GM: Driverless cars may be on market in 10 years Monday, January 7, 2008 Consumer Electronics Show Tom Krisher / Associated Press DETROIT — Cars that drive themselves — even parking at their destination — could be ready for sale within a decade, General Motors Corp. executives say. GM, parts suppliers, university engineers and [...]
Report: GM set 2007 sales records overseas Monday, January 7, 2008 Detroit News wire services General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner said the automaker will probably get 75 percent of car and truck sales from outside the U.S. within a decade, Bloomberg News reported today. GM will push sales in the fastest-growing markets as demand [...]
UAW: Ford and Chrysler are in strong financial positions queryvar=”uaw:,ford,and,chrysler,are,in,strong,financial,positions”; Jamie LaReau Automotive News | January 7, 2008 – 4:51 pm EST DETROIT — UAW President Ron Gettelfinger says Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Co. are in healthy financial positions to weather economic hardships. UAW forecasters predict the first six months of the [...]
Publisher of auto plant efficiency report sees chance to grow Harbour is sold to N.Y.-based global consulting firm January 7, 2008 BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS COLUMNIST Harbour Consulting, the Troy-based firm that set the standard in automotive shop-floor efficiency studies with publication of the first Harbour Report in 1989, has been sold to Oliver [...]
