Cars
Former Obama car czar Steven Rattner (not to be confused with destroyer of films Brett Rattner) is set to cash in on his six month experience under an administration tasked with bringing the American auto industry back from the brink.
- Obama Campaign Releases New Ads Touting Auto Bailout
While George W. Bush was the one to initiate the auto industry bailout in 2008, it is President Barack Obama who is trying to capitalize on it with the release of two new television advertisements as part of his reelection campaign. In the first spot,...
- Obama: Auto Industry Bailout Was The Right Thing To Do
President Barack Obama is using GM's recent loan repayment and Chrysler's operating profit as proof that his "unpopular" auto bailout decision was the right thing to do. "I knew this wasn't a popular decision. But it was the...
- Obama Announces 35.5mpg Average For 2016 And National Standard For Tailpipe Emissions
The Obama administration today announced tougher fuel mileage standards and tailpipe emission limits forcing automakers to meet a fleetwide average of 35.5 miles per gallon (6.6lt/100km) by 2016, four years sooner than what Congress required in 2007,...
- Breaking: Gm Receives Another $2 Billion In Goverment Loanns
General Motors announced on Friday that it has received a fresh injection of US$2 billion in emergency funds from the Obama administration as the company strives to avoid what appears be for many analysts, the unavoidable - bankruptcy... The new loan...
- Gm Welcomes Obama's Election, Reminds Him That He Said He'd Help...
The folks over at General Motors wasted no time in releasing a statement regarding the election of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. After congratulating him for his win over his Republican adversary, John McCain, GM gets...
Cars
Rattnered-Out: Book by Former Car Czar reveals Obama wanted Ghosn to run GM
Former Obama car czar Steven Rattner (not to be confused with destroyer of films Brett Rattner) is set to cash in on his six month experience under an administration tasked with bringing the American auto industry back from the brink.
Titled Overhaul: An Insider's Account of the Obama Administration's Emergency Rescue of the Auto Industry, it's meant to tell the story of how the US government reacted in at a time when automakers the world over were hit by a global economic crisis and surviving on a wing and a prayer.
- Obama Campaign Releases New Ads Touting Auto Bailout
While George W. Bush was the one to initiate the auto industry bailout in 2008, it is President Barack Obama who is trying to capitalize on it with the release of two new television advertisements as part of his reelection campaign. In the first spot,...
- Obama: Auto Industry Bailout Was The Right Thing To Do
President Barack Obama is using GM's recent loan repayment and Chrysler's operating profit as proof that his "unpopular" auto bailout decision was the right thing to do. "I knew this wasn't a popular decision. But it was the...
- Obama Announces 35.5mpg Average For 2016 And National Standard For Tailpipe Emissions
The Obama administration today announced tougher fuel mileage standards and tailpipe emission limits forcing automakers to meet a fleetwide average of 35.5 miles per gallon (6.6lt/100km) by 2016, four years sooner than what Congress required in 2007,...
- Breaking: Gm Receives Another $2 Billion In Goverment Loanns
General Motors announced on Friday that it has received a fresh injection of US$2 billion in emergency funds from the Obama administration as the company strives to avoid what appears be for many analysts, the unavoidable - bankruptcy... The new loan...
- Gm Welcomes Obama's Election, Reminds Him That He Said He'd Help...
The folks over at General Motors wasted no time in releasing a statement regarding the election of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. After congratulating him for his win over his Republican adversary, John McCain, GM gets...