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Sep 25, 2007
Extended strike could hurt launch of new GM hybrids

The strike that started at General Motors on Monday came at a particularly bad time for the company's new products. GM's new product offensive is getting into high gear this fall with a slew of eagerly awaited cars and trucks. Among the new vehicles that the company is just about to launch are the new Chevy Malibu (including a hybrid version), the mild hybrid version of the new Saturn Vue and, soon, the Two-Mode hybrid Chevy Tahoe/GMC Yukon. The Two-Mode hybrids are still a couple of months away

Sam Abuelsamid
Sep 25, 2007
60-mpg Peugeot 308 joins this year's MPG Marathon

Each year, the AA/ALD Automotive MPG Marathon takes a selection of vehicles through some real-world roads to see just how many miles the drivers can squeeze out of the gas tanks. Last year, for example, a Cadillac 1.9 Turbo Diesel hit 55.6 mpg at the UK event. This year, one of the competitors will be the new Peugeot 308 HDi, which should get somewhere over 60

Sebastian Blanco
Sep 25, 2007
Ferrari's latest Vertu phone features gated shifter

No, you read that right. A gated shifter. On a mobile phone. Not only that, but the box holding the high-priced handset even includes a valve from a Ferrari Formula One car. This is certainly the phone for the Ferrari fan with the problem spending money on the overpriced, outdated electronics.

Chris Tutor
Sep 25, 2007
Cit Vu: The self-service electric cars for everybody in Antibes

France keeps on surprising us with interesting initiatives to improve city displacements. Now it's time for the city of Antibes to show us what it's got. Like the nearby city of La Rochelle, Antibes has implemented a self-service system to rent electric cars with cards, similar to the well-known public bike rental services in Lyon, Xavier Navarro

Sep 25, 2007
Report: GM can cope with a short strike

Investors and industry pundits don't believe the UAW strike will last long, proving their belief with a slight drop of $0.20 in GM's stock price. Widespread belief is that GM could handle a two-week halt in production without devastation to its balance sheet and recovery plan. GM's got three months of inventory on hand, and GM had planned to cut production by 10-percent in Q4 anyway. The only hitch could be with popular vehicles like the Enclave and Acadia, which ty

Jonathon Ramsey
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