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General Motors today announced an online vehicle
discount program for active and reserve military members that can save
military families thousands of dollars when purchasing a new car or
truck from Chevrolet, Saturn, Pontiac, Buick, Saab, Cadillac, GMC or
HUMMER.
“The GM Military Discount Program” is
an online web site that enables active and ...
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The first public hydrogen refueling
station in California with integrated hydrogen and gasoline refueling
is now open, providing drivers in Chevrolet's Project Driveway another
location to refuel their Equinox fuel cell vehicles, currently on the
roads throughout Southern California.
Los
Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl and Graeme Sweeney, Executive
Vice President for Shell Future ...
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Top-Selling
Certified Brand Teams with Largest Online Auto Marketplace to Provide
Convenient Access for Shoppers, Drive Leads to GM Dealers
GM Certified Used Vehicles, the industry's ...
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Hydrogen Station to Open Near LAX
Using Clean Energy's Expertise in Natural Gas Fueling to Expand
Hydrogen Infrastructure and Support Chevrolet's Project Driveway
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) and Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:
CLNE) announced today Clean Energy will open a hydrogen fueling station
in Los Angeles with support ...
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General Motors Corp. improved overall
productivity, despite an 8 percent production volume decrease last
year, according to "The Harbour Report North America 2008." The Harbour
Report measures North American automotive manufacturers' assembly,
powertrain and stamping plant productivity.
GM
is the only manufacturer to consistently improve year-over-year overall
in the history of the annual report. ...
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General Motors today delivered its first
hybrid vehicles in the Middle East to the Government of Dubai and the
Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The vehicles, which include
the Chevrolet Tahoe hybrid and the Chevrolet Malibu hybrid, are part of
a ground-breaking project that involves a 12-month trial using the
vehicles as public taxis ...
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Chevrolet
Car Retail Sales Led By a 103 Percent Increase in Malibu, 22 Percent
Increase in Aveo, and 1 Percent Rise in Cobalt Sales
Pontiac Retail Car Sales Driven By a 36 Percent Increase in Vibe Sales
Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook Power Mid-Utility Crossover Segment with 12,000 Total Vehicles Sold
Fleet ...
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New car, powertrain programs to meet the changing needs of U.S. customers
Chevy Volt production gets the green light from the GM board
GM builds on car momentum with additional capacity; adjusts truck capacity
Hummer brand set for strategic review
GM today announced a range of strategic initiatives to aggressively
respond to growing demand ...
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Tonight, one-of-a-kind fashions inspired by General
Motors vehicles and created by students from the International Academy
of Design and Technology (the Academy) will be on display and paraded
down the runway at the Academy’s annual fashion show, Imagine 2008.
Sponsored by GM for the sixth consecutive year, Imagine 2008 celebrates
the creativity ...
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General
Motors continues to make training available for its large van
consumers. For several years, Coaching Systems® LLC, which designed a
unique course for GM large van consumers, has teamed up with GM to
offer training at a 40 percent discount to GM’s large van consumers.
This training is designed to reinforce information that may ...
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General Motors Corporation and Isuzu
Motors Limited announced their new joint venture, GM-Isuzu Camiones
Andinos de Colombia Ltda., today. The purpose of which is to strengthen
their strategic partnership and expand their truck and bus sales in
Colombia.
The joint venture
builds on the long-standing partnership that GM and Isuzu have enjoyed
in ...
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GM announced today that it is eliminating one shift
of production at its full-size pickup truck assembly plants in Pontiac,
Mich.; Flint, Mich.; and Oshawa, Ontario; and its full-size SUV
assembly plant in Janesville, Wis. The decisions were made to bring
production capacity more in line with market demand.
Under this plan, ...
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GM dealers in the United
States delivered 260,922 vehicles in April. Retail car and crossover
sales were up more than 9 percent. A sharp sales increase in fuel
efficient cars and crossovers could not make up for soft truck demand
and a sharp decline in fleet deliveries impacted by the American Axle
strike. On a ...
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General Motors Corp. recognized 97 companies today with its highly
coveted Supplier of the Year Award at the 16 th annual awards
presentation held at the Sawgrass Marriott Hotel.
There are 57 multiple-year winners among this year’s nominees.
This year’s ceremony will be highlighted with the presentation of the
Corporation ...
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Sales
in Russia Grow 78 Percent, Outpacing Industry Growth; Chevrolet Has
Record Q1 in Europe , with Sales Exceeding 131,000 Vehicles
Brazil,
Argentina and Venezuela Growth Spurs a Sales Surge of Nearly 20 Percent
in the Latin America, Africa and Middle East Region
Record Quarterly Sales in China Fuels 6 Percent Asia/Pacific Region Gain
Sales Leadership ...
