General Motors (GM) is planning to invest about $16bn in its US factories and facilities by 2016. The latest investment comes after the automaker revealed plans in April 2013 to spend about $11bn for its joint ventures (JV) in China. GM ...
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Audi has signalled the official start of construction of its new $1.1 billion Mexico plant, laying the foundation stone for what will be its first factory on the American continent. Located in San Jose Chiapa, Mexico, the new 900 million ...
US based automobile manufacturer General Motors has unveiled Chevrolet Silverado High Country, the revamped version of the Chevrolet Silverado. The vehicle will be made available in two engine variants including the four cylinder 5.3L ...
The new Holden VF Commodore Ute has lapped Germany’s famous 21km Nurburgring circuit in about 8 minutes, 20 seconds as part of a promotional stunt for the new-generation model. It’s understood the run conducted in late April ...
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General Motors is the latest manufacturer in hot water over a controversial commercial, this time drawing ire over a Chevrolet Trax advertisement that was labelled racist by some viewers. The negative attention directed towards the Trax ...
General Motors Co. said Monday that it sold 237,646 vehicles in the US in April, up 11 percent from a year ago and the best April in five years for the automaker. Retail sales rose 10 percent and fleet sales were up 16 percent. Sales of ...
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The Opel Mokka will join the growing number of pint-sized SUVs to be sold in Australia. General Motors’ German brand has finally confirmed the Mokka will join its local line-up, which currently comprises the Corsa city car, Astra ...
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Cadillac, the luxury automobile and SUV division of US automaker General Motors (GM), has started the public road-testing of Super Cruise system, its semi-automated vehicle technology. The carmaker is anticipating deploying the technology ...
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China based Yanfeng Visteon's subsidiary, Yanfeng USA Automotive Trim Systems will build a new $45m worth vehicle parts manufacturing and sequencing facility in the Kansas City area, Missouri. The 258,000sqft facility is expected to start ...
General Motors has unveiled a plan to invest EUR230m in the next three to four years for the construction of new testing facilities at its European Product Development Center in Rüsselsheim, Germany. The investment is a part of the ...
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In daily life Around the turn of the 20th century, bicycles reduced crowding in inner-city tenements by allowing workers to commute from more spacious dwellings in the suburbs. They also reduced dependence on horses. Bicycles allowed ...
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Muscle car is a term used to refer to a variety of high-performance automobiles. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines muscle cars as "any of a group of American-made 2-door sports coupes with powerful engines designed for high-performance ...
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The financially strapped Peugeot Citroen group (PSA) views its alliance with General Motors as a must if it’s to survive long term and become a global player. Speaking to the media at last week’s launch of the Peugeot 2008 SUV ...
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CA Technologies is acquiring Layer 7 Technologies, a purveyor of tools for managing and securing application programming interfaces (APIs). CA plans to integrate Layer 7 products into its own Identity and Access Management suite of ...
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Sales of new cars in Europe slumped almost 10 per cent in the first quarter of 2013 as the economically depressed market spirals towards a 20-year low. Registrations across the 27-member European Union fell from 3.31 million to 2.99 ...
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