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  OnStar: Now Fighting Crime

  By Darragh Worland | Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:25 AM ET

  Read on.Two Visalia, Calif. police officers were in hot pursuit of a carjacked SUV earlier this month when the car's OnStar service, operated by General Motors, sent a command to the car that electronically disabled the gas pedal, gradually slowing the car to a halt. This could be the bes Read More

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  Name That Volt

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:02 PM ET

  Chevy wants the public to think of color names for its new Volt. The public complies. Read More

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  Treasury Orders Executive Pay Cut

  By Darragh Worland | Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:07 AM ET

  starting next month. The slash in pay will be felt by executives at Bank of America Corp., American International Group Inc., Citigroup Inc., General Motors, GMAC, Chrysler and Chrysler Financial — all of whom were the happy recipients of TARP money.While it may seem like sour grapes fo Read More

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  Supercharged Sugar

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Sat Oct 3, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  start. What makes the sugar rush so attractive is, of course, the price. When you consider that hydrogen-based fuel cells like those developed by General Motors use platinum as a catalyst, the advantage of a sugar-and-weed-killer cell is pretty obvious. And improvements are already in th Read More

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  Companies Restore Pay

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:07 PM ET

  reductions to 401(k) match contributions by the end of the year.Even companies in bellwether industries like auto and tech are reversing pay cuts. General Motors, which had cut salaries for some of its U.S. workers by between 3 and 10 percent in May reinstated pay at the beginning of Septembe Read More

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  Ford to Roll Out Grid-connected EVs

  By Steve Tanner | Thu Aug 20, 2009 4:28 PM ET

  the heels of mixed reactions to Chevy's Volt campaign, Ford announces its plug-in hybrid strategy to consumers, which takes electricity supply int Read More

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  High "Volt"age Stimulus For GM

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Fri Aug 7, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  Stimulus program siphons billions into electric car manufacturing Read More

  More like this in: Grants, Electric Vehicles, Chevy Volt, Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motor Co Ltd., The New York Times Company, Business, Technology, Science, Autos, Cutting-edge, Green Tech, Energy
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  Back To School

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Aug 6, 2009 11:00 AM ET

  are simply tired of the ups and downs of work in the auto industry.At Iowa's Ashford University, tuition for both laid off and employed workers at General Motors, Chrysler and Ford can get their tuition cut by 30 percent as part of the school's Auto Industry Grant Program.After everything tha Read More

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• Energy Department Awards Loans to Green The Auto Industry

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:19 AM ET

  will come back to our country many times over – by creating new jobs, reducing our dependence on oil, and reducing our greenhouse ga Read More

  More like this in: Technology, California, Energy, Business, Emissions, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gas, department of energy, Tennessee, Green Jobs, Electric Car
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  Greener Carmakers Gain Speed

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:41 PM ET

  of the higher priced Roadster Sport, we expect to cross over into profitability next month.”For the auto industry, it really does pay to g Read More

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