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Consumers attending the Atlanta-Journal Constitution
International Auto Show Thursday-Sunday, April 24 - 27 will have a
unique opportunity to truly ‘experience’ the GM display by getting
behind the wheel and test driving many of General Motors’ hottest new
vehicles.
Vehicles available for test drives that illustrate the breadth of General Motors’ ...
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Ability to Use Cleaner, Renewable Fuel Offered at No Cost to Customer
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General Motors announced today that its U.S. marketing and field
operations will be more strongly aligned into four retail channels:
Chevrolet; Premium (Cadillac, Hummer, Saab); Buick-Pontiac-GMC; and
Saturn. Each channel will be focused on continuing to deliver
world-class products for their customer and build value for GM and
their respective dealers.
GM announced ...
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GM Card and the GM Flexible Earnings Card now offer customers even more choices when redeeming Earnings
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New modern plant will start production in Q4 2009
General Motors Brazil, along with officials from the Santa Catarina
State and Joinville City, announced today the company's ...
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Rick Wagoner, GM chairman and chief executive officer, today announced the following executive retirements and appointments:
John Middlebrook, 67, GM vice president, global sales, service and marketing operations, will retire effective July 1, 2008.
Jonathan Browning,
48, GM Europe vice president, sales, ...
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Rapid Progress on Fuel Cell Vehicles Needs to Be Matched With Rapid Progress on Hydrogen Fueling
General Motors today called on the energy industry and governments to
step up ...
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GM's new navigation services include OnStar download to navigation system and MapQuest functionality
OnStar today announced the introduction of two new navigational
services to complement and enhance its ...
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GMAC 2.9% APR or 3.9% APR Available for
Well-Qualified Buyers on 2003-2008 Chevrolet Cobalt, HHR, Tahoe,
Suburban and Silverado; Pontiac G6; GMC Sierra, Yukon and Yukon XL
Models
GM
Certified Used Vehicles, the industry’s top-selling
manufacturer-certified used vehicle brand*, today announced a
nationwide GMAC rate incentive program on select GM Certified Used
Vehicles, including Chevrolet Cobalt, HHR, ...
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March Highlights
Chevrolet Car Retail Sales Up 6 Percent Led By A 122 Percent Increase in Malibu and a 16 Percent Increase in Impala Sales
Cadillac Retail Car Sales Up 22 Percent with a 43 Percent Increase in CTS and 6 Percent Increase in DTS
Strong Retail ...
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Steve Harris, GM vice president, global communications, announced today a series of leadership moves, effective April 1, 2008.
Tony Cervone, 45, currently GMNA vice president, communications, has
been named communications vice president, global strategy and
integration. In his new role, Tony will oversee communications teams
for GM’s four global regions. He will also ...
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Classic Chevrolet/Hummer Boosts Consumer Access to Ethanol, Biodiesel
Texans with flex-fuel vehicles gained easier access Friday to E85
ethanol at the first public biofuel pumps in the ...
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High-volume system will debut in North America in 2010, and then expand globally Hitachi to supply new lithium-ion battery Cost-effective technology to improve fuel economy by up to 20 percent
As another key element in its overall global strategy to improve fuel economy and reduce oil consumption ...
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New 2009 Chevrolet Express And GMC Savana 4500 Cutaway Van Delivers Best-In-Class Payload And Horsepower
New Chassis is Uniquely Engineered for School Bus, Shuttle Bus and Ambulance Applications
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FlexFuel Vehicle Promotion Targets Ethanol Infrastructure Growth
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Chevrolet Fuel Cell Equinox and GMC Yukon Hybrid Vehicles to Transport Hollywood's Hottest Talent in "Fuel-Friendly" Style
The red-carpet arrivals at the 80th Annual Academy Awards® on Feb.
24, ...
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Top-Selling Certified Brand and Largest Online Auto Marketplace Team Up to Raise Consumer Awareness, Drive Leads to GM Dealers
GM Certified Used Vehicles, the industry’s top-selling
manufacturer-certified used vehicle ...
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Business Customers Can Use Less Gas, Go Green and Still Get the Job Done
General Motors, committed to developing the industry's widest range
of gas-friendly to gas-free ...
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General Motors Latin America, Africa and Middle East (GM LAAM)
region set an all-time CYTD record in 2007, selling 1,235,913*
vehicles, up 200,600 units over 2006. GM’s volume increase of 19.4
percent for the year outpaced the industry growth rate for the region.
