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0GM investing $230M in Flint area facilities to support Chevrolet Cruze, Volt 1255464240
2011 Chevy Volt - click above for high-res image galleryGeneral Motors announced today that it will spend $230 million on four facilities in the Flint, Michigan area that will support the production of the new Chevy Cruze compact and the Volt extended-range EV. The biggest chunk of the money ... -
BREAKING: GM reportedly cancels construction contracts on Flint engine plant 1233143160
2011 Chevy Cruze and its new 1.4L Turbo engineIn yet another blow to both General Motors and the hard-hit city of Flint MI, it appears that the automaker has canceled construction contracts on its new Flint MI engine plant. Local TV station WJRT-12 reported the news late last night and we're ... -
Flint, MI to produce bus fuel from sewage biogas 1226322300
Ever since General Motors began gradually phasing out production facilities in the Flint, MI area in the early 1980s, the city that gave birth to the ailing automaker 100 years ago has been struggling to remake itself. Most of those efforts have been miserable failures (see: AutoWorld theme park). ...
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GM officially announces Flint MI production for Volt/Cruze engines 1222353300
2011 Chevy Cruze and its new 1.4L Turbo engineAt an event in Flint MI today, GM CEO Rick Wagoner and Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm were on hand to officially announce that GM will be building its new 1.4L direct injected four cylinder engine in the city in new facilities on the campus of ... -
GM gets tax breaks from Flint for new Volt engine plant 1219879320
As we stated a few months ago, automakers always get tax credits from cities in an effort to get them to build new plants or retool existing plants. As we know, the upcoming Chevy Volt is likely to be assembled in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant where the Buick Lucerne and Cadillac DTS are ...
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It's official, Flint engine plant to build Volt range extender 1217434380
Back in June when GM CEO Rick Wagoner outlined product realignment decisions at the company's annual meeting, the Flint engine plant was identified as the home of a new family of small engines. GM has now filed paperwork with the city of Flint indicating that the new Family 0 engines would be built ...
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$4.7 million order for hybrid buses in Michigan 1204234740
Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC) has announced that is going to supply about $4.7 million worth of batteries for hybrid bus application in a joint program with Kettering University and Transportation Techniques LLC (TransTeq).These batteries will be used to develop a hybrid bus program in ...

