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Main > Car Makers News > GM > GM Works on Fix-Itself Cars GM has posted interesting information at the official company’s blog about the new vehicle they are planning to make. The GM research and development manager, Alan Taub, has made a statement that the cars they are making “won’t crash and eventually will drive themselves”. The new vehicle will be ready for the 2015. It is going to combine “lane-keeping and stop-and-go adaptive control”. The body of the car will be built of shape-changing material, Nitinol: it is a new alloy of nickel and... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:19 Article Views Rating: 81 Main > Car Makers News > Chevrolet > New Police Cars from Chevrolet At the annual convention of the International Association Chiefs of Police in Denver, CO, General Motors has announced that it is developing a new car which will be able to carry Caprice police package for 2011. The Pontiac G8 based sedan will turn into 2011 Chevrolet Caprice police car with long wheelbase from Australian Holden Caprice and strong 6.0-liter V8 engine from Commodore SS. In fact, the cars will be made with a choice of V6 and V8, but only second one will be available for 2011. The... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:18 Article Views Rating: 76 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Bob Kruse Is Leaving GM While Chevrolet was excited to have an unusually quick development of Volt and announced that the electric car will be ready several months earlier than they expected, the team did not notice that its leader decided to go different direction. Bob Kruse, General Motors executive director of global vehicle engineering for hybrids, electric vehicles and batteries, does not want to work for the big auto company and prefers to run his own business. Mr. Kruse has resigned and started E.V. Consulting LLC, his... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:18 Article Views Rating: 73 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Detroit conference to focus on plug-in electric vehicles | detnews.com | The Detroit News Entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders looking for ways to plug into the emerging electric vehicle market will find an outlet this week. Starting Monday, more than 600 people will descend on the MotorCity Casino in Detroit for a three-day conference dedicated to the making, marketing and deployment of plug-in electric vehicles. The inaugural event, called "The Business of Plugging In," brings together leaders from the automotive and utility industries, as well as researchers, policymakers... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:02:12 Article Views Rating: 39 Main > Car Makers News > Other > J.D. Power study: Young folks may love cars less | detnews.com | The Detroit News Is the love affair between cars and young people starting to cool? That could be the case, according to a new study of auto-related online commentary among teens and young adults by J.D. Power and Associates. Between January and August, the market research company analyzed hundreds of thousands of "conversations" on auto-related sites such as Autoblog, personal blogs and social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. The goal was to gauge the perceptions of Generation Y those born in the 1980s and 1990s... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:01:58 Article Views Rating: 13 Main > Car Makers News > Other > A 'cheaper' Corvette that doesn't compromise | detnews.com | The Detroit News There's always been a Corvette void. It's that dead space between models that other carmakers have filled -- making their offerings look less expensive and, thus, more attractive. The rocket ship $100,000 ZR1 sits atop the mountain, while the fiery $75,000 Z06 remains parked nearby, looking slightly agitated. Then there's the $49,000 base model Corvette -- the Cooper Manning of the Corvette family. It's the oldest, but no one brings it up in conversations about performance. Even the $26,000 price... Full article... Article added: 2009-10-19 06:01:55 Article Views Rating: 15 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Analysts predict the sales shape of 2010 | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- Auto executives and analysts are digging deep into the alphabet to find the letters to describe the kind of recovery they expect from the industry's deepest downturn in 30 years. "I think we're going to have a different recovery shape in Western Europe, central Europe and Eastern Europe," said Wayne Brannon, head of General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet brand in Europe. "A lot of people are telling me that Western Europe is turning the corner. I expect we'll have solid U-shaped growth." Many other... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:59 Article Views Rating: 287 Main > Car Makers News > Other > OnStar prices lock out users | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- With all due respect to the 63,000 GM car and truck owners who lock their keys in their vehicle every month, I ask this question: Seriously? More than 2,000 of you each day need an OnStar operator to remotely unlock your doors because you've somehow managed to lock yourself outside of your ride. I understand, it happens. A buddy of mine in high school not only locked his keys in his 1982 Camaro, he left them in the ignition with it running. Made for a tough morning for him as we all walked by and... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-17 13:17:56 Article Views Rating: 131 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Obama says GM survival essential to U.S. economy | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- President Barack Obama visited a General Motors Co. automobile assembly plant Tuesday hard hit by the industry downturn and hailed economic recovery efforts that will put more than 1,000 workers here back on the job next month. In his first visit to an automobile plant since the November election and since General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC emerged from bankruptcy court, Obama said "automakers are getting back in the game," and defended the government's $50 billion investment, and ownership... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-16 06:54:38 Article Views Rating: 86 Main > Car Makers News > GM > Obama hails recovery efforts in visit to GM plant | detnews.com | The Detroit News -- President Barack Obama visited a General Motors Co. automobile assembly plant Tuesday hard hit by the industry downturn and hailed economic recovery efforts that will put more than 1,000 workers here back on the job next month. In his first visit to an automobile plant since the November election and since General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC emerged from bankruptcy court, Obama said "automakers are getting back in the game," and defended the government's $50 billion investment, and ownership... Full article... Article added: 2009-09-16 06:54:36 Article Views Rating: 68 |
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