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Aug 19, 2010
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GM Panders to the Midwest and Big Agra – Loves Ethanol

Image via Wikipedia General Motors, for all its hype about the Volt (which won’t run on ethanol), has announced that E85 (ethanol, up to 85%) is the “best near-term” alternative fuel solution.  This comes from their FastLane blog on which it’s touted that GM will be moving forward with an “ambitious” expansion of its flex-fuel …
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Aug 16, 2010
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AutoNation to Dealers: Sell the Volt at MSRP Or Else…

The largest new car dealership chain in the U.S., AutoNation, has informed its dealerships that they are to sell the Chevy Volt at manufacturer’s retail ($41,000) or face immediate termination.  AutoNation has 27 dealerships selling Chevrolets nationally. This comes after reports that a lot of dealerships appear to be planning to make up for huge …
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Aug 11, 2010
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GM Creates Venture Funding From Thin Air, Invests in Bright Idea

Government Motors has been busy lately, getting themselves in the news (for good or ill) as they pimp their new government-funded car that will save the world – the Volt.  Meanwhile, with dealerships apparently planning to make up for two years of losses by jacking the price on one Volt sale, GM wants to keep …
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May 23, 2010
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Got Plans for That $80-odd Billion Investment?

The Government Accounting Office, which is (supposedly) non-partisan and may or may not have a stalwart track record in accurate accounting,* has released some information that is a little less than reassuring to those banking on the auto industry’s bailout billions being recouped. The GAO interviewed a bunch of experts in the financial and auto …
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Mar 3, 2010
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GM Recalls 1.3 Million Cars, Nobody Cares

Most people know about the Toyota recalls for faulty brakes and accelerator pedals.  It’s been all over the news, the CEO of Toyota had to appear before Congress to explain his company’s (supposed) lack of response to this “serious safety concern” and whatever else.  Meanwhile, Government Motors has recalled 1.3 million vehicles for a potentially …
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Feb 28, 2010
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Opel Ampera To Make 370-mile “Cross Country” Road Trip

For some reason, this headline is “news.”  Probably only to GM-Volt.com, who are all about the Chevy Volt (the Opel Ampera is the Volt’s European sibling).  If you didn’t see anything in the headline above to make you wonder why this is news, then… well, I guess I’ll have to spell it out.  I was …
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