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Toyota Asks California For $2 Million For Employee Training -- But They're Closing Shop In 2010

latimes.com | Marc Lifsher | Posted 09.23.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Auto Bailout, Economic Crash, California, Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp, Auto Industry, Worker Training, u.s. Auto Industry, Recession, California Toyota, Employee Training, Car Factories, Business News

Reporting from Sacramento - Toyota Motor Corp. is closing California's last automobile plant, but that isn't keeping the factory from asking the stat...

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Clunkervville

Jeff Danziger | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Clunkers, Us-Auto-Industry, Political Cartoons, Cartoon, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

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How to Fix the U.S. Auto Industry

Andy Ostroy | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Mustang, Lincoln, Jay-Z, Chevrolet, Toyota, Gm, Beyonce, Ford, Angelina Jolie, u.s. Auto Industry, Cadillac, Carrie Underwood, Big Three, Chrysler, Prius, General Motors, Hybrid Vehicles, Britany Spears, Leonardo Dicaprio, Detroit, Business News
Andy Ostroy

Disappearing ingenuity, poor design and dreadful marketing is to blame for Detroit's troubles, not the poor schlep who toils on the assembly-line for eight hours a day.

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Jason Linkins

Zipcar CEO Tells CNBC: No One Wants Chrysler, GM Products

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, Cnbc, Gm, General Motors, GM Bankruptcy, Zipcar, Auto Industry Bailout, u.s. Auto Industry, Auto Industry, Business News

Zipcar's experience reveals what has to be the biggest barrier to reviving these automakers: nobody wants to even borrow their cars for a few hours.

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Rattner, Obama's Car Czar, Worth At Least $188 Million

bloomberg.com | Jonathan D. Salant and Justin Blum | Posted 06.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Quadrangle Group, Car Czar Steven Rattner, Cerberus Capital Management, Chrysler, General Motors, $188 Million, Ford, Steven Rattner, Obama Car Czar, Detroit Bailout, u.s. Auto Industry, Business News

May 28 (Bloomberg) -- Steven Rattner, the Obama administration adviser trying to orchestrate a rescue of the U.S. auto industry, has a net worth of at...

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Chrysler Is Kaput

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler Fiat, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Chrysler Bailout, Chrysler, u.s. Auto Industry, Business News
Sheldon Filger

In just over half a century, how did Chrysler, and the wider domestic automobile industry, traverse the road from riches to ruin?

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Is the U.S. Auto Industry Doomed?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Detroit Automakers, General Motors, Chrysler Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Future of General Motors, G.M., Chrysler, u.s. Auto Industry, Business News
Sheldon Filger

At most, the Obama plan for preserving a domestic US auto industry may preserve fragments and echoes of what was once the mightiest industrial productive capacity on the planet.

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Triage for the Big Three Automakers

Philip G. Baker | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, The Big 3, Big Three Automakers, US Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News
Philip G. Baker

Forget about trying to save all three manufacturers. By doing so with the limited funds available, we'll help none of them. To rebuild our auto industry, we need to create a sound foundation.

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Change?

Bernard Rowan | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Obama Change, Obama's Cabinet, Barack Obama, Financial Regulation, Obama Presidency, Obama Victory, Obama Cabinet, Automaker Bailout, US Auto Industry, Obama Economic Advisers, Clinton Obama, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, President Obama, Obama Centrist, Obama Administration, Obama Economic Team, Obama Progressive, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Election Reaction, Obama Appointments, Obama First 100 Days, Obama Economic Policy, Obama Promises, Auto Industry Bailout, President Elect Obama, 100 Days, Politics News
Bernard Rowan

It's time to bring in a new generation of leaders to the White House, not just a new version of the same.

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Five Mistakes by DC and Detroit Hurt Detroit Three's Survival Shances

Steve Parker | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Russia, Congress, US Auto Industry, Chrysler, Car Dealerships, The Huffington Post, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Honda, Dodge Viper, Cars, Detroit Auto Show, Future of General Motors, Mike Pence, Ford, St. Petersburg, Automakers, Auto Bailout, Obama Auto Industry, Los Angeles Auto Show, Green Cars, Southern California, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, US Senate, Los Angeles Auto Show Green, Electric Cars, Congressional Oversight, Detroit, Greensburg Indiana, Nissan Motors, Detroit Auto Industry, Fuel Economy, Bankruptcy, Gm, Environmentalists, Detroit Three, Jeep Commander. Hemi Hybrids, Washington DC, American Honda, Daewoo, Honda Fit, Continuously Variable Transmission, Barack Obama, American Auto Industry, Las Vegas, Auto Industry Rescue Legislation, Chevrolet Cruze, Chevrolet Volt, Dodge, XTRONIC CVT, South Korea, Kirk Kerkorian, Harry Reid, Consumers, Jeep, Auto Industry Bailout, Europe, Auto Industry, Golden Parachutes, Lordstown, Detroit Automakers, Reid Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, Automobiles, Business News
Steve Parker

Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.

