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"We're Fired!"

BY Fast Company Staff
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As big auto makers are offering incentive discounts to boost car sales, the Chrysler Group has decided not to renew its sponsorship for the second season of NBC's popular reality show The Apprentice. Other automakers have also ...READ MORE›

When Does It End? GM & Ford Offer More Incentives

BY Fast Company Staff
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The vicious incentive discounting battle continues in the auto industry. Once again, General Motors and Ford Motor are relying on incentives to boost lackluster vehicle sales and to regain ground lost to Asian rivals. GM increased ...READ MORE›

Sign of the Times: Ford Transforming SUV Assembly Plant Into a Small Car Plant

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Ford Motor Company is spending $550 million to turn its Michigan SUV plant into a small car plant for the fuel-efficient Ford Focus. The plant will eventually manufacture the 2011 battery-electric version of the Focus as well. ...READ MORE›

Lighting your Construction Site, Safety Tips for Heavy Equipment Rentals

BY Dave Foreman
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To alleviate construction related delays, there has been an increase in night-time highway construction projects. If you find yourself working nights, you’ll be facing a different set of challenges than you would during daylight ...READ MORE›

Construction Safety and Your Heavy Equipment Rental Projects

BY Dave Foreman
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Team members who have been given supervisory authority over safety procedures have a very important position. Essentially, they are responsible for their safety and that of the other team members. It is always a good time to recap ...READ MORE›

Tip for Construction Equipment Rental Jobs: NEW EPA EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS

BY Dave Foreman
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by Michael Crouch New regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on effluent limitations for the construction industry are now in effect. The final regulations establishing Clean Water Act (CWA) technology-based ...READ MORE›

American Honda Passes Chrysler as top automaker in U.S market

BY Brickell
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The Big Three is a term used in the automotive industry for the three major American automotive companies. The former three major automotive companies that dominated in the U.S and Canada are General Motors, Ford, and ...READ MORE›

Celebrate Hondas 50th Anniversary in Miami

BY Anonymous
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Honda just marked its first 50 years in America, commemorating the establishment of American Honda Motor Co., Inc., in a small Los Angeles storefront on June 11, 1959. "On behalf of the tens of thousands of Honda ...READ MORE›

Good Riddance, John Dingell

BY Adam L. Penenberg
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The ousting of Rep. John D. Dingell, a Michigan Democrat and pawn of the auto industry, is the best thing for Detroit—and the nation.READ MORE›

Construction Equipment Rental Tip: ELECTRICAL SAFETY PROCEDURES

BY Dave Foreman
Relevancy Score: 71
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by Julie Rubio Electricity provides us with lights and power, both on the job and at home. It's such a normal part of our lives that we often forget that all that power can be dangerous, too. We've all experienced minor electric ...READ MORE›

GM Is First American Automaker to Open Battery Pack Factory in U.S.

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Oh, GM. How we love and loathe you at the same time. The same company that aided in the obliteration of the U.S. auto industry is now taking small steps to build it back up. GM's prized Chevy Volt plug-in electric vehicle won't be ...READ MORE›

Death of Saturn Doesn't Shock Used Car Dealer in Winston Salem, NC

BY Tracy E. Myers
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Car dealer vows to continue selling and servicing pre-owned Saturns as long as there is a demand for them to do so. READ MORE›

Toyota: $50K Hydrogen Sedan Will Be Ready by 2015

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Electric vehicles get the lion's share of the attention in the world of futuristic automotive technology, and for good reason--automakers are quickly sending reasonably priced EVs down the pipeline, and startups like Coulomb and ...READ MORE›

Hybrid Nation

BY Kevin Ohannessian
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Auto-makers are experiencing difficulty. High gasoline prices are making an impact: SUV sales have declined dramatically. Who wants to buy a gas-guzzler? It is common sense to avoid the extra expense at the pump. But maybe there ...READ MORE›

China Auto Sales Rise 72% Hit 1.2 Million Units

BY Mr Rickman
Relevancy Score: 67
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Global automakers are looking to China's fast-growing market to drive sales amid slack demand elsewhere. Sales have been spurred by tax cuts and subsidies meant to help nurture China's auto industry and encourage purchases of more fuel-efficient vehicles. Beijing's 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus has helped to prop up spending on cars and other big-ticket items, and lifted economic growth (GDP) in the latest quarter to 8.9% from a year earlier. China, Brazil, Australia and India are both seeing significant economic growth. READ MORE›

How Honda Used An Unlikely Partner to Conquer India

BY Kaihan Krippendorff
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"It is more advantageous to conquer nearby enemies, because of geographical reasons, than those far away. So ally yourself temporarily with your distant enemies in spite of political differences.” —From The Thirty-Six ...READ MORE›

Mag Tires

BY Heath Row
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According to the new edition of Advertising Age, the CFO of the Ford Motor Co. has ordered all employees to cancel all magazine and newspaper subscriptions paid for by the company. He also asked people to get refunds when ...READ MORE›

Bankrupt Carmaker No, Bankrupt Airline Yes?

BY Jonathan Salem Baskin
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With the Detroit bailout now a wreck, the refrain from the impacted carmakers is that a the money is still necessary, because "consumers won't buy cars from companies in bankruptcy."But they readily flew bankrupt airlines.  For ...READ MORE›

Daimler, Renault to Team Up On Small Car, Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology

BY Ariel Schwartz
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Sign number one that automakers are serious about making the transition to hybrid and electric vehicles: They're teaming up to share technology. Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance are expected to announce a global partnership ...READ MORE›

China Car Sales 63% Increase March

BY Mr Rickman
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The Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers announced the countries passenger car sales jumped 63% or 1.26 million in March from a year earlier. Chinese auto manufacturers including Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (now owns ...READ MORE›

Vehicles for Change

BY Heath Row
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Design has long been important to the automobile industry. This spring, Motor Trends approached six respected automotive designers and educators about their designs for tomorrow and asked, "What's on your mind?" Leaders and ...READ MORE›

Driven By Design

BY Bill Breen
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Pininfarina's legendary craftsmanship helped put ailing Maserati on the road to recovery. But for the $1 billion Italian studio, design is only the most visible arm of a far bigger machine.READ MORE›

Let Bankruptcy Save the Big Three

BY Kaihan Krippendorff
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“If you want to shrink something, you must first allow it to expand. If you want to get rid of something, you must first allow it to flourish. If you want to take something, you must first allow it to be given. This is called the ...READ MORE›

The Truth Shall Set You Free

BY Chuck Salter
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For the past 23 years, Harbour and Associates has told U.S. automakers what they don't want to hear--that they're inefficient and uncompetitive. Here's why knowing the worst about yourself can be the best thing that ever happened to you.READ MORE›

GM's Employee Buyout Offer

BY Greg Spotts
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After the markets closed yesterday, General Motors announced that approximately 35,000 hourly workers have accepted buyouts to leave the company. The huge number was a surprise to both management and the union, indicating that the ...READ MORE›

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