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General Motors Vice Chairman Tom Stephens (L) and U.S. Senator ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors Vice Chairman Tom Stephens (L) and U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) are pictured with a cut-away version of an electric motor in Baltimore, Maryland, January 26, 2010. The rear-drive electric motors are a core technology for hybrids and electric vehicles. Stephens announced on Tuesday that GM will invest $246 million in electric motors and hybrid components, creating 200 jobs at the Baltimore Transmission plant. REUTERS/Steve Fecht/General Motors/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Workers at the General Motors Baltimore Transmission plant cheer ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:13:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Workers at the General Motors Baltimore Transmission plant cheer as GM Vice Chairman Tom Stephens announces GM will invest $246 million in electric motors and hybrid components, creating 200 new jobs at the Baltimore Transmission plant in Baltimore, Maryland, January 26, 2010. The rear-drive electric motors are a core technology for hybrids and electric vehicles. REUTERS/Steve Fecht/General Motors/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

General Motors Vice Chairman Tom Stephens announces that GM ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors Vice Chairman Tom Stephens announces that GM will invest $246 million in electric motors and hybrid components, creating 200 jobs at the Baltimore Transmission plant in Baltimore, Maryland, January 26, 2010. The rear-drive electric motors are a core technology for hybrids and electric vehicles. REUTERS/Steve Fecht/General Motors/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

A Saab 9-5 (L) and a Spyker C8 Laviolette stand side by side ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:00:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Saab 9-5 (L) and a Spyker C8 Laviolette stand side by side before a news conference announcing that Spyker would buy Saab from General Motors in a deal worth $400 million in Stockholm January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (SWEDEN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

Spyker Chief Executive Victor Muller stands between a Saab 9-5 ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spyker Chief Executive Victor Muller stands between a Saab 9-5 (L) and a Spyker C8 Laviolette after he and Saab CEO Jan-Aake Jonsson (not in picture) announced that Spyker would buy Saab from General Motors in a deal worth $400 million in Stockholm January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong (SWEDEN - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

Spyker Chief Executive Victor Muller (L) shakes hands with Saab ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Spyker Chief Executive Victor Muller (L) shakes hands with Saab CEO Jan-Aake Jonsson after they announced that Spyker would buy Saab from General Motors in a deal worth $400 million in Stockholm, January 26, 2010. REUTERS/Bob Strong

A Saab sign is shown at. Negotiators for General Motors Co. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:22:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A Saab sign is shown at. Negotiators for General Motors Co. are close to striking a deal to sell the Swedish Saab brand to Dutch luxury automaker Spyker Cars, according to a person briefed on the talks. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sancya, file)

General Motors Co. Chairman and interim Chief Executive, Edward ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:52:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - General Motors Co. Chairman and interim Chief Executive, Edward Whitacre Jr., announces he will become the permanent CEO of the automaker during a news conference in Detroit Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sancya)

General Motors interim chief executive Ed Whitacre Jr. announces ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors interim chief executive Ed Whitacre Jr. announces he will become permanent chairman and CEO and expressed the GM board's commitment that GM will pay back in full the U.S. Treasury and the Canadian and Ontario government loans by June. during a press conference at GM World Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

An aerial view of the headquarters of the General Motors Company ...

(AFP) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:59:00 GMT

(AFP) - An aerial view of the headquarters of the General Motors Company in downtown Detroit. The automaker had said it would make its first payment of 1.2 billion dollars last month on a 6.7 billion debt to the US Treasury. Photo:Jeff Haynes/AFP

General Motors acting chief executive Ed Whitacre Jr. announces ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors acting chief executive Ed Whitacre Jr. announces he will become permanent chairman and CEO during a news conference at GM World Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan January 25, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

General Motors acting chief executive Ed Whitacre Jr. leaves ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors acting chief executive Ed Whitacre Jr. leaves a news conference after announcing he will become permanent chairman and Chief Executive Officer in Detroit, Michigan January 25, 2010. Whitacre also expressed the GM board's commitment that GM will pay back in full the U.S. Treasury and the Canadian and Ontario government loans by June. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

In this file photo made July 10, 2009, General Motors Corp. ...

(The Canadian Press) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:25:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this file photo made July 10, 2009, General Motors Corp. Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr. addresses the media during a news conference at the company's headquarters in Detroit. A person briefed on the decision said Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, General Motors Co. Chairman Ed Whitacre Jr. will be named permanent CEO of the automaker.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Carlos Osorio, file)

General Motors Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre talks to the media ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre talks to the media about the automaker's first assembled lithium-ion battery for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle during a news conference in Brownstown Township, Michigan January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

A Buick Excelle car is displayed at a General Motors auto dealership ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Buick Excelle car is displayed at a General Motors auto dealership in Shanghai December 4, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song

In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, a model poses with a Fiat ...