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Industrial Base

Ray Kimball | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: US Auto Industry, Big Three Automakers, Government Bailout, China Industry, Bailout, U.S. Military Technology, National Security, Congressional Bailout, General Wesley Clark, Financial Crisis, Foreign Industry, Auto Industry Bailout, Procurement, Defense Spending, India Industry, Detroit Bailout, Business News
Ray Kimball

The hard truth of the matter is that truly innovative ideas, which could be "game-changers" on the battlefield, have been AWOL from Detroit's methods of operation for some time now.

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Poor Obama... It Gets More Complicated Every Day

Francine Hardaway | Posted 12.18.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, US Auto Industry, Bailout, Obama 60 Minutes, Gm, Obama Economy, Auto Industry Bailout, Auto Industry, Business News
Francine Hardaway

I've been debating with myself for weeks over whether we ought to bail out the auto industry. I made a little pro-con list for myself today.

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GM Must Re-Make the Mass Transit System it Murdered

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Mass Transit, US Auto Industry, Global Economy, GM Bailout, Bradford Snell, Cars, Passenger Rail, Green Power, Green Energy, Alfred P. Sn, Solartopia, Environment and Government, Who Killed the Electric Car, Bailout, General Motors, Standard Oil, Trolley Systems, Gm Green, Trains, Buses, Detroit Bailout, Global Warming, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

GM's special role in history must now evolve into using its infrastructure to restore the mass transit system -- and ecological balance -- it has helped destroy.

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How Nice Is It to Finally Have a Smart President?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Michael Brown, Valerie Jarrett, Bill Maher, Harriet Miers, US Auto Industry, Monica Goodling, Obama Press Conference, Anti-Intellectualism, George Monbiot, George W. Bush, Oil, Alberto Gonzales, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News
Mitchell Bard

At Obama's press conference, the tone and thoughts on the problems facing the country were of a level we haven't seen since the Bush brood took over the White House.

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Save SUVs First, Then Kill Them Really Dead

Matthew DeBord | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Hybrids, Bailout, General Motors, Ford, Sustainability, Toyota, Suv, Honda, Detroit, Sustainable Mobility, Big Three Automakers, US Auto Industry, Cars, Chevy, Congressional Bailout, Hybrid Cars, Obama Administration, President Elect Obama, Asian Auto Market, Green News
Matthew DeBord

Assuming a federal bailout, it makes sense that, over the next few years, American carmakers will be re-engaging with the small-car market.

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Buy American, Again

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Buy American Act of 1933, Economy, Detroit Crisis, Buy American, US Auto Industry, Buy American Act of 2009, Barack Obama Financial Crisis, GM Bankruptcy, New Deal, President Obama, Obama Administration, Fdr New Deal, Obama White House, Obama Financial Policy, General Motors, Financial Crisis, Auto Industry, President Elect Obama, Great Depression, Politics News
Patrick Takahashi

When the second economic stimulus package is passed, the President should suggest that, as an act of loyalty to country, those planning to use this gift as down payment for a car, Buy American.

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Blame the USA's Energy Disaster, Including the Collapsing US Auto Industry, on Congress

Rob Kall | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Congress, Gas Prices, Democratic Congress, US Auto Industry, Trade, Exports, Environment, Cars, US Exports, Auto Industry, Green News
Rob Kall

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.

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Ford Sales Plunge In June

AP | TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 07.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Ford Motors, General Motors, Gas Prices, June Sales Numbers, Auto Industry, US Auto Industry, Detroit, Economy, Cars, Business News

DETROIT — Nearly all the major automakers reported steep sales declines for June, but for General Motors at least there was consolation: Toyota,...

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Will The Next President Obliterate The Auto Industry?

Fortune | Alex Taylor III | Posted 05.22.2008 | Business

Read More: US Auto Industry, Auto Industry, Business News

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 ...

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Toyota Steals Global Sales Crown From GM

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Toyota Sales, GM Sales, Toyota Car Sales, Toyota Motor Corp, Toyota GM Sales, General Motors, Toyota General Motors Rivalry, General Motors Woes, GM Woes, GM Problems, Auto Industry, US Auto Industry, Business News

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...

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British Airways Suspends Detroit-London Flight

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: London, British Airways, US Auto Industry, Detroit, Business News

British Airways said on Wednesday it would suspend its daily flight between Detroit and London's Heathrow Airport in March, citing the changing nature...

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