Are Consumers Getting Comfortable With High Gas Prices?
Americans appear to be concluding high energy prices are here to stay. The latest evidence: They view $4 gasoline as good news. The latest consumer-c...
Auto Industry
The Split Personalities of Ford (USA vs. Europe)
Michael Graham Richard | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green
While Ford is losing billions and watching its market share shrink in the US, it is introducing really efficient cars in Europe, like the 63.6 MPG ECO...
GM Employees Can Now Give Away One Employee Discount
Wall Street Journal | John D. Stoll | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business
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DETROIT -- General Motors Corp., hoping to boost demand amid a drastic downturn in the U.S. auto industry, will offer employee discounts to nonemploye...
McCain Boosted In Michigan by Economic Gloom and Romney Rumors
Dan Treul | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home
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If McCain picks Mitt Romney, son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney, as his running mate, Obama will almost certainly be forced to devote significant resources to maintain a close race in the state.
Global Heating: Why We Must Shift to Carbon-Free Fuel: The Doers (Part II)
Peter Hoffmann | Posted 07.22.2008 | Green
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Fuel and fuel-cell costs -- and a lack of fueling infrastructure -- are still problematic but, with strong political will and close industry-government cooperation, are all solvable.
Midwest Auto Workers Look To Obama For Change
Dan Treul | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home
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"GM won't change anything until they have every operation overseas," says Danny. "This started back in the 1980s with Reagan... We know we're not going to get any help from McCain."
Gas Tax Holiday Might Extend Beyond The Summer, McCain Says
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — John McCain said Thursday that his proposal to suspend the gas tax for three months this summer may need to be extended lon...
Blame the USA's Energy Disaster, Including the Collapsing US Auto Industry, on Congress
Rob Kall | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green
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If we invest in giving consumers rebates for buying new US-made cars that have drastically improved mileage, that will help the auto manufacturers, help consumers and help our balance of trade.
GM To Discuss Restructuring For "Current Market Conditions"
Wall Street Journal | Posted 07.14.2008 | Business
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General Motors Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner plans to hold a news conference Tuesday morning to discuss actions the company is takin...
Using the "D" Word -- And How to Duck It
Carl Pope | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green
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The auto industry thought it had ten more years of maintaining a share of the U.S. market with trucks and SUVs. It got caught napping. But it had never planned, once it woke up, to modernize its American manufacturing base.
It's An Automotive Revolution -- Take Back Our Businesses Now!
Steve Parker | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green
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Take a look at the health of a country's car manufacturers and it's usually closely related to the health of that nation in general. This theory certainly holds true for America, especially at this moment in time.
Ford Sales Plunge In June
AP | TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 07.01.2008 | Business
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DETROIT — Nearly all the major automakers reported steep sales declines for June, but for General Motors at least there was consolation: Toyota,...
The Information Superhighway Comes to the Highway-Highway
Jonathan Kesselman | Posted 06.26.2008 | Business
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Chrysler has made it possible for us to get our daily fix of information overload all within the comfort and confines of our very own one ton, turbo charged, piece of beautiful engineering.
Green Smoke and Mirrors: A Voice of Reason On Israel's Electric Car Hype
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green
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Today, with Renault-Nissan signed on to build the first prototype (it was released a couple of weeks ago), it seems that Israel could be the world's first to pilot test the electric car on a national scale.
How Washington Failed The Auto Industry
Washington Independent | Mike Lillis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Business
In September of 1990, when a gallon of gas was $1.16, the Senate took up a measure that would have bumped the average fuel efficiency of new cars to 4...
Will The Next President Obliterate The Auto Industry?
Fortune | Alex Taylor III | Posted 05.14.2008 | Business
As the presidential primary season draws to a close, it is worthwhile to contemplate this: It is unusual for a single individual to hold the fate of ...
Toyota Steals Global Sales Crown From GM
AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business
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DETROIT — Toyota took the global sales lead from General Motors in the first quarter, capitalizing on growth in China and Europe as GM saw its N...
Automakers view China as one of the top markets in world
AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 04.20.2008 | Business
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BEIJING — Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year _ a striking contras...
GM's Dark Ages Approach to Global Warming
Laurie David | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
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Why does GM keep someone around who's still stuck in the dark ages while everyone else -- including its competition -- has woken up to the threat of global warming and its impact on their customers?
Ghosn Says US Auto Market in Recession
AP | KELLY OLSEN | Posted 02.22.2008 | Business
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SEOUL, South Korea — The head of Nissan Motor Co. said even if the United States is not in recession, its auto industry is. "We are very lucid ...
GM Hangs On To Top Sales Spot Over Toyota
Wall Street Journal | JOHN D. STOLL | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business
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General Motors Corp. gets to keep its title as the world's No. 1 auto maker for at least one more year. The Detroit auto maker said yesterday that it...
Bringing Back Michigan, Baby
Larry Abrams | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business
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The government is going to have to intervene in Michigan, but as the political class is fond of saying these days, it's going to have to be "smart" intervention. Meanwhile the future is in green collar jobs.
It's the Economy, El Stupido
Marvin Kitman | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business
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Dumping our cars into the Cuban market would be a win-win for us. Not only would it revive the ailing Michigan auto economy, it would be one more nail in Castro's coffin.
Toyota Beats Ford To Become No. 2 U.S. Carmaker
AP | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business
Toyota Motor Corp. overtook Ford Motor Co. to become the No. 2 automaker by U.S. sales in 2007, using new products and relentless strategy to break Fo...
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