(The Canadian Press) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:06:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this Jan. 12, 2010 file photo, a model poses with a Fiat 500 on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Chrysler now has a turnaround plan that promises improved quality and a stream of new models. But it won't work unless Chrysler can get its cars back on people's shopping lists. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Paul Sancya, file)

People look at a Chrysler Desoto 1948 model during a gathering ...

(Reuters) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People look at a Chrysler Desoto 1948 model during a gathering of vintage motorcycle and car enthusiasts in Havana January 23, 2010. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

A worker leaves Opel's Antwerp plant in Belgium, Thursday. Employee ...

(The Canadian Press) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:22:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - A worker leaves Opel's Antwerp plant in Belgium, Thursday. Employee representatives at General Motors Co.'s Opel unit on Friday slammed the automaker's announcement it would cut 8,300 jobs and close its plant in Belgium as a 'declaration of war' on European workers. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

In this Jan. 23, 2006 file photo, a General Motors sign hangs ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:41:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this Jan. 23, 2006 file photo, a General Motors sign hangs at a dealership in Bedford, Ohio. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Tony Dejak, file)

General Motors Co. said Thursday it plans to close Opel's plant ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:31:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - General Motors Co. said Thursday it plans to close Opel's plant in Antwerp, Belgium. 'This is not an easy decision,' Opel CEO Nick Reilly said in a statement. 'It is the tough reality of the current business environment.' The statement said that the company did not expect that the auto market would return 'to its former high capacity in the near future.' (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Daniel Roland/ file)

Flags are seen reflected in an Opel logo on a car. General Motors ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:21:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - Flags are seen reflected in an Opel logo on a car. General Motors Co. said Thursday it plans to close Opel's plant in Antwerp, Belgium with the loss of more than 2,300 jobs. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Virginia Mayo, File)

In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2009, flags are seen reflected ...

(The Canadian Press) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:43:00 GMT

(The Canadian Press) - In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2009, flags are seen reflected in an Opel logo on a car outside the General Motors plant in Antwerp, Belgium, Thursday Sept. 10, 2009. According to sources, U.S. carmaker General Motors will close its Opel assembly plant in the Belgian port city of Antwerp and let go 2,300 staff. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Virginia Mayo, File)

The logo of General Motors' Opel AG Belgian unit is seen at ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:56:00 GMT

(Reuters) - The logo of General Motors' Opel AG Belgian unit is seen at the Opel car factory in Antwerp, January 20, 2010. U.S. carmaker General Motors will close its Opel plant in the Belgian port city of Antwerp, sources said on Wednesday, slamming the door on hopes to save the jobs of the site's 2,300 staff. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne answers ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne answers questions from the audience after addressing the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Michigan January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has said that a decision ...

(AFP) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:46:00 GMT

(AFP) - Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has said that a decision to shut down the company's plant in Sicily was 'irreversible.' Photo:Damien Meyer/AFP

Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne answers ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:44:00 GMT

Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne addresses ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne addresses the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Michigan January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne (L) and ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:50:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne (L) and Penske Corporation Chairman Roger Penske pose for a photograph before addressing the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Michigan January 13, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

General Motors President Mark Reuss addresses the Automotive ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:30:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors President Mark Reuss addresses the Automotive World Congress in Detroit, Michigan January 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS HEADSHOT)

The Auto show floor from the Chrysler display at during the ...

(AFP) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:37:00 GMT

(AFP) - The Auto show floor from the Chrysler display at during the press preview for the world automotive media at the North American International Auto Show in Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. Chrysler Group LLC is in a position to post an operating profit in 2010 if it hits its global sales target of 1.65 million vehicles, chief executive officer Sergio Marchionne said Tuesday. Photo:Bryan Mitchell/AFP

Chief executive and product architect of Tesla Motors Elon Musk ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:20:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chief executive and product architect of Tesla Motors Elon Musk (L) and vice chairman of General Motors Company Bob Lutz walk the floor at the 2010 North American International Auto Show during press days in Detroit, Michigan January 12, 2010. REUTERS/Mark Blinch (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre Jr. (R) talks with GM Vice ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:39:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre Jr. (R) talks with GM Vice President, Sales Service and Marketing Susan Docherty (C) and GM President Mark Reuss after the automaker's introduction of the Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept vehicle during the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan January 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

