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Biographical Info About GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz

Friday, March 12th, 2010

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GM Embraces Manufacturing Transformation with Apriso and HP at Chevrolet Volt Battery Assembly …

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

New solution to provide flexibility for continuous improvement across battery assembly operations pioneering new processes for all of GM LONG BEACH, CA and PALO ALTO, CA) - Apriso®, a leading provider of adaptive software solutions for global manufacturing operations management, and HP today announced General Motors (NYSE: GM) has selected and is implementing an Apriso solution to expand …

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GM Vice Chairman Lutz to retire on May 1

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

DETROIT — GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, an executive credited with bringing an urgency to the automaker’s efforts to revamp its vehicle line-up and shake off negative consumer perceptions, will retire o…

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GM to cease making electric-drive Converj

Monday, March 8th, 2010

General Motors stopped work on the Cadillac Converj, an electric-drive coupe similar to the Chevrolet Volt, to focus on cheaper plug-in hybrids for its luxury brand, two executives with knowledge of the move said.

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Opel, Chevrolet complementary brands as GM competes globally

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

To understand why General Motors has spent a year and a couple of billion dollars working on restructuring plans for its European Opel/Vauxhall unit, try to imagine GM without Chevrolet.

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GM Teams Up With Apriso, HP for Chevy Volt Battery Assembly Operations

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

The vehicle assembly process is a tricky thing–just ask Toyota, which has had to deal with massive brake recalls over the past few weeks. Things get even more complicated when you add expensive and rapidly-changing electric vehicle batteries into the mix. For its part, GM has turned to enterprise software from Apriso to make sure that the Chevrolet Volt battery assembly process goes smoothly …

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COVER STORY: Volt test fleet gives GM options

Monday, March 1st, 2010

General Motors hasn’t yet determined how early versions of the Chevrolet Volt will be used to get customer feedback, a top company executive told the Free Press. Before official production begins in November, GM will build a special fleet to test the vehicles in a variety of conditions and work out any last-minute kinks.

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BG man tests out the new Chevy Volt

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

The Chevy Volt is a futuristic GM car that’s virtually silent and powered primarily by battery.

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GM’s top battery executive for the Volt to join California startup:

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

General Motors’s top executive in charge of developing batteries for the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid is leaving to take a position with an unnamed startup battery company in California.

Source: www.autoweek.com

BREAKING: GM Battery Czar Denise Gray Leaves Volt Team For California Startup

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

A key member of the small team brought together four years ago to create the 2011 Chevrolet Volt electric car is unexpectedly leaving General Motors. Denise Gray, director of global battery systems engineering at General Motors, will leave the company on Friday, March 5, to take an unspecified position with an unidentified battery startup in…

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