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Skyline Solar taps auto parts maker for power plant components
L.A. Times Tech BlogMachines that used to stamp out car parts are now making arrays for solar panels. Credit: Skyline Solar.Skyline Solar, a Silicon Valley start-up, has become the latest green energy company to tap the struggling auto industry???s manufacturing muscle.... -
Oak Tree to negotiate with Hollywood Park, Del Mar
The Fabulous ForumThe Oak Tree Racing Assn., unable to finalize a lease to hold its autumn meeting at Santa Anita, will begin negotiations with officials from Hollywood Park and Del Mar next week, according to Sherwood Chillingworth, executive vice president of Oak...... -
Report: Explosion at Magna plant injures workers
Autoblog.comFiled under: Plants/Manufacturing, CanadaAn explosion at a Magna International divisional plant in Newmarket, ON, a manufacturing facility for Dortec Industries, occurred on Wednesday afternoon. Some nine people were injured in the accident and five or... -
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Lighter vehicles spell better gas mileage
The next car you buy will probably be lighter, courtesy of federal mandates to increase average gas mileage by 30 percent to 40 percent over the next five years. Automakers figure the easiest and cheapest way to cut fuel consumption is to make passenger...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Automotive Equipment, Sports Cars, Passenger Cars, Ford
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GM To Sell Saab To Swedish Carmaker Koenigsegg Group
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBankrupt General Motors Corp. has found a buyer for Saab, unloading the last major piece of the shrinking automaker's empire that had been on the block. The brand will be bought by Swedish carmaker Koenigsegg Group, known for making $1.2-million super-...Tags: Hummer, Saturn, Europe, Saab, Passenger Cars
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General Motors in tentative deal to sell Hummer
General Motors Corp. said Tuesday that it has tentatively agreed to sell its Hummer brand, a day after the U.S. automaker filed for bankruptcy protection with hopes that it will transform its most profitable assets into a new company within just 30 days....Tags: Saturn, GMC, Hummer, Saab, Buick
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GM Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Fox59.comGeneral Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday as part of the Obama administration's plan to shrink the automaker to a sustainable size and give a majority ownership stake to the federal government. GM's bankruptcy filing is the fourth-...Tags: WorldCom Incorporated, Politics, Barack Obama, Ford Motor Co., Stock Activities
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GM has buyer for Hummer
FOX 5 San Diego StaffBankrupt General Motors Corp. said today that it had reached an agreement to sell its Hummer brand of sport utility vehicles to an undisclosed buyer. The automaker, which filed for Chapter 11 protection on Monday, reported the sale in a filing to U.S....Tags: Politics, Companies and Corporations, Contracts, Petroleum Industry, Vehicles
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Automakers focus on blind spots
DETROIT — Lisa Suida doesn't twist her torso or turn her neck anymore to check her blind spot while driving her 2010 Chevrolet Traverse.
Instead, Suida, of Macomb Township, Mich., checks the small convex mirrors built into her car's side mirrors,...Tags: General Motors Corp., Automotive Equipment, Luxury Vehicles, Passenger Cars, Ford
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General Motors To File Bankruptcy Monday In Lower Manhattan
General Motors, the humbled auto giant that has been part of American life for more than 100 years, will file for bankruptcy protection on Monday in a deal that will give taxpayers a 60 percent ownership stake and expand the government's reach into big...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Timothy Geithner, Companies and Corporations, $700 Billion Bank Bailout (2008)
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GM Prepares for Bankruptcy Protection Announcement
General Motors Corp. was making final preparations Sunday for its bankruptcy protection announcement after bondholders accepted a sweetened deal, smoothing the way for the company's reorganization. A statement from a group of large, institution...
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