Chrysler Receives Highest Environmental Award for Michigan Facility
Chrysler — March 19, 2010 at 4:07 pmChrysler Group LLC announced today that its all-new Trenton (Mich.) South Engine Plant has been awarded a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Green Building System certification for meeting the highest environmental standards. In fact, Trenton is one of only four auto manufacturing facilities to receive a LEED rating of any kind and the only engine manufacturing facility in the world to...
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Chrysler Receives Highest Environmental Award for Michigan Facility
Chrysler Group LLC announced today that its all-new Trenton (Mich.) South Engine Plant has been awarded a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Green Building System certification for meeting the highest environmental standards. In fact, Trenton is one of only four auto manufacturing...
March 19th, 2010 | Chrysler | Read More
Rossi continues pre-season domination
Reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi continued his domination of the pre-season testing programme in Qatar today, finishing the opening day of the final test 0.3 seconds ahead of Casey Stoner. His team-mate Jorge Lorenzo made a welcome return from injury to finish the day a creditable seventh and...
March 19th, 2010 | MotoGP | Read More
Jerome York, Chrysler CFO, Dies at 71
Jerome York, a director of Apple Inc., former chief financial officer at Chrysler Corp. and International Business Machines Corp., and adviser to investor Kirk Kerkorian, died in Pontiac, Michigan. He was 71.
Apple announced the death in a statement today. York collapsed the night of March 16 at his...
March 18th, 2010 | Chrysler | Read More
GM Holden recalls 9,000 cars over faulty fuel hose
General Motors' Australian subsidiary GM Holden on Thursday recalled 9,000 Cruze sedans over a faulty fuel hose, after a raft of damaging glitches hit Japan's Toyota and Honda.
A company spokesman said some of the hoses on 1.8-litre MY10 JG Cruze models had sprung a leak, and some owners may notice...
March 18th, 2010 | Holden, Recall News | Read More
Nissan to make Leaf electric cars in Britain
Nissan Motor on Thursday said it would start building its zero-emission Leaf electric car at a plant in Britain from 2013, saving more than 2,000 jobs in one of England's most deprived regions.
The factory in Sunderland, northeast England, will also make the vehicle's lithium-ion batteries and will...
March 18th, 2010 | Green, Nissan | Read More
GM sees profit, possibly IPO this year
General Motors could be ready for an initial public stock offering as early as the second half of this year, the automaker's new chief financial officer said Wednesday.
"I think we have a reasonable chance of being profitable this year," Chris Liddell told reporters gathered for an informal meeting in...
March 17th, 2010 | General Motors | Read More
Navigon Brings iPhone Nav App Pricing Down
Navigon introduced a lower-priced navigation app for the iPhone with the launch of Navigon MyRegion, which at an introductory price of $24.99 accesses maps for a single region of the U.S. Consumers purchase access to additional maps from the iPhone for an introductory $12.99.
Prices rise April 12 to...
March 17th, 2010 | Navigation Systems | Read More
Renault-Nissan to launch small car Micra in India
Japanese carmaker Nissan said on Tuesday it will launch its Micra small car in the Indian market in July from a plant in the south co-owned with its French partner Renault.
"We will produce 80,000 units of Micra in the first 12 months beginning in May," Renault Nissan Automotive managing director Akira...
March 16th, 2010 | Nissan, Renault | Read More
Honda recalls 412,000 US vehicles on ’soft’ brakes
Honda has recalled some 412,000 vehicles in the United States because customers complained their brakes felt "soft," the Japanese automaker said Tuesday.
Honda said the problem is caused by air accumulating in a "vehicle stability assist modulator" which causes the pedal to get closer to the floor than...
March 16th, 2010 | Honda, Recall News | Read More
Volvo Encourages U.S. Employers To Adopt Distracted Driving Policies
As numerous consumer education campaigns surface to eliminate the dangers of distracted driving, Volvo Cars of North America (VCNA) invites other U.S. employers to join the movement by enacting stronger policies regarding the use of cell phones while driving.
VCNA has had strict safe-driving policies...
March 16th, 2010 | Volvo | Read More
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