GM vows production-ready hydrogen fuel cell by 2015
08:42 AM
Before and after, the current GM Project Driveway Fuel Cell Powercube at left and the GM Next Generation Fuel Cell Powercube at right that could be production ready for 2015.
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General Motors thinks it has cut so much weight and complexity out of its hydrogen fuel cell [...]
GM Retiree: Someone Stole My Discount
Automaker: Further Legal Action May Be Taken
POSTED: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
UPDATED: 7:33 pm EDT March 16,2010
DETROIT — A General Motors Corp. retiree who still has the benefit of a GM vehicle discount said he’s being told to pick up the tab after being the victim of fraud.
Thomas Humphrey has worked [...]
NUMMI workers vote on severance package
Updated at 07:31 AM today
FREMONT, CA (KGO) — Union workers from Fremont’s NUMMI auto plant are voting on a severance package that would keep them on the job until the bitter end.
The severance package on the table is worth $281 million. A tentative agreement was reached [...]
March 17, 2010
http://detnews.com/article/20100317/AUTO01/3170340
Honda recalls 410K vehicles over brakes
TOM KRISHER
Associated Press
Honda Motor Co. will recall more than 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of braking system problems that could make it tougher to stop.
The recall includes 344,000 Odysseys and 68,000 Elements from the 2007 and 2008 models.
Honda said in a statement that over [...]
GM designs windshield to see what the eye might miss
Chrissie Thompson
Automotive News | March 17, 2010 – 12:07 am EST
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GM CFO Optimistic About Automaker’s Future
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Posted By: Phil LeBeau | CNBC Correspondent
cnbc.com
| 17 Mar 2010 | 11:42 AM ET
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GM Temporarily Restarts Saturn, Hummer Production
Posted Today 12:00 PM by Andrew Peterson
Category: News
Although production of both Saturns and Hummers has officially ceased, General Motors is building a few extra vehicles to help liquidate its parts supply and fill outstanding orders.
Saturn production [...]
Workers Crushed by Toyota
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Posted: 5:28 p.m. March 15, 2010
UAW, NUMMI reach deal
on plant closing
By BRENT SNAVELY
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
The UAW and NUMMI have reached a tentative
agreement on the closing of Toyota’s and
General Motors’ former joint venture in Fremont, C
alif.
The agreement covers approximately 4,500 UAW
members represented by UAW Local 2244 at New
United Motor [...]
March 16, 2010
http://detnews.com/article/20100316/AUTO01/3160337
Southfield firm hires former GM chief
ROBERT SNELL
The Detroit News
Former General Motors Co. Chief Executive Fritz Henderson will work as a consultant for the company hired to dispose of the unwanted assets the automaker left in bankruptcy. It is Henderson’s second notable consulting job since he was ousted by Chairman and now-CEO Edward [...]
March 16, 2010
http://detnews.com/article/20100316/AUTO01/3160406
Visteon will keep pension plans
DAVID SHEPARDSON
Detroit News Washington Bureau
Washington — Visteon Corp. reversed itself and no longer wants to terminate its pension plans that cover about 23,000 employees and retirees, the company said in a court filing.
The Van Buren Township-based Visteon, the former Ford Motor Co. parts unit, said in December it [...]
Posted: March 14, 2010
UAW aims to rebuild, rebound
Experts see incoming president as the right person at the right time
BY BRENT SNAVELY
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
March 12, 2010
http://detnews.com/article/20100312/OPINION03/3120344
Toyota must implement continuous improvement
DANIEL HOWES
Troy
Don Esmond, one of Toyota Motor Corp.’s top sales execs in the United States, sounds like a man who’s just got religion.
Toyota dealers have repaired more than 1 million recalled cars and trucks. Authority to issue recalls will reside more squarely in the automaker’s U.S. operations. Incentives [...]
Congressional panel says GMAC has no business plan; suggests break up
One idea is to move auto finance back to GM Co.
Neil Roland
Automotive News | March 11, 2010 – 4:30 pm [...]
March 10, 2010
Recruiters eye UAW property
By Karen Middleton karen@athensnews-courier.com
— Local industrial recruiters are eying a 7-acre piece of property owned by the United Auto Workers Local 2195 in South Limestone County, according to union and local officials.
Joe Rypkowski in the UAW regional office confirmed Tuesday that union representatives have talked to Limestone County officials about [...]
