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GM and NASAs Robonaut 2 ready for Space Duty

GM and NASAs Robonaut 2 ready for Space Duty

Technology on R2 plays role in future GM vehicle safety systems development 2010-07-07 HOUSTON – The countdown continues as General Motors and NASA engineers prepare Robonaut 2 for its planned fall mission to the...

Chevy dealers: What’s the big deal?

Chevy dealers: What’s the big deal?

Diana T. Kurylko Automotive News — June 10, 2010 – 3:44 pm ET Some Chevrolet dealers said today they aren’t sure why there’s such a brouhaha over General Motors Co.‘s edict that the shortened...

GM Reimagines Head-Up Display Technology

GM Reimagines Head-Up Display Technology

GM Media 2010-03-17 Warren, Mich. — Imagine a fog-shrouded morning when you cannot see the end of your driveway let alone the road you’re about to drive. Wouldn’t it be great if the sides...

GM Lutz Retiring May 1

GM Lutz Retiring May 1

General Motors announced today, Vice Chairman Bob Lutz will retire May 1, 2010, ended a 47-year career with GM. GM said that Lutz decided to retire now in part because hot-selling vehicles like the...

NASA and GM Create Cutting Edge Robotic Technology

NASA and GM Create Cutting Edge Robotic Technology

GM Media 2010-02-04 WASHINGTON — NASA and General Motors are working together to accelerate development of the next generation of robots and related technologies for use in the automotive and aerospace industries. Engineers and...

GM hires Microsoft vet as finance chief

GM hires Microsoft vet as finance chief

Christine Tierney / The Detroit News General Motors Co. Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. reached outside the auto industry to recruit a new chief financial officer from software giant Microsoft Corp.’s senior ranks....

White House, Edmunds in war of words over ‘clunkers’

White House, Edmunds in war of words over ‘clunkers’

David Shepardson / Detroit News Washington Bureau Washington– — The White House said the influential automotive news Web site Edmunds.com’s harsh analysis of the impact of “cash for clunkers” was “faulty” and “implausible.” Edmunds...