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0Here comes the hurt: GM will "temporary idle" 30% of its production next quarter 1229113440
Citing "rapidly deteriorating market conditions," GM announced major reductions today for its production plans starting in the first quarter of 2009. Plants throughout the US, Canada and Mexico will have shifts and lines "temporary idled" while GM deals with declining sales. All told, about 250,000 ...
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Detroit church turns Sunday into SUVday with prayer for auto industry 1228833720
In some parts of the world, it's normal to take along saints or other holy images for a Procession to ask for rain, a good crop or other benefit. A similar idea caught the minds of people at Detroit's Greater Grace Church, where the pastor made a symbolic move on SUVday Sunday to pray for the ...
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GM's hybrid SUV duo win Best Engineered Vehicle from SAE 1208032080
Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res galleryRegardless of your viewpoint on the role that the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon Hybrid play in the marketplace, the engineering that went into the vehicles is laudable. Seamlessly integrating the dual gasoline and electric drivetrains has managed to win GM's ...
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Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis: Chicago Police should have SUVs 1206748020
When newly-appointed Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis was given an open floor at a Chicago Crime Commission luncheon held in his honor, he suggested that he would like to see Chicago's aging fleet of Ford Crown Victoria police cars replaced with Chevrolet Tahoe's. He noted that the four-wheel-drive ...
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Chevy TV commercial uses paper SUV to convince children hybrid SUVs are green 1204939560
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Chevy_tricks_kids_into_thinking_SUVs_are_greem_with_this_ad'; Chevy has two new TV ads for its Tahoe hybrid. First a little background. The Chevy Tahoe hybrid won Green Car Journal's Green Car of the Year award last year. A full-size SUV winning a green car ...
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Ohio to kick GM's full size two-mode hybrid SUVs out of the HOV lane 1201812840
Ohio legislators are changing laws that allow any hybrid into the HOV lane. This means that GM's SUV hybrids are no longer allowed in the get-to-work-on-time lanes. House Bill 62, sponsored by state Rep. Todd Kiser, R-Sandy, would bring Ohio in line with the new national standards which only ...
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Hybrid conversion shops soon a thing of the past 1199391060
A local Denver station did a news report about Salida Conversions, a shop that can convert almost any vehicle into a hybrid in just two days. The vehicle has to be rear wheel drive and have an automatic transmission for Salida to install the electric motor on the drive shaft. The conversions, which ...
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GM full size SUV hybrids spotted undergoing hot weather testing 1168206900
Not many details are known about the hybrid system that is set to debut soon in GM's full-size Tahoes, Yukons and the like, but they are getting closer to reality. Proof of such is that they are undergoing hot weather testing, as can be seen in the above picture. While many debate whether hybrid ...
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Expedition to go green? 1151524020
Ford Motor Company is mulling ways to move some of its Expedition metal -- which is a good thing considering the 82-day supply the automaker is currently hoarding. The Dearborn-based automaker is taking its big Expedition SUV, which gets 14 mpg in the city, and making a diesel or hybrid ...
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GM offers $1,000 fuel voucher with FlexFuel vehicles 1146935460
There have been a lot of promotions in recent years to encourage people to buy new cars – green and otherwise – in the United States like zero percent financing and tax credits. Now, GM is offering buyers of their 2006 and 2007 FlexFuel models a $1,000 voucher card to buy fuel. Green ...

