 million in electric vehicle company Bright Automotive in return for an undisclosed minority stake. Bright CEO Reuben Munger said his Anderson, Ind. Full story...
Aug
3rd

U.S. auto sales rise 5 percent in July:

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General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. posted their smallest U.S. sales gains of the year, while America Honda Co. and Toyota Motor declined as July results fell short of forecasts. Full story...
Aug
3rd

U.S. auto sales rise 5% in July:

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General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. posted their smallest U.S. sales gains of the year, while America Honda Co. and Toyota Motor declined as July results fell short of forecasts. Full story...
Aug
3rd

CHINA: Growth continues to wane

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Sales growth in China continued to slow for General Motors in July while Ford posted a decline in July sales, suggesting that explosive growth in Chinese auto sales is waning. Full story...
Aug
3rd

$61,000 for a Chevrolet Volt?

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General Motors unveils the price of the Volt this week, the customers should expand $41,000 to get one of the 600 Chevrolet able to travel 40 miles on its battery charge. Full story...
Aug
2nd

2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle Arrives in June 2011 in the U.S.

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Detroit - General Motors today announced order and delivery dates, as well as final package specifications, for the 2011 Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle (PPV). The rear-wheel-drive Caprice PPV joins the front-wheel-drive Chevrolet Impala and the Chevrolet Tahoe PPV, making Chevrolet the only brand to offer a full line of police vehicles. Full story...
Aug
1st

First Drive: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze

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First Drive: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze
2011 Chevrolet Cruze - First Drive - Automobile Magazine
A welcome change in small-car execution from General Motors.

For a long, long time, it seemed that domestic automakers gave scant concern to compact cars, instead focusing their resources and energy on higher-margin vehicles like pickups, SUVs, crossovers, and big cars. Recently, however, spurred by escalating CAFE standards and shifting buyer preferences, American automakers (well, Ford and General Motors, at least) once again professed their dedication to building small that cars buyers will actually want.


Photo Gallery: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze - First Drive - Automobile Magazine

Photo Gallery: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze - First Drive - Automobile Magazine


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Jul
30th

GM to boost Volt output 50 percent for 2012 on buyer demand:

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General Motors said today that buyer interest in the new Chevrolet Volt has prompted the automaker to boost 2012 production plans for the plug-in hybrid to 45,000 units from 30,000. Full story...
Jul
30th

Obama to pitch early success of auto bailouts

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President Obama visits Michigan - the heart of the U.S. auto industry - today on a mission to convince taxpayers that their investment in the bailouts of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC will bring a return. Full story...
Jul
30th

Obama: Auto industry revival justifies bailouts

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President Barack Obama, in the heart of the U.S. auto industry, told a crowd of workers that the government bailouts of General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC are giving taxpayers a return on their investment. Full story...
Jul
30th

Ford cuts 400 jobs at Canadian engine plant

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About 400 workers at Ford's engine plant in Windsor, Ontario, will lose their jobs as Ford completes a planned move to a single shift. Ford made the announcement a day after General Motors shuttered its transmission plant in the city. Full story...
Jul
29th

FRANCE: GM obtains reluctant signature from union

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General Motors' plan to acquire the automatic transmission plant in Strasbourg has taken a step closer to fruition. Full story...
Jul
28th

RUSSIA: GM, GAZ, resume partnership talks

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General Motors may be reviving plans to build cars in Russia as a partner of that country's second largest automaker, GAZ, local media reports said on Wednesday. Full story...
Jul
27th

GM announces Volt pricing, and Audi unveils the A7, in News Brake for Tuesday, July 27:

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In today's News Brake: General Motors puts a price tag on the Chevrolet Volt, Automotive X Prize enters the final stage, and Audi unveils the A7 . . . But Wait, There's More! Full story...
Jul
27th

How much will the 2011 Chevrolet Volt cost?:

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General Motors plans to sell its Chevrolet Volt electric car for about $40,000, according to several news reports. Full story...
Jul
27th

FRANCE: CGT holds out against Strasbourg signature

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A French union involved in the on-going discussions at General Motors' automatic transmissions plant in Strasbourg says it is holding firm against what it describes as "blackmail." Full story...
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