May 2009

GM Announces U.S. Small Car Plant

It looks like the UAW (and Obama) took GM out behind the shed for a little talk... GM is announcing that the will re-tool on of their U.S. ...

Doug Ross continues to assert that the Obama administration chose to close Chrysler dealers based on their political donations, but he relie...

Update : Blogger Marla Singer at Zero Hedge did some actual statistcs on the entire dealer open and closing list, and found a small correla...

Edmunds is making a big deal about the difference in EPA "window sticker" vs CAFE fuel economy standards. Read about it here. T...

Very entertaining segment from BBC's Top Gear, where Jeremy Clarkson reviews the European Ford Fiesta. He takes his Fiesta movement on ...

These photo show the Celtic Pipes and Drums , marching in the Birmingham parade. They are a Scottish style band based in the Troy area. The...

This morning I went down and saw the annual Celebrate Birmingham parade. This is an annual affair with a small-town feel, where two marchin...

One of the Chrysler dealers on the dealer closing list that Chrysler filed with the bankruptcy court today is Birmingham Chrysler Jeep, know...

According to the Automotive News, which obtained a copy of a product plan document which GM submitted to Obama's auto task force, GM is ...

Heh. (Encyclopedia Dramatica)

It isn't quite time for bottom fishing, but it is getting close. Depending on what your needs are, you should soon be able to pick up ...

Obama's Department Of Energy Secretray Stephen Chu announced that the DOE is cutting funds for research into hydrogen powered cars. Fro...

Over at the WSJ, the question is asked, " Where are the Republican hybrid buyers ?". The answer, is that most people (not just Rep...

GM has filed a paper ( here ) with the SEC, "PRE 14C" which lays out a plan to dilute its common stock, by issuing new shares to t...

The House Energy Committee has released a compromise "Cash For Clunkers" plan, which is quite different than the two previous comp...

John Kerry and Arlen Spector have introduced Senate bill S.841, the "Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2009". This legislation...

In a blog post titled " Stupid Human Tricks ", Bob Lutz smacks down David Letterman for being uninformed about the Chevrolet Volt,...

You can read the actual text of Chrysler's bankruptcy filing on the WSJ web site, here. There's also a long (117p) affidavit here....

Fiat has an interesting gadget called ecoDrive. This is a free software program which analyzes your driving habits and makes suggestions ho...

Now, we wait to see what happens to the supplier base. With GM and Chrysler both shutting down for at least two months, if not longer, anal...

One of the more interesting details about today's announcement by Obama about Chrysler's chapter 11 filing was the deal with GMAC to...