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Updates from August, 2009

  • Two Southern California suburbs are finalists to land the coveted Tesla Motors plant planned to open in 2011.

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    5:34 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • U.S. automakers are partying, even though they know the hangover is coming.

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    5:34 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • General Motors Co. has set up a special office that will try to retain 3 million “free agents” — customers that have lost their favorite brand, nameplate or dealership this year. Julie Heisel is director of customer relationship management.

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    5:34 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • Chrysler Group could exit a global joint venture engine partnership with Hyundai and Mitsubishi as the U.S. automaker moves closer to its new partner, Fiat S.p.A.

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    5:34 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • Chevrolet's target as the value brand of a leaner General Motors Co. is to capture 60 to 65 percent of GM sales globally, Chevy boss Brent Dewar said today.
    3:56 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • A new North Carolina law protects the dealers rejected in the Chrysler and General Motors bankruptcies from having their franchises handed to a competitor. The law, signed by North Carolina Gov.
    3:35 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • U.S. government incentives likely pushed U.S. auto sales to a 20-month high in August, leaving analysts and the industry guessing how hard a landing to expect with the cash for clunkers program now exhausted. Automakers could see the U.S.

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    5:34 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • Ener1 Inc. is buying 31 percent of Think Global, thereby locking in the Norwegian electric-vehicle maker as a long-term customer for lithium ion batteries from its EnerDel unit.

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    5:34 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • Ener1 Inc. will lead a group of investors that plans to inject $47 million into Think Global, raising Ener1’s stake in the Norwegian electric-vehicle producer to 31 percent.

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    5:34 pm on August 28, 2009
     
  • You’re just going to have to take my word for it: The new 2010 LR4 is significantly improved over the previous LR3.

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    5:34 pm on August 28, 2009