Category: GM

Lutz says Volt production by end of 2010

Filed under: Hybrids/Alternative, Green, Chevrolet, GM

Speaking at the Reuters Auto Summit in Detroit today, Bob Lutz stated that the Chevrolet Volt series hybrid will be in production by the end of 2010. What’s more interesting is that he told reporters employees working on the Volt “are becoming increasingly nervous” about meeting that deadline. According to […]

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Posted in GM on Nov 21st, 2007, 5:00 pm     

Joint GM/Toyota NUMMI plant accused of passing defects

Filed under: Government/Legal, Plants/Manufacturing, GM, Toyota

A certified auditor working at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI) plant in California that’s run jointly by General Motors and Toyota has stepped forward to file a lawsuit alleging that her managers knowingly permitted defects on cars to go unfixed. Katy Cameron claims that her superiors routinely overlooked […]

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Posted in GM on Nov 21st, 2007, 12:56 pm     

LA Auto Show video: Bob Lutz makes apparent slam at Hillary Clinton’s energy plan

Filed under: MPG, GM, Legislation and Policy, LA Auto Show
The video above is an interview with the emanently quotable GM vice Chairman Bob Lutz on GM’s move towards making greener cars and CAFE standards at the 2007 LA Auto Show. Bob says the reasoning for making more fuel efficient cars is really a global one […]

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Posted in GM on Nov 21st, 2007, 11:16 am     

LA Auto Show video: Bob Lutz makes apparent slam at Hillary Clinton’s energy plan

Filed under: MPG, GM, Legislation and Policy, LA Auto Show
The video above is an interview with the emanently quotable GM vice Chairman Bob Lutz on GM’s move towards making greener cars and CAFE standards at the 2007 LA Auto Show. Bob says the reasoning for making more fuel efficient cars is really a global one […]

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Posted in GM on Nov 21st, 2007, 11:16 am     

LA Auto Show video: Bob Lutz confirms GM will release 16 hybrids in next four years

Filed under: Ethanol, Flex-Fuel, Hybrid, GM, Toyota, LA Auto Show
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In GM’s LA Auto Show press conference, which you can watch above in full, GM Vice Chairman of Global Product Development, Bob Lutz says the same thing we reported GM CEO’s Rick Wagoner […]

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Posted in GM on Nov 21st, 2007, 11:16 am     

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