THE MAKING OF THE CHEVY VOLT Automotive News | September 17, 2008 – 11:18 am EST ENLARGE Bob Lutz with the Volt Photo credit: thecarconnection.com General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz on Tuesday wrote a lengthy defense of the newly unveiled Chevrolet Volt on his GM fastlane blog. Here is a copy of the [...]
GOVERNMENT LOANS FOR AUTOMAKERS Harry Stoffer Automotive News | September 17, 2008 – 3:39 pm EST House Speaker Nancy Pelosi WASHINGTON — The Detroit 3 CEOs are calling on congressional leaders to fully fund a $25 billion loan program for the industry and to change restrictions attached to the money that may impede its [...]
CAW’s Hargrove says loan guarantees ‘critical’ queryvar=”caws,hargrove,says,loan,guarantees,critical”; Automotive News | September 18, 2008 – 12:01 am EST Buzz Hargrove Photo credit: Rebecca Cook/Reuters DETROIT (Reuters) — U.S. automakers face failure if they do not get $25 billion in low-cost federal loans for the auto industry, former Canadian Auto Workers union president Buzz Hargrove said [...]
REUTERS AUTOS SUMMIT Automotive News | September 18, 2008 – 8:15 am EST ENLARGE AutoNation CEO MIke Jackson Photo credit: Rebecca Cook/Reuters DETROIT (Reuters) — General Motors’ plug-in Chevy Volt and other electric vehicles have generated widespread consumer fervor for cleaner, less fuel-dependent cars, but the high battery cost means it will be years [...]
GM to launch small car Pontiac G3 by spring ’09 queryvar=”gm,to,launch,small,car,pontiac,g3,by,spring,09″; Automotive News | September 18, 2008 – 1:15 am EST ENLARGE Pontiac sells the current version of the G3 in Canada and Mexico. In Canada, the car is called the Wave. DETROIT (Reuters) — General Motors said on Thursday it plans to [...]
