Filed under: Government/Legal, Green, DaimlerChrysler, GM
General Motors and the former DaimlerChrysler have been handed a disappointment in a Boston district court. At issue was Vermont’s adoption of California’s carbon dioxide standard, which requires cars and light trucks to reduce their emissions of the greenhouse gas by 30 percent. GM and DCX brought suit against the […]
Filed under: Concept Cars, Coupes, GM, Holden, Australia
click above image for more high-res pics of the Holden Efijy Concept
It’s not uncommon for over enthusiastic gear heads to make offers or even send in checks to buy a concept car with the hope that production is right around the corner. General Motors has apparently already received […]
Filed under: Government/Legal
You might recall about this time last year, California State Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a lawsuit in Northern California’s U.S. District Court asserting that automakers selling vehicles in the Golden State were liable for the hundreds of millions of dollars of damages its products cause. That lawsuit, which named GM, Ford, Toyota, […]
Filed under: GM, UAW/Unions
Although labor talks between GM and the UAW have been going on since the union’s contract expired last Friday at 11:59 PM EST, we’ve been following the late-night negotiations from afar, waiting for something that amounted to more than the mainstream media’s perpetually boring status updates. That finally came today in an […]
Filed under: Car Buying, Trucks/Pickups, Marketing/Advertising, Chevrolet, GM, GMC
General Motors had a good August, bucking the industry trend with a year over year sales increase. A big part of that success came with zero-percent financing on the Silverado and GMC Sierra, and the General is looking to ride the wave by extending free loans through […]
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, GM, UAW/Unions
Nine days after the contract between GM and the UAW ended, the two have yet to come to an agreement on employee concessions, including a two-tier wage structure and a move that would entrust the UAW to be responsible for retiree health care costs. According to a union source, if nothing […]
Filed under: GM, UAW/Unions
var digg_url = ‘http://www.digg.com/business_finance/UAW_officially_on_strike_talks_with_GM_broken_off’; We had the TV on at 11:00AM EST expecting to see CNN, MSNBC and Fox News providing up to the minute coverage of the UAW’s potential strike in the wake of failed contract negotiations with General Motors. Only CNN is covering the strike at this […]
Filed under: China, Crossovers/CUVs, Buick, GM, UAW/Unions
click above image to view high-res gallery of the Buick Enclave
Amidst all the fury surrounding the UAW strike today, General Motors released a statement announcing an $800 million deal with its Chinese joint-venture company to supply the Chinese market with U.S.-built vehicles and components. It’s the second such agreement […]
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Buick, Chevrolet, GM, GMC, Pontiac, UAW/Unions
Our neighbors to the north have official felt the crunch of the strike here at home, with the Oshawa, Ontario plant closing down production today after it ran out of parts to produce the Chevrolet Impala. Unfortunately, 3,000 workers have had to punch out and head home […]
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, GM, UAW/Unions
Negotiations between the UAW and General Motors resumed shortly after the strike began yesterday, which is good for both parties involved. Not only are the union workers losing pay, but the General is hemorrhaging copious amounts of cash as you read this. Some analysts contend that GM is losing between $100 […]
