Automakers

Using the "D" Word -- And How to Duck It

Carl Pope | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Detroit, Gas Prices, Automakers, High Gas Prices, Mass Transit, Environment, Oil Price Per Gallon, Auto Industry, Green News
Carl Pope

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.

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Will 2010 be the Year of the Green Car?

Michael Graham Richard | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green

Read More: Automakers, Environment, Green, Cars, Technology, Hybrid Cars, Electric Cars, Green News
Michael Graham Richard

It seems like the next generation of green(er) cars will be with us soon. A slew of announcements for plug-in hybrids and electric car all show the same time stamp: 2010. Here's what's coming up.

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Automakers view China as one of the top markets in world

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 04.20.2008 | Business

Read More: China, Automakers, Carmakers, Auto Industry, Chinese Consumers, Chinese Customers, Business News

BEIJING — Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year _ a striking contras...

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Me and TomTom: Love Will Keep Us Together

Ann Handley | Posted 03.19.2008 | Living

Read More: Automakers, GPS Navigation Software, New Technology, GPS Navigation, Gps, GPS Devices, Technology, Co-Dependent, Tomtom, Living News
Ann Handley

Around Christmas, I met TomTom. We've been inseparable ever since. TomTom, if you don't know, is a portable GPS navigation system. It mounts on the c...

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GM Announces New Hybrid System

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Hybrids, Geneva International Motor Show, Electric Cars, Electric Motors, General Motors, Gm, Rick Wagoner, Automakers, Hybrid Engine, Business News

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. says it expects to bring its first lithium-ion battery powered hybrid engine system to market in North America in...

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Oil Hits Record High, Hurting Nearly All

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Oil, Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Recession, U.S. Economy, Global Slowdown, Automakers, Business News

WASHINGTON — The price of oil gushed to a record high Monday, spreading dangerously to factories, groceries, gas stations and every citizen's po...

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Automakers Suffer February Double Whammy

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Chevrolet, Gm, Toyota Motors, General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Suvs, Ford Motors, SUV Sales, Business News

DETROIT — Automakers got hit where it hurts in February, with U.S. sales of their most profitable vehicles _ trucks, sport utilities and large s...

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Volkswagen's Profit Soars in 2007

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 02.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Volkswagen Profits, Automakers, Volkswagen AG, European Cars, Volkswagen Sales, Business News

BERLIN — Volkswagen AG, Europe's biggest automaker, said Friday that its profit climbed about 50 percent in 2007 as it sold a company record of ...

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Toyota Beats Ford To Become No. 2 U.S. Carmaker

AP | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford Motor Corp, Auto Industry, Automakers, Toyota, Toyota Tundra, Ford, Business News

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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