General Motors Vice President of Global Design Ed Welburn sits ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:16:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors Vice President of Global Design Ed Welburn sits in the automaker's Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept vehicle at a media event during the North American International Auto show at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan January 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre sits in the automaker's ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre sits in the automaker's Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept vehicle during a media event at the North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan January 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

General Motors introduces the automaker's Cadillac XTS Platinum ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors introduces the automaker's Cadillac XTS Platinum Concept vehicle during press days of the North American International Auto show at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan January 12, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and General Motors Chairman ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:17:00 GMT

(Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and General Motors Chairman Ed Whitacre speak with each other during press days of the 2010 North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan January 11, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS POLITICS)

General Motors is still talking to Dutch sportscar maker Spyker ...

(AFP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:41:00 GMT

(AFP) - General Motors is still talking to Dutch sportscar maker Spyker about the sale of GM's Swedish car-making unit Saab after beginning a wind-down of operations last week, a source familiar with the talks said Monday. Photo:Olivier Morin/AFP

Chrysler LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne walks through the Chrysler ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:14:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chrysler LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne walks through the Chrysler display during Press Days of the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 11, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

Chrysler LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne points to Chrysler displays ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:09:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Chrysler LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne points to Chrysler displays as he talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) during Press Days of the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 11, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT POLITICS BUSINESS)

General Motors President Mark Reuss addresses the media during ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors President Mark Reuss addresses the media during a vehicle reveal during Press Days of the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 11, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

General Motors President Mark Reuss and GM Vice President Sales ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:28:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors President Mark Reuss and GM Vice President Sales Service and Marketing Susan Docherty (R) pose for photographers during Press Days of the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 11, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS)

General Motors President Mark Reuss kicks-off the Buick GMC ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors President Mark Reuss kicks-off the Buick GMC news conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 11, 2010. Buick unveiled the Regal GS show car while GMC introduced the Acadia Denali and the Granite concept vehicle. REUTERS/John F. Martin/General Motors/Handout (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT BUSINESS) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

General Motors Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant operations ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant operations manager Marisol McCormick delivers the automaker's first assembled lithium-ion battery for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle during a news conference in Brownstown Township, Michigan January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

People enter the showroom floor of the 2010 North American International ...

(AFP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:01:00 GMT

(AFP) - People enter the showroom floor of the 2010 North American International Auto Show at Cobo Center in Detroit, on January 11-12. here will also be plenty of luxury vehicles on display despite the poor economy and a host of trucks and sport utility vehicles to tempt consumers who aren't as environmentally conscious. Photo:Stan Honda/AFP

The post-bankruptcy General Motors is a 'powerhouse' of an automaker ...

(AFP) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:29:00 GMT

(AFP) - The post-bankruptcy General Motors is a 'powerhouse' of an automaker with a bright future and the capacity to achieve rich profits, vice chairman Bob Lutz said Sunday. Photo:Stan Honda/AFP

General Motors logo. GM said it had begun 'an orderly wind down' ...

(AFP) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:13:00 GMT

(AFP) - General Motors logo. GM said it had begun 'an orderly wind down' of its Swedish unit Saab, but would continue to review any late proposals to buy the brand. Photo:Olivier Morin/AFP

General Motors first assembled lithium-ion battery for the Chevrolet ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors first assembled lithium-ion battery for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle is seen during a news conference in the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant in Brownstown Township, Michigan January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT ENERGY BUSINESS)

Automated guided carts used during the assembly of lithium-ion ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Automated guided carts used during the assembly of lithium-ion batteries for General Motors Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle are seen in the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant in Brownstown Township, Michigan January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT ENERGY BUSINESS)

Automated guided carts in the final assembly area of lithium-ion ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:57:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Automated guided carts in the final assembly area of lithium-ion batteries for General Motors Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle are seen in the Brownstown Battery Assembly Plant in Brownstown Township, Michigan January 7, 2010. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT ENERGY BUSINESS)

General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Ed Whitacre talks ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:35:00 GMT

(Reuters) - General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Ed Whitacre talks to the media about the automakers' first assembled lithium-ion battery for the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle during a news conference in Brownstown Township, Michigan January 7, 2010. General Motors Co showed off the first battery pack for its electric Chevy Volt on Thursday with a ceremony that highlighted the automaker's dependence on U.S. government financing for its revival plans. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS HEADSHOT)