Automotive Fleet News

DETROIT - Recently, notable publications and organizations have recognized General Motors vehicles for overall quality, safety, and engine performance. Among those named are cars and trucks important in meeting GM Fleet and Commercial Operations customers' broad range of needs.

Tags: Award, Consumer Digest, Fleet, GM, IntelliChoice, U.S. News & World Report, Ward's

GRAPEVINE, TX - General Motors' new Duramax 6.6L turbo diesel