Showing posts with label GM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GM. Show all posts
Friday, February 06, 2026

When Government GEVeth, Government Can TakEV Away

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GM, Ford and Stellantis all jumped on the EV bandwagon in compliance with President Biden's edict to shift to electric vehicles.  The ed...
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Thursday, November 04, 2021

To No One's Surprise, Electric Vehicles Are More Expensive To Operate

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The Detroit Free Press: Study compares electric vehicle charge costs vs. gas — and results were surprising In fact, the results were not sur...
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Thursday, September 02, 2021

Even More Automotive Supply Chain Woes

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Now supply shortages of chips are seriously affecting GM, leading to idled plants. The Detroit Free Press: GM to halt production at nearly a...
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021

GM Folds

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And in record time, too. The Detroit Free Press: GM CEO Mary Barra to meet with Black media owners days after they call her racist The media...
Monday, March 29, 2021

So With The Race Card Played, Will GM Pay The Danegeld?

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The Detroit Free Press: Full-page ad blasts GM CEO Mary Barra as racist As one might expect, it's all about the money. A groupd of Black...
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Thursday, February 04, 2021

Putting The Electric Car Before The Horse (Power)

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While GM announced the they have plans to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035 on January 28, its only today that people are asking ...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Rent Seekers Gotta Rent Seek

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The Detroit Free Press: Gov. Snyder signs bill banning direct Tesla sales Quick summary and explanation: Dealer franchises and GM make cam...
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Monday, March 31, 2014

Did Government Motors Get A Government Blind Eye? The Curious Case of NHTSA And It's Slowdown Of The GM Ignition Recall

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The recall of GM's Chevy Cobalt and other compacts is very much in the news. An interesting story that is developing is how slowly the ...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

Volting Through The Snow, In A Really Limited-Range Car.....

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Henry Payne in the Detroit News has an interesting comparison of the three different engine stylings of the same car sold as the Chevy Volt...
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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

The Electric Obama Lada Receives A Price Shock

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Funny how people don't want to overspend on what is a short range electric vehicle, no matter how much the administration and GM, but I ...
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Friday, June 28, 2013

A Potential Car Company Match Made In Hell

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Just barely out of bankruptcy itself, thanks to an extraordinary government bailout and rule changing on its behalf, GM is now being asked t...
Monday, February 25, 2013

US Government To Take $12 Billion Plus Loss On GM Stock Sale

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As Obama frets about sequestration cuts that are poised to cut all of $85 billion dollars from government spending, his administration is po...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Taxpayers To Take A Bath As Gov't Sells Stock Back To GM At A Massive Loss The Media Fails To Mention

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In yet a new corporate welfare move to help out Government motors, the Obama Administration is going to sell half of its stock in the corpor...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

The Auto Financing Industry Has Learned Nothing And Forgotten Nothing

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The US Auto financing industry seems obliviously to history and is increasingly making subprime loans so it can keep vehicle sales moving al...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Obama And The GM Quagmire

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Instapundit blogs and links to others that point out that if Facebook's low performing IPO is a scandal, then what about GM? Not to men...
Friday, May 04, 2012

GM Not Paying Federal Taxes Due To Obama Administrations' Manipulations

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Under Obama, those rich and evil 1% corporations should be paying their fair share...except when they aren't, courtesy of the Obama Admi...
Saturday, March 03, 2012

GM Can't Sell Volts Even As Gas Hits $4/Gallon

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The bad news is yes, stations around here are now selling gas at the 4.00/gallon mark. That's not good for the economy but a market res...
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Monday, September 19, 2011

Why Does GM Give The UAW Workers $5000 Each In Bonuses When Taxpayer Loans Are Outstanding?

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Instapundit links to Mickey Kaus who cogently wonders why GM is giving UAW Union workers at General Motors $5,000 bonuses instead of using...
Monday, June 27, 2011

Senator Levin Loves Himself a Government Motors Volt

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The Detroit Free Press: Sen. Carl Levin loves his new Chevrolet Volt -- and what it means But its electric power was the reason he bought i...
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Friday, May 13, 2011

GM to spend $109 million, create or save 96 jobs

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The Detroit Free Press: GM to pump $109 million into Flint, Bay City plants General Motors says it will invest $109 million in its Flint an...