AUTO HEADLINES
GM adds cash incentives
 
April 3, 2008
General Motors Corp. is offering cash incentives of as much as $4,000 on many 2008 models to draw customers back to its showrooms following a 19% decline in U.S. sales last month.

The rebates, started Tuesday and running to May 21, are a combination of existing offers and dealer and [...]

Thursday, April 3, 2008
Hydrogen cars set; refueling the issue
GM’s researcher says energy industry is major holdup to creating needed infrastructure.
Sharon Terlep / The Detroit News
SACRAMENTO — General Motors Corp. has the cash and the technology to put thousands of hydrogen-powered SUVs on the road within a few years.
But the automaker’s top researcher — and its [...]

Thursday, April 3, 2008
400 Chrysler tech jobs go
Metro positions will be lost when computer technology tasks are outsourced to companies in India, Virginia.
Eric Morath / The Detroit News
At least 400 people will lose their jobs at Chrysler LLC as the automaker outsources computer technology work — part of an effort to streamline its information technology [...]

UAW chief says buyouts slow, rules out new round
 

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Automotive News | April 3, 2008 - 12:01 am EST
 
 
 
DETROIT (Reuters) — The number of workers represented by the UAW opting to take buyouts and early retirement has fallen sharply and negotiating an additional round of such offers would be "futile," the union’s president said on Wednesday.
The [...]