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

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 Corp. said its Chevrolet Volt rechargeable electric car should get 230 miles per gallon of gasoline in city driving, more than four times the mileage of the current champion, the Toyota Prius.
Edit: Check out the charger picked by suebe 4 months 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

In a clever marketing ploy aimed at the rural market, Mitsubishi Motors is offering a free goat with every Triton ute sold before August. picked by AutumnLotus 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

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 2 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

General Motors said Friday that 3,900 auto dealers who sell GM’s Certified Used Cars will list their entire inventories on eBay Motors, according to industry publication Automotive News. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

Physicists from the University of Georgia have developed a new way to create "natural motors" for tiny machines. The researchers say the technique could lead to new methods of drug delivery, disease treatment and bioengineering, the university said in a release picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Setting up shop in Brazil is so much cheaper so lets take $1B of taxpayers money and spend it in Brazil helping their economy and allowing fewer Americans to be employed. picked by 2manyusernames 12 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 2 years 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

A LEGO Mindstorm NXT kit can be bought, by you, at a LEGO store. In it are a bunch of funky looking LEGOs, three motors, and four sensors (one each for touch, light, ultrasonic, and sound). So if you had all that, could you build a robot that solves Rubik’s Cubes? The answer is, "Yes, you can." picked by muppet 12 months 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

Jose Geraldo Reis Pfau`s hobby (57 years old), born and raised in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, is a collection of pieces of art made of motorcycle miniatures. The inspiration for the sculptures came from other similar pieces of art. He started this project using regular keys, developing motorcycle images. There are wonderful pieces of work made of wood, potery, screws, wires, but the ones identified ... read full post picked by andrego 2 years ago

The Treasury Department is directing General Motors to lay the groundwork for a bankruptcy filing by a June 1 deadline, despite G.M.’s public contention that it could still reorganize outside court, people with knowledge of the plans said during the weekend. picked by kakana 8 months ago

Beleaguered automaker General Motors opened up a new joint venture manufacturing plant in northeast China on Dec. 17 which will begin churning out up to 150,000 vehicles annually beginning next year. picked by bingo 11 months ago

The Zero-Pollution MDI Air Car, invented in France and licensed by Tata Motors in India, is coming to American shores. picked by topofall 2 years ago