Tag: Chevy

Oops. Concerns that Chevrolet Cruzes could catch fire have caused General Motors (GM) to recall more than 475,000 of the popular compact sedans, the automaker said Friday… All (Cruze) cars manufactured from September 2010 to May of this year are

(AP) GM recalls popular Cruze over fire riskBy TOM KRISHERAP Auto WriterDETROITEngine fires are forcing General Motors to recall the Chevy Cruze, a popular model that has helped GM win back small-car buyers. The recall covers 475,000 vehicles made in

General Motors (GM)’s stock price has now dropped by 33% since the company emerged from its $50 billion-taxpayer-funded bailout bankruptcy.  And on Tuesday, President Barack Obama-appointee CEO Dan Akerson had to face GM shareholders at their annual meeting. Lest we

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, General Motors spokeswoman Michelle Malcho denies rumors that the government financed car company used federal grant money to bolster sales numbers to reach their goal of selling 10,000 electric vehicles last year. “If

Mega-mogul Warren Buffett has made a lot of money in our (semi) capitalist system.  And he has schizophrenically spent a lot of time supporting politicians and policies that will drag us further still from our successful capitalist roots. One way

Has General Motors (GM) forgotten We the Taxpayers are still out $30+ billion on the $82 billion auto bailout? Apparently so. General Motors Co. — which owned the auto and mortgage lender Ally Financial Inc. until 2006 and still holds

The beginning of 2013 marks an impending disaster for our nation. The Bush tax cuts expire; we reach our national debt ceiling; and the 2013 appropriations bills may not be passed in time to avoid crippling sequestration budget cuts. This

The Chevy Volt fire denials are getting harder and harder to maintain: Last week, a fire badly damaged the home of a new Fisker Karma owner, and authorities are saying that the electric car was the source of the blaze. According

Chevrolet will discontinue the pickup/sport utility hybrid Avalanche after more than a decade, due to sagging sales. The vehicle, which debuted as a 2002 model, has offered buyers interior space of an SUV and cargo truck capability and spurred the growing

I guess the first one didn’t take after all. The scope of the (January 18) hearing was a bit too narrow – leaving out some fairly important attending facts. Like, say, the (at least) five other Chevy Volt fires that have

According to the Obama administration, green energy and battery-powered cars aren’t just the future – they’re the present. If so, somebody might want to get the memo to the American public, which seems less than enthused about cars like the

Trying to predict Supreme Court decisions from the questions justices ask during oral arguments can be a bit like reading tea leaves. But after three days of grueling questioning by U.S. Supreme Court Justices, this much can be said: the Supreme Court’s

Does the fate of a federal government with limited powers rest in the hands of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia? And if so, will he rule against broad federal powers (as he did in the Gonzales case) or in favor of the

President Barack Obama has said that, upon leaving office after his second term, he plans to buy an electric Chevy Volt. But according to the Lundberg Survey, the price of a gallon of gas would need to rise to $12.50 before the Volt

Official Labor Department reports say the nation’s February unemployment rate is still 8.3% – but reality is far worse.  Most of that job growth was in business and professional services, and half was temporary. Millions of Americans are working part-time

Shortly before he became Obama’s Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu was quoted by the Wall Street Journal as saying “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” To be clear

It was just a few days ago that General Motors announced it was killing the Chevy Volt. The King Was Dead. Well, long live the European King: today, the Geneva Auto Show named the Volt its 2012 Car of the

Have you ever noticed that when Obama talks, the America about which he speaks is far different from the America we grew accustomed to living in before 2009? It’s almost as if America the exceptional has been traded for America