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Small Investors Trapped in Fight Over GM Bonds
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Thousands of mom-and-pop investors own GM bonds and have seen their value fall along with the fortunes of the auto maker. Just this week GM brought a much tougher offer to bondholders - to swap...

Article | Apr 11, 2009 | Views: 197 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, retirement, investing, gm, general motors, auto industry, bankruptcy

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Detroit Goes for Electric Cars, but Will Drivers?
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

Throughout the Detroit auto show hall, auto companies will be competing this week to establish their green and electric credentials. These are risky bets. There are no guarantees that consumers...

Article | Jan 12, 2009 | Views: 149 | Comments: 0 
Tags: cars, technology, detroit, auto industry, hybrids, electric vehicles, green technology

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GM Puts the Volt's Engine Factory On Hold
Submitted by ktexas  (blog.wired.com)

General Motors is suspending work on the $370 million factory slated to build engines for the Chevrolet Volt, but says the plug-in hybrid will appear in showrooms by the end of 2010 as promised....

Article | Dec 18, 2008 | Views: 146 | Comments: 0 
Tags: technology, alternative energy, gm, autos, auto industry, hybrids, fuel efficiency, green technology, chevrolet volt

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How foreign car factories have transformed the American South
Submitted by ktexas  (www.slate.com)

Time was, the Big Three were the U.S. auto industry. No longer. Over the past two decades, enticed by cheap labor and massive incentives, a second auto industry has emerged: nonunion,...

Article | Dec 14, 2008 | Views: 153 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, autos, auto industry, bailouts

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General Motors: Myths And Reality
Submitted by artv  (www.forbes.com)

Forget what some people in the media are saying. General Motors is not going out of business. Yes, the company is in a terrible crisis, but even if the business here completely fails, GM's foreign...

Article | Dec 7, 2008 | Views: 243 | Comments: 4 
Tags: business, gm, general motors, auto industry

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Hybrid Vehicles Provide No Short-Term Help for Detroit
Submitted by ktexas  (www.msnbc.msn.com)

Many members of Congress believe they know what the car company of the future should look like - such as the plug-in hybrid electric car. However, as the article describes, it's not that simple:...

Article | Nov 25, 2008 | Views: 122 | Comments: 0 
Tags: alternative energy, gm, auto industry, electric hybrid

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Detroit Is Tanking, But Toyota's in Trouble, Too
Submitted by ktexas  (blog.wired.com)

Critics like to say Detroit's getting what it deserves because the Japanese build better cars, but guess what -- Toyota isn't looking so great these days, either.

Article | Nov 12, 2008 | Views: 144 | Comments: 1 
Tags: toyota, cars, recession, auto industry

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PayPal's cofounder hopes to produce a practical all-electric car in 4 years
Submitted by ktexas  (www.newsweek.com)

The South African-born Elon Musk left home at age 17 for North America and made a fortune when PayPal was sold to eBay. Tesla Motors is one of his new companies focusing on electric cars. Its first...

Article | Jul 15, 2008 | Views: 231 | Comments: 0 
Tags: auto industry, electric vehicles, plugin hybrids, car technology

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GM is speeding up Volt production to shift focus away from its problems
Submitted by ktexas  (news.yahoo.com)

There are rumors that GM is rushing to finish the production version of its Chevy Volt and is planning to unveil a showroom-ready model of the plug-in hybrid in September. GM is racing Toyota to...

Article | Jul 8, 2008 | Views: 203 | Comments: 1 
Tags: toyota, gm, auto industry, gas prices, plugin hybrids, car technology

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Honda's Latest Fuel-Cell Cars - Don't Get Your Wallet Out Yet
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Honda announced Monday that it will start leasing a third-generation fuel-cell vehicle, the FCX Clarity, in Southern California in the coming months. Fuel-cell cars may be greener than plug-in...

Article | Jun 17, 2008 | Views: 202 | Comments: 0 
Tags: technology, auto industry, honda, clean energy, fuel cells

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Little support from Feds for Plug-in Hybrid Research
Submitted by ktexas  (blog.wired.com)

There may be lots of words of encouragement to get the US energy independent, but there's not much more than words. Department of Energy just recently announced $30 million for Plug-in Hybrid...

Article | Jun 14, 2008 | Views: 285 | Comments: 0 
Tags: renewable energy, auto industry, electric vehicles, plugin hybrid, oil independence

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When Buying A Gas Guzzler Makes Sense
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

The gasoline-price-induced collapse of the sport-utility-vehicle market presents a quandary for consumers. With gas at $4 a gallon, SUVs no longer make affordable commuter vehicles. But at the same...

Article | Jun 6, 2008 | Views: 344 | Comments: 2 
Tags: suvs, personal finance, auto industry, gas prices, car purchases

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Drivers choose cars over trucks as auto sales plunge
Submitted by ktexas  (www.usatoday.com)

A passenger car unseated a pickup as the best-selling U.S. vehicle in monthly sales in the May industry sales figures out Tuesday. It's the first month that's happened since December 1992, Ford...

Article | Jun 4, 2008 | Views: 204 | Comments: 0 
Tags: auto industry, gas prices, ford, honda



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