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In Europe, Cars Go the Way
of Cigarettes

Auto advertising to carry warning labels about emissions

Oct 20, 07 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carbon health warnings for cars are coming to Europe. Under a European Parliament plan expected to be approved this week, 20% of the space in print car advertising will have to be devoted to cigarette-style warnings about vehicles' carbon emissions and fuel efficiency. The most polluting vehicles will also face... More »

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carbon footprint • European Union • Europe • auto industry • carbon emissions

It's a Plane! It's a Car! It's ...

A Massachusetts company's breakthrough makes aero-auto hybrids a closer reality

Oct 11, 07 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new vehicle suitable for both air and road travel could be available within two years, reports MIT's Technology Review. By recently producing the world's first automated folding wing, Massachusetts company Terrafugia, Inc. came a step closer to creating the Transition, a "light sport aircraft" that works on the... More »

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MIT • auto industry • airplane • cars

Strike Over After Chrysler, UAW Reach Deal

Tentative contract, said to follow model set by GM pact, brings peace

Oct 10, 07 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chrysler and the United Auto Workers reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract this afternoon, the Wall Street Journal reports, just hours after UAW members walked off the job at Chrysler plants. The agreement is said to follow the pattern set by last month's General Motors pact, which... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • General Motors • auto industry

GM, Union Tangle Over Health Care, Labor Costs

Strike highlights rift; negotiations resume

Sep 24, 07 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - At the root of the UAW's strike against GM's US factories is a fundamental conflict between management's need to cut costs and the union's resistance to offering more givebacks, Bloomberg reports. Negotiations resumed this afternoon between GM, which lost $12.4 billion last year, and the UAW, which represents 73,... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • auto industry • UAW strike • labor relations

GM and UAW
Hit Impasse on Health Care

Talks stalled on
funding of union-run trust for medical costs

Sep 20, 07 6:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors has reached an impasse with the UAW on the transfer of health care liabilities to a union-run trust, a serious blow to the company's plans for rejuvenation. Five days into contract talks, negotiators could not agree on the amount GM would pay into the fund, reports Bloomberg, and... More »

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health care • United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • auto industry • contract

Tiny Smart Cars Zip Toward US

Newsweek interviews president of Smart USA

Sep 19, 07 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the first Smart Car set to hit the US in January, Newsweek questions the company president on the intelligence of trying to sell a 1,750-pound vehicle in the land of bigger-is-better. Despite bad safety ratings from Consumer Reports and entrenched SUV love in the American psyche, he seems... More »

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America • Mercedes Benz • auto industry • Smart Car • David Schembri • cars

Americans Hot for Hybrids

Sales up 49% thanks to surge in Mid-West sales

Sep 17, 07 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hybrid sales skyrocketed 49% in the first half of 2007, thanks to boom in the Midwest. Oklahoma’s 143% increase was the most of any state, but every state except Hawaii saw growth, the AP reports, with 215,997 vehicles registered this year, compared to 144,721 over the same... More »

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environmentalism • gas prices • auto industry • crude oil • hybrid car

GM Talks Resume With Optimism

Marathon yesterday yielded progress
on financing for health-care trust

Sep 17, 07 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Talks between GM and UAW reps resumed late this morning after a 16-hour session that ran to 3am and came close to an agreement on the key issue of shifting heath-care costs to a union-run trust.  Both sides confirmed good progress, and employees are on the job today, despite... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • auto industry • Big Three • contract

Still No Agreement in GM-UAW Talks

Strike appears remote as GM employees ready for work tomorrow

Sep 16, 07 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tense talks continued between GM and workers today as outside parties were greeted with unusual silence, the Wall Street Journal reports. "I haven't heard much of anything and that's completely different" than before, says a union rep. Still at issue is a health care fund for retirees and how... More »

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United Auto Workers • General Motors • union • auto industry

GM, UAW Talk Past Deadline

Contracts renewed on hourly basis

Sep 15, 07 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United Auto Workers and General Motors talked four hours past their midnight deadline for contract negotiations before agreeing to resume bargaining later today. They extended talks on an "hour-to-hour" basis on a deal that would include a union-controlled trust to assume GM's $50-billion liability for retiree health care.... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • General Motors • Detroit • Ford • auto industry

Little Shop of Hybrids: Green Mechanic Opens

San Francisco garage first devoted to hybrids-only service

Sep 13, 07 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - While auto mechanics nationwide now service hybrid vehicles, San Francisco's Luscious Garage is the country's first shop to work exclusively on environment-friendly cars. "There's a critical mass of hybrids in the Bay Area," owner Carolyn Coquilette told Wired, which reports that nearly 10% of new hybrids registered in... More »

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sustainable living • San Francisco • environmentalism • auto industry • hybrid car • cars

