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GM's Lutz Pushes for Transformation, Not "Incrementalist" Notions


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GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz



By Drew Winter
WardsAuto.com

LOUISVILLE, KY Apr 24, 2007; There are a lot of things that could keep General Motors Corp. Vice Chairman Bob Lutz awake at night, but No.1 these days is what he calls “global climate-change mania.”

Speaking at the Global Automotive Conference here Monday, Lutz takes shots at both liberal environmentalists and Bush Admin. regulators for creating a climate of panic and fear in Washington that is producing ill-conceived “incrementalist” notions about saving fuel that focus solely on the internal combustion engine and unfairly pressure only vehicle manufacturers.(Continued)

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