By 2016, General Motors executives want to reduce the automaker’s North American material and logistics costs by $1 billion, according to a Detroit News report. The project involves creating localized logistics and distribution ...
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Federal-Mogul Corp. has introduced 43 new replacement Moog Steering and Suspension brand parts covering millions of late-model foreign-nameplate and domestic passenger vehicles. The new parts include 12 patent-pending Moog Problem Solver ...
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Bosch Evolution beam wiper blades are available in 16- to 26-inch sizes for heavy duty vehicles. Robert Bosch LLC has added a new wiper blade program for heavy duty vehicles and 50 part numbers to its remanufactured alternator line. ...
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General Motors Co. announced plans to invest $1.3 billion in five factories so they can manufacture pickup trucks with more fuel-efficient engines and technologies. GM said the money will go to the Flint, Mich., assembly plant; an engine ...
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American vehicle manufacturer General Motors (GM) has renewed its five-year agreement with its research partner Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh (CMU) for the development of new technologies for production of automatic driving ...
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Expect automotive sales to top 16 million next year,according to Detroit-based research firm IHS Automotive. That would be up from the 15.65 million in sales estimated for 2013,The Detroit News reported. The auto industry has seen sales ...
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New cars and trucks sold in the United States during the 2012 model year returned an average of 23.6 mpg in combined city and highway driving, a record figure for fuel economy, the Associated Press reported. The gains, measured across all ...
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General Motors will invest just shy of US$1.3 billion ($1.45 billion) across five of its US manufacturing sites, with funding going towards production of a new V6 engine, an all-new 10-speed automatic transmission and an existing six-speed ...
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The US Department of Energy announced $150 million in tax credits with Cree and Osram Sylvania winning awards for expansion of US-based manufacturing, while Philips Lighting and Toshiba announce new LED retrofit lamps. Cree and Osram ...
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American vehicle manufacturer General Motors (GM) has announced plans to invest $1.3bn in five manufacturing sites in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana. The five GM plants include Detroit, Flint and Romulus, Michigan; Toledo, Ohio and Bedford, ...
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General Motors will sell its entire seven per cent stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen and scale back its collaborative efforts with the French car maker. GM vice chairman Steve Girsky says the US-based manufacturer plans to sell the 24,839,429 ...
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PSA Peugeot Citroen and General Motors today announced further steps in their strategic Alliance. The Alliance remains structured around the main pillars of joint programs - purchasing and logistics, focused on Europe, and extends into ...
Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux says the iconic brand will remain a “great part of the automotive culture” long after the company stops building cars in Australia in 2017. Amid rumours the Holden brand and ...
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and senior government ministers are holding talks with Toyota in a bid to ensure the car maker remains in Australia following Holden's decision to cease local manufacturing in 2017. Coming a day after Toyota ...
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Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux insists he was telling the truth at yesterday’s Productivity Commission hearing when he said no decision had been made on the company’s local manufacturing future. Devereux ...
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