Auto-Emission Ruling Boosts States' Rights

Federal judge rules against carmakers on standards for greenhouse gases

Sep 13, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vermont can set its own greenhouse emissions standards to curb gases that contribute to global warming, a federal judge ruled yesterday in a decision that boosts states’ rights. Automakers sued the state after it adopted standards originally made law in California, saying the regulations were impractical and would upend the... More »

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environment • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Clean Air Act • Vermont • Environmental Protection Agency • auto industry • trucks • carbon emissions • cars

10 Cheapest Rides to Own

Don't sacrifice your bank account to the wheel with gas and insurance costs

Sep 11, 07 10:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Affordable cars start at the sticker price—the lower the better. But over time, insurance payments and gas costs add up. Forbes searches out the 10 vehicles that will leave the smallest footprint on your wallet.
  1. Toyota Yaris
  2. Honda Fit
  3. Toyota Corolla
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Toyota • list • Honda • Ford • Hyundai • Chevrolet • Kia • Pontiac • auto industry • cars

Midwest Jobs Take a Beating

Housing slump and
auto woes hit the region hard

Sep 10, 07 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jobs in the Midwest have taken a one-two punch from the national housing slump and the flagging Detroit auto industry, the Wall Street Journal reports. Factories that make the materials used to build new homes in high-flying markets from California to Florida are starting to downsize, following huge layoffs by... More »

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Midwest • housing market • Detroit • America • auto industry • job

Chrysler Pilfers Toyota's Top
US Executive

Firm's highest-ranking non-Japanese
ever jumps ship

Sep 6, 07 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Toyota North America's president will become the new co-president and vice chairman of Chrysler, the Detroit Free Press reports. Jim Press, the highest-ranking non-Japanese exec in Toyota's history, brings a reputation as a talented manager to Chrysler, which is in the process of transforming into a private company after being... More »

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Chrysler • Toyota • Detroit • Robert Nardelli • Tom LaSorda • Jim Press • auto industry

Life Without Chrysler Suits Daimler Fine

German automaker predicts 10% profit margins by 2010

Aug 30, 07 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rid of the Chrysler albatross since its May sale, German automaker DaimlerChrysler says its profits are taking off, Business Week reports. CEO Dieter Zetsche said yesterday the company—which aims to strip "Chrysler" from its name this fall—is likely to beat his estimates of 7% profit this year,... More »

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Chrysler • DaimlerChrysler • Dieter Zetsche • Mercedes Benz • auto industry • cars

Where is Stephen Feinberg Taking Chrysler?

Onlookers worry
what Steven Feinberg
is up to with Chrysler

Aug 15, 07 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Portfolio does its best to profile Stephen Feinberg—the ultra-secretive, ultra-cutthroat CEO of Cerberus Capital Management—without talking to him. Feinberg avoids the media like the plague, preferring to bring faltering companies into the black in secret, and his shadowy plans for new stepchild Chrysler are no exception. More »

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media • Chrysler • Cerberus Capital Management • Stephen Feinberg • auto industry

In Nardelli, Chrysler Found Its Maverick

Cerberus relying on tough-talking new
CEO to cut costs

Aug 7, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former Home Depot chief Bob Nardelli has a reputation for being a brusque, hard-edged maverick, and that’s exactly what his new bosses at Chrysler want, Reuters reports. Cerberus Capital Management hopes to stem losses at the automaker by cutting costs, particularly in the delicate area of unionized workers. Nardelli’... More »

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Chrysler • United Auto Workers • Cerberus Capital Management • Toyota • General Motors • unions • General Electric • Ford • Stephen Feinberg • Home Depot • Robert Nardelli • Tom LaSorda • auto industry

Ex Home Depot Chief Takes Chrysler Wheel

Nardelli tapped as CEO in takeover shake-up

Aug 6, 07 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a major shake up, Chrysler 's chief executive will be replaced by former Home Depot boss Bob Nardelli, the Wall Street Journal reports. An auto official called Nardelli a "real change agent" in an industry rocked by foreign competition. Nardelli is the second auto-industry neophyte to be named... More »

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Chrysler • Cerberus Capital Management • Robert Nardelli • Tom LaSorda • Eric Ridenour • auto industry

Hottest Rides of 2007

CNNMoney puts the rubber to the road and finds the best cars in 10 categories

Aug 4, 07 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whether you want something small and hip or capacious and safe, you can find it in CNNMoney's guide to the best cars of 2007 as determined by Consumer Reports.
  1. Budget car, subcompact:  Honda Fit
  2. Sedan, less then $20,000:  Honda Civic
  3. Sedan, $20,000 to $30,
... More »

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Toyota • list • Honda • Mazda • Infiniti • auto industry • hybrid car • cars

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