Some key events in the history of General Motors Corp. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Workers at a General Motors Corp. factory in Parma, Ohio, have rejected a tentative contract reached earlier this month under the threat of a strike by the United Auto Workers.

The Parma factory had been the only one that had threatened a strike to reach a deal with the company. Now, that plant is back in play as GM faces a barrage of threats of and actual strikes. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

"People ask us, 'Does it fly? Does it float?' " said Marques McCammon, chief marketing officer of California-based Aptera Motors. "What we say is, 'It flies by gas stations, because at the equivalent of 200 miles per gallon, it will cost you less than $2 to drive over 100 miles." Video of car in comments. Props to cheeselog picked by suebe 8 months ago

Buy a car from General Motors and if you aren't happy in 60 days you will receive a full refund. Aren't the American taxpayers a generous group of people? picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

A Family has worked a combined 300 years at General Motors. Their livelihood is now at stake.

Way to generate the emotional response to bail GM out. picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner has not been very successful lately. GM's market share has dropped severely. As part of Obama's restructuring plan, Obama asked him to resign. He agreed to do so. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

General Motors is laying off workers, but giving them retirement benefits instead of severence pay. This could lead to all kinds of problems down the line, as GM is not obligated to contribute to its retirement fund until 2013. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

Music icon Miles Davis has long been revered as a jazz pioneer — but what exactly did he pioneer? To some purists, jazz music can be broken into two distinct eras: Before Miles and After Miles. great article with clips of his music picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

The Gibson electric guitar was patented in the United States seventy-two years ago today. The first electric guitars were developed by the mid-30s in response to the needs of guitarists in jazz orchestras to produce more volume. These were played flat on the lap and became popular with Hawaiian bands. Guy Hart, general manager of the Gibson guitar company, worked on a better design in order to ... read full post picked by Bingo 5 months ago

0 to 60 in 4 seconds, 200 miles per charge,100% electric, and dead sexy. Coming out of the gate at close to $100,000 dollars a pop, this is the electric car you WANT to drive. All the info you could ever drool over, for the ecologist and motor head in you. picked by dorkfire 3 years ago

Designed by a team at Keio University in Japan, this fully electric lithium-ion vehicle may be short on subtlety, but it has a range of 200 miles and can hit speeds of up to 230mph! picked by suebe 11 months ago

90-year-old Rachel Veitch of Orlando, Florida has been driving the same 1964 Mercury Comet Caliente since it was new. Now she has racked up 557,000 miles on the odometer -and it’s still going great!
Unlike her three husbands, Veitch says, the Mercury has “never lied to me, never cheated on me, and I can always depend on her.” picked by Bingo 5 months ago

GM and Segway announced that they are working together to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle designed to be a fast, safe, inexpensive and clean alternative to traditional cars and trucks for cities across the world. picked by suebe 8 months ago

The revitalized "Think" electric car plant at Aurskog, northeast of Oslo, has been deluged with buyer interest in the new "Think City" model that's due to roll off the assembly line at the end of the year.
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/combining Norway, cars and the environment! picked by suebe 3 years ago

Oregon is among a growing number of states exploring ways to tax drivers based on the number of miles they drive instead of how much gas they use, even going so far as to install GPS monitoring devices in 300 vehicles. The idea first emerged nearly 10 years ago as Oregon lawmakers worried that fuel-efficient cars such as gas-electric hybrids could pose a threat to road upkeep, which is paid for la... read full post picked by muppet 11 months ago

The Carbon Motors E7: A new police car prototype equipped with sensors for weapons of mass destruction and automatic numberplate scanners has become the talk of a law enforcement convention in the US.
*video here* picked by Bornbad 12 months ago