DOE Launches EcoCar2 Advanced Car Competition for Universities

DOE officially launched the EcoCar2 competition on April 13 and named the sixteen university teams that were selected to participate. EcoCar2: Plugging into the Future is an educational partnership between General Motors and DOE to help prepare future...

President Karimov of Uzbekistan Holds Talks with US Companies

President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov held negotiations with high-level representatives of General Motors, Sikorsky Aircraft and Honeywell companies in New York, US on Monday.

GM Uzbekistan Premieres Chevrolet Spark in Tashkent

GM Uzbekistan joint venture presented its new car Chevrolet Spark on August 25th at Uzexpocenter in Tashkent. Spark is the seventh model launched at GM Uzbekistan’s automobile plant in Asaka, Andijan region. The production capacity of the new car is...

General Motors India to Introduce Commercial Vehicles to India Soon

General Motors India has announced that GM has entered into a collaboration with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) to develop and manufacture commercial vehicles and other competitive products for India and export markets.

U.K. Business Minister Test Drives Vauxhall’s New Ampera Electric Car

Business Minister Ian Lucas had a taste of the future of motoring in the UK when he was one of the first people to get the chance to drive GM’s new electric car. Driving the Ampera around GM’s testing facilities at Millbrook, Ian Lucas got a chance...

Russian Automaker Avtotor Holding to Assemble Opel Cars

The Russian automaker Avtotor Holding has announced it will assemble Opel cars in the country’s exclave of Kaliningrad, which borders Poland and Lithuania. Avtotor, which rolls out 27 models of seven different brands, including BMW, Kia and Chevrolet,...

1st Anti-terror Armored Vehicles Unveiled By Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd.

With the Government of India increasing its focus on modernizing the defense forces with modern technology, an armoring division of Shri Lakshmi Cotsyn Ltd. (SLCL) is now making an entry into India’s growing defence market with the launch of complete...

Nearly Half of Americans Are Unlikely to Buy From Chrysler During Bankruptcy

Hot on the news of U.S. automaker Chrysler filing for bankruptcy protection, a new report says 21% of consumers say they definitely would not consider buying a car from an automaker considering bankruptcy.

Please Sir, May We have Some More? – GM And Chrysler Seek More Government Aid

The U.S. auto manufacturer Chrysler, which has been badly affected by the ongoing recession, has asked the US government for an additional $5 billion in aid on top of the four billion it has already received, saying that it plans to fire three thousand...