GM, Converters Try to Foster Van Comeback
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DETROIT -- An automotive fad of the 1970s, customized vans, might be the next big thing coming out of Detroit. The big vans once decorated with shag carpeting and beads have evolved into sophisticated vehicles for families and groups alike, and General Motors Corp.
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Federal regulators are investigating General Motors Corp. minivans after getting reports that people have been injured by automatic sliding doors.
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A shift in focus over the last year by the worldâs two largest automakers reveals how each is working on their own version of a turnaround.
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General Motors  said on Friday it  had resumed production of its Opel Combo delivery van at the  Azambuja plant in Portugal as workers and management agreed to  resume talks on the planned closure of the plant.
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EMMELOORD, Netherlands  - Motorists nostalgic for  the time they could sit tight while attendants braved windswept  garage forecourts to fill their tanks may yet see those heady  days return -- compliments of a Dutch robot.
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Faced with dwindling demand for its two oldest products and the urgent need to cut costs, General Motors Corp. will stop production of the Chevrolet Astro and GMC
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DETROIT - If record discounts on new cars and trucks aren&#39;t enough to lure buyers into dealer showrooms, maybe Old Glory will provide the extra nudge.
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General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG are throwing their combined weight behind a new hybrid technology for cars and trucks, setting the stage for what had been a niche product to spread to the mainstream for American consumers.
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Caught off guard by the success of Toyota&#39;s hybrid Prius model, German carmakers are racing to catch-up. DaimlerChrysler and GM announced plans on Monday to jointly produce hybrid technology for their cars and trucks.
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Hybrids, ethanol, and batteries are on the mind of General Motors' Rick Wagoner at CES 2008.
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By Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, Jen Aronoff and Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--LENOIR -- Eugene and Violet Anderson were home last spring when a van pulled up and the mayor, a county commissioner and several others piled out.
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Before any law has been passed, carmakers are putting on stability control systems. They like their buyers alive. Rollovers are the safety curse of sport utility vehicles.
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Stung by criticism that it conspired to kill the electric car, General Motors Corp.  is preparing to detail its commitment to new fuel-saving technologies, including new electric vehicles, according to people familiar with the automaker's plans.
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General Motors has continued to sell 2004 models of the Saturn Vue, a small sport utility vehicle, even though its suspension system collapsed during rollover testing performed by the government.
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Carmakers DaimlerChrysler and General Motors are to co-operate on developing a new type of transmission-based system to compete with Toyota and Honda in the growing hybrid market.
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The prospects for hybrid electric vehicles were bolstered Monday when General Motors and DaimlerChrysler, two automakers long skeptical about hybrids, said they would develop them by working together.
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By Matt Nauman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 16--The hippie van has gone high-tech.