GM Foundation Donates $150,000 to MADD
Oct 24, 2013
The General Motors Foundation is donating $150,000 to Mothers Against Drunk Driving to expand prevention education initiatives and provide support services to victims of drunk driving crashes and their families. In 2011, drunk driving killed more than 9,800 people and injured approximately 315,000. To aid in recovery, ... Continue reading
Young Creative Chevrolet (YCC) Winners Celebrate the Art of Football at Memorable Manchester Event
Oct 24, 2013
To honor the top winners of pan-European art and design contest Young Creative Chevrolet (YCC) 2013, Chevrolet will host an invitation-only event which joins up two seemingly unrelated passions: art and football. The YCC 2013 award festivities will be held on October 25-27, 2013 in Manchester, U.K., and bring together ... Continue reading
GM fleet of Project Driveway test vehicles nears 3 million cumulative miles
Oct 24, 2013
One of General Motorsâ fuel cell research vehicles recently passed a milestone for a hydrogen-powered vehicle, topping 100,000 miles of real-world driving. By using renewable hydrogen, this vehicle has saved 5,260 gallons of gasoline. At $3.50 per gallon, thatâs more than $18,000 in fuel cost savings. The spe ... Continue reading
GM Announces 1.8 Megawatt Solar Project in Ohio
Oct 24, 2013
General Motors says that a 1.8-megawatt rooftop solar array at its Toledo Transmission plant in Ohio would be completed next month. The project, which will generate nearly 3 percent of the plantâs overall electricity consumption, will be the largest rooftop array in Ohio. The energy produced will be enough to powe ... Continue reading
1969 Corvette Destroyed by Superstorm Sandy Sees New Life in Web TV Series
Oct 23, 2013
âSuperstormâ Sandyâs East Coast arrival in October 2012 brought with it the classic car hobbyâs single most devastating loss to date. While Sandy may have destroyed homes and property, what she couldnât rattle was the spirit of Jersey Shore collector car enthusiasts. Itâs this passion and ... Continue reading
2013 MAMA Fall Rally - New Venue; New Cars
Oct 23, 2013
2013 MAMA Fall Rally, By Larry Nutson Senior Editor â New York Bureau The Auto Channel (mamalogo) The non-profit Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) was formed in the fall of 1991 to bring together journalists and public relations professionals involved in the automotive industry. MAMAâs membership, m ... Continue reading
Capital One and General Motors Introduce New Automotive Rewards Card
Oct 20, 2013
General Motors, along with Capital One and Master Card, is introducing a new GM Card that offers consumers 5 percent earnings toward a new Chevrolet, Buick, GMC or Cadillac on their first $5,000 worth of net card purchases annually and an unlimited 2 percent on all other purchases. ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Silverado is Fixture of Veit's Fleet
Oct 18, 2013
For more than 85 years Veit, a heavy industrial construction company, has relied on Chevrolet trucks to help it do the tough jobs that not many other companies can do. The company's commitment to Chevrolet began with the owner's grandfather when the company opened in 1928, and continues today with the Silverados in its ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Tests Hand Cycle at Marathon
Oct 18, 2013
A year after Michigan Technological University engineering students designed a more durable and comfortable hand cycle for wounded athletes, Chevrolet â the projectâs sponsor â will test the cycle for the first time in Sundayâs Detroit Free Press/Talmer Bank International Marathon. Operating the han ... Continue reading
GM's Dan Akerson's Remarks to Energy Security Summit
Oct 18, 2013
General Motors Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson addressed the Securing America's Energy Future summit Wednesday on the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo. His prepared remarks follow. As always, the speakerâs words are definitive. # # # Good afternoon and thank you for that kind introduction. On behalf of t ... Continue reading
Oct 17, 2013
Designed to capitalize on plentiful clean, domestic natural gas Will be sold to retail and fleet buyers as a 2015 model CEO repeats call for consumer-driven national energy policy ... Continue reading
Overall GM third quarter Global sales of nearly 2.4 million, up 5.5 percent
Oct 17, 2013
Chevrolet sold a record 1.25 million vehicles around the world in the third quarter of 2013, up 0.6 percent over the same period in 2012, and the brand achieved its 12th straight quarter of year-over-year increased sales. Overall, General Motors Co. posted sales of more than 2.4 million vehicles in the third quarter ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Offers iPhone Users Siri Eyes Free Integration
Oct 16, 2013
Chevrolet today announced additional vehicles with Chevrolet MyLink will be available with Siri, Apple's intelligent assistant that helps get things done just by asking. Siri Eyes Free Integration will be available on the 2014 Camaro, Cruze, Equinox, Malibu, SS and Volt. "The response to Siri Eyes Free integration i ... Continue reading
Five Questions with GM's Manufacturing Executive VP Tim Lee
Oct 16, 2013
Tim Lee is General Motors Executive Vice President Global Manufacturing and Chairman of GM China. His responsibilities include manufacturing, labor and manufacturing engineering across GMâs global operations, including 171 plants in more than 30 countries on six continents. He also oversees GMâs presence in C ... Continue reading
Schaeffler Receives 2013 Quality Award from General Motors
Oct 15, 2013
Schaeffler was recently awarded General Motors (GM) Supplier Quality Excellence Award for demonstrating some of the highest levels of quality performance. The award went to two of the company's plants in South Carolina. "We are honored that General Motors has recognized our efforts in developing quality products and te ... Continue reading
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