Comments on: GM Gets a Fresh Start — Will Green Innovation Rise From the Ashes?

By: Marketing Partners Blog » Blog Archive » Want winning PR? build a better vehicle!

Tue, 18 May 2010 18:20:25 +0000

[...] for aid to bolster its credentials as an innovative, green-minded company. Today, 10 months after the “New GM” launched (leaving much of the automaker’s assets in a company controlled by the feds), the General has [...]

By: GM: First Profit in 3 Years, Chevy Volt in the Wings

GM: First Profit in 3 Years, Chevy Volt in the Wings — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:05:39 +0000

By: Fisker Automotive Adds on $21.5M in Loans from Delaware

Fisker Automotive Adds on $21.5M in Loans from Delaware — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:01:51 +0000

[...] retooling the plant, which fell into the group of “bad” assets left in bankruptcy after the “New GM” emerged from [...]

By: Fuel boy

Fuel boy — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 14:14:35 +0000

That's very interesting that they are testing out a model to bid on vehicles online through Ebay. I wonder how that idea will pan out. I don't know how enthused I am about that it will saturate the ebay market that currently sells used vehicles.

By: Can A Former Microsoft Exec Help Save GM?

Can A Former Microsoft Exec Help Save GM? — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:09:02 +0000

[...] Day 1 of the so-called New GM — the company that launched this summer as much of the automaker’s assets transferred over [...]

By: GM Details Volt Rollout Plan Amid Tumult Over CEO’s Sudden Exit

GM Details Volt Rollout Plan Amid Tumult Over CEO’s Sudden Exit — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:41:50 +0000

[...] the Chevy Volt — the extended-range electric vehicle that symbolizes the company’s efforts to emphasize innovation, advanced technology, fuel efficiency and a new culture for the Detroit automaker in a [...]

By: GM Reports $1.2B Loss: What’s Next for the Volt?

GM Reports $1.2B Loss: What’s Next for the Volt? — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:46:30 +0000

[...] Motors trotted out preliminary financial results for the first time this morning since it sloughed off bad assets to the government and emerged from bankruptcy this summer: GM saw a net loss of $1.15 billion between July 10 and September 30 of this year, but [...]

By: Fisker Details Plans for “Project Nina” at Old GM Plant, Eyes Exports

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:27:22 +0000

[...] the plant — part of the group of “bad” assets left in bankruptcy after the “New GM” emerged from bankruptcy — praised Fisker’s goals for foreign markets, saying [...]

By: GM Nears Moment of Truth for Chevy Volt as Green Halo

GM Nears Moment of Truth for Chevy Volt as Green Halo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:21:45 +0000

[...] electric Chevy Volt has been heavy since before the “New GM” — the company that emerged this summer after the federally managed bailout and bankruptcy process — was even born. In the financial [...]

By: Will eBay Auctions Help GM?

Will eBay Auctions Help GM? — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:02:10 +0000

[...] to go way beyond downsizing to a complete organizational and cultural shift along the lines of what GM chief executive Fritz Henderson has promised for the company as a whole. On Friday morning, we got one of the first glimpses of what that might look like: Henderson [...]

By: Simpson

Simpson — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:55:33 +0000

So down on GM…easy to kick someone when they are down. But let’s examine your reporting and your premise. What technology exactly are they behind on? No one has yet matched the onstar service, nor has anyone yet have the technology of the volt in active testing. V to V technology is another area in which GM is ahead and they just announced the most advanced battery lab in the U.S…becoming the first and only automaker with such a facility. Last year GM opened its own rollover crash test facility becoming the only automaker to have such a facility. How about hybrids? Sure the Prius is the winner and has great technology but the GM/BMW/Chrysler developed 2-mode hybrid engine has taken that technology to another level and provides additional fuel mileage and savings over the prius technology. And the new Chevy equinox small crossover suv (rav4, crv competitor) gets 32 mpg — more than the ford hybrid model of the same size and certainly more than the rav 4 and crv. Nice story but poorly researched premise.

By: Eideard

Eideard — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:14:01 +0000

I'm less in agreement after watching Motorweek's roadtest of the new Chevy Equinox. Though not a class of vehicle I'm at all interested in - soccer mom capacity and styling, cross-over ute - the critter starts at $22K and gets 32mpg hwy with a 3.4 litre V6.

Without going into detailed comparison, you can sell boatloads of these before you sell hybrids costing 20% more.

Just as my family - and my neighbors, all working families - would be more likely to buy a Toyota Yaris over a Prius, I think the Equinox is a very salable potato next to any of its competition, hybrid or otherwise.

OK. That's about as much Chevy as I can take. But, that's me.