In addition, LAAM’s annual market share increased to 17.2 percent for
the ...
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Toyota said Thursday that its global group sales rose
six per cent last year to 9.37 million vehicles, making for a tight
race against General Motors, the world's biggest automaker.
GM has not released its annual sales tally but earlier estimated
2007 sales would come to 9.3 million vehicles.
Toyota has marked booming sales lately ...
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Avtovaz will offer Renault a large minority stake in the
struggling company, the Interfax news agency quoted an official with
the state concern that controls Avtovaz as saying.
OAO Avtovaz has been considering bids from foreign companies
including General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM) and Fiat SpA.
Avtovaz President Sergei Chemezov will present the project to
Renault Chief ...
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Automakers reported mixed U.S. sales results for
November on Monday, with some new or more fuel-efficient models
performing well despite consumer malaise over high gas prices and
the weak economy.
But even with rising sales of small cars and crossovers, the
industry is predicting things will get worse in 2008. General Motors
Corp. said Monday it ...
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On Sept. 26, something happened that is likely to wreck
Ben Carter's time-honoured health care business model.
That's the day the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp.
settled on a revolutionary new contract that shifts US$46.7 billion
worth of retiree health care costs from the company to the union.
As chief operating officer of ...
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United Auto Workers members have ratified a four-year
contract with Ford Motor Co. that sets lower pay for some newly
hired workers and puts the company's huge retiree health care debt
into a UAW-run trust.
The UAW, which represents about 54,000 workers at Ford, said
Wednesday that 79 per cent of those voting favoured the ...
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General Motors Corp. started production Monday
of its two-mode gas-electric hybrid transmission systems that will
debut in the 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid and GMC Yukon Hybrid sport
utility vehicles.
Built at the automaker's Baltimore Transmission plant, the hybrid
system will help GM compete against Toyota Motor Corp., which sells
hybrid versions of the Toyota Highlander and ...
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eneral Motors says it will set up a $250 million US
alternative fuel research centre in Shanghai.
GM CEO Rick Waggoner says the company believes China has the
potential to become a leader in the adoption of alternative fuels.
He says construction of the first phase of ``The General Motors
Center for Advanced Science and ...
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GMAC Financial Services said Wednesday it will cut
about 3,000 jobs, or 25 per cent of the workforce at its Residential
Capital LLC mortgage operation.
The financial services company, partly owned by auto giant
General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM), blamed the cuts on ``sharp downturns
in the U.S. residential real estate markets and the global
dislocation of ...
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The new venture has a projected production capacity of 250,000
cars a year, the companies said in a statement released late Monday.
The investment is the latest by the U.S. automaker in the
ex-Soviet republic, whose relations with the United States plummeted
following the 2005 uprising in Andijan.
Human rights groups and witnesses say hundreds ...
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Say some clown steals your car from the parking deck at
work.
If it's equipped with General Motors' OnStar service, he could be
in for a big surprise and you could get a little revenge _ and even
see your car again.
Starting with about 20 models for 2009, the service will be able
to slowly ...
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Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC are negotiating with
the United Auto Workers over the amount they would put into a
retiree health care trust and may not contribute as much as General
Motors Corp. did, two people briefed on the talks said Friday.
The issues is one of several differences that could derail ...
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Ford's U.S. sales plummeted 21 per cent in September on
deep cuts in sales to car rental agencies. Toyota sales slipped four
per cent, but General Motors and Honda fared better in a tough
economic climate.
General Motors Corp. said sales were flat compared with last
September. The biggest U.S. automaker got a boost from ...
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Under the deal, GM will send 5,000 of the SUVs to China each
year, boosting the automaker's presence in the world's
fastest-growing vehicle market. GM is the market leader in China and
sold 876,747 vehicles there in 2006.
The vehicles will be imported by GM's local partner,
Shanghai-based SAIC Motor Corp., and sold through its ...
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TORONTO (CP) _ While Canadian suppliers may suffer from General
Motors' move to cut 1,200 jobs at an Ontario truck plant, U.S.
companies are likely to take a bigger hit because they provide many
parts used in assembling pickup trucks, analysts said Friday.
``It would be on the auto parts side of the equation ...
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) _ General Motors Corp. has signed an
agreement with a battery maker that could propel it ahead of Toyota
Motor Corp. in the race to bring plug-in hybrid and electric cars to
market, a top company official said Thursday.
A123 Systems Inc., based in Watertown, Mass., already produces
thousands of nanophosphate ...
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Chevrolet Cobalt and HHR, Pontiac G5 and Solstice, and Saturn Sky feature new accessory
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