GM plans half its cars on ethanol by 2012: report
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General Motors Corp  is planning  for half its cars in the United States to be running on ethanol  by 2012, the Associated Press reported.
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Demand for ethanol has been a boon for corn farmers and small production plants, but DuPont wants to bring in a billion bucks from improving ethanol efficiency. Plus: Car buyers still vote  SUVs most popular. In Autopia.
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The government says we must use 9 billion gallons of ethanol this year. Some lawmakers worry federal ethanol mandates are "taking the biofuels industry backward rather than pushing it ahead."
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GREENER VEHICLES: The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill Thursday that would bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol.
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The government awarded $385 million in grants last week aimed at jumpstarting ethanol production from nontraditional sources like wood chips, switchgrass and citrus peels. What's surprising is that half of the six projects chosen will use a process first discovered almost a century ago to turn coal into a gas.
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General Motors Corp.  on Friday cut its outlook for industry-wide U.S. auto sales in 2007, estimating annual sales of about 16.8 million vehicles, down from an earlier forecast of 17 million units.
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General Motors Corp. would need to power almost all new models with gasoline-electric hybrid systems to meet the most restrictive fuel economy standards proposed by US lawmakers, vice chairman Robert Lutz said yesterday.
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General Motors Europe announced Thursday that it plans to cut 12,000 jobs on the continent by the end of 2006 in a plan aimed at saving &#36;617 million per year.
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General Motors Corp. is  prepared to nearly halve the number of Buick models it offers  in the United States as it tries to reestablish the luxury  brand in its home market, GM's chief executive said on Tuesday.
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The company develops a new process for creating ethanol from biomass and will manufacture cars that can run on 100 percent ethanol. In Autopia.
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General Motors will launch a fleet of more than 100 hydrogen fuel-cell powered sports utility vehicles in the US, Europe and Asia in the fall of 2007, the automaker said.
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The widespread use of ethanol from corn could result in nearly twice the greenhouse gas emissions as the gasoline it would replace because of expected land-use changes, researchers concluded Thursday. The study challenges the rush to biofuels as a response to global warming.
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General Motors Corp.  on  Wednesday detailed its commitment to building new electric  vehicles as it attempts to shed its reputation for producing  gas-guzzling trucks.
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General Motors Corp  expects the U.S. auto industry to increase incentives and promotions to maintain sales above the 16 million mark in 2008, GM's North American sales chief told Reuters on Tuesday.
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By Anonymous  Ethanol may not be the healthiest solution to the atmospheric pollution problem after all, according to a recent study from Stanford University. A computer model simulated U.S. air quality in 2020, when ethanol-fueled vehicles are expected to be widely available.
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General Motors Europe will chop 12,000 jobs over two years -- around a fifth of its workforce -- to lop 500 million euros ($673 million
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NEW YORK, December 14  - Automakers General Motors Corp (XGM.NYS) and DaimlerChrysler announced their decision yesterday to jointly develop fuel-saving hybrid engines, with the aim of capitalizing on the growing global market for cars