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Long-time GM Consultant: Chevy Volt Won’t Save Company
hybridcars.com - 2/16/2009
Long-time GM Consultant: Chevy Volt Won’t Save Company
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2011 Chevrolet Volt. Unless General Motors makes fundamental changes in its basic decision-making process, the company will be “back at the public trough again and again until the public finally grows weary and allows its demise.” That’s the ...
Chicago 2009: GM transforms Volt into Jolt, Beat into Skids, Trax into Mudflap
autobloggreen.com - 2/11/2009
Chicago 2009: GM transforms Volt into Jolt, Beat into Skids, Trax into Mudflap
— autobloggreen.com — PRESS RELEASE: AUTOBOTS WITH BOW TIES: CHEVROLET-BASED CHARACTERS STARRING IN 'TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN' AT THE... CHICAGO AUTO SHOW Giant movie robot also on display with vehicles used in the upcoming blockbuster summer film Camaro ... (more) Chicago 2009: GM transforms Volt into Jolt, Beat into ...

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GM consulant: Volt may have a halo, but it will not be GM's savior
autobloggreen.com - 2/16/2009
GM consulant: Volt may have a halo, but it will not be GM's savior
— autobloggreen.com — Click above for a high res gallery of the 2011 Chevy Volt At auto shows and gatherings... with friends, I'm often asked what I think will happen with GM and if the Chevy Volt will ever really come out. My answer is that while Volts on the sales floor won't guarantee that GM survives, if GM ... (more) GM consulant: Volt may have a halo, but it will not be ...

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General Motors files Canadian restructuring plan, will build hybrid car
autobloggreen.com - 2/21/2009
General Motors files Canadian restructuring plan, will build hybrid car
— autobloggreen.com — General Motors of Canada Ltd has followed its corporate parent in Detroit in filing a viability plan... with the Canadian government. It contains the usual array of ideas about working with the Canadian Auto Workers union and cutting executive and salaried pay to cut costs. The plan also includes ... (more) General Motors files Canadian restructuring plan, will ...

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GM consulant: Volt may have a halo, but it will not be GM's savior
Autoblog Green — ... Kleinbaum also spoke with HybridCars about his white paper and said that the Volt program is "set up to fail." The car itself might work as advertised, but, "The way they set it up as saving everything. There's tremendous risk that it won't meet expectations. [...] Even if the Volt meets all its targets, GM will not survive unless the entire product line is well executed...GM has shown it can execute world-class products; they just cannot execute a broad portfolio of them." I guess my answer to the GM/Volt question just got a bit more detailed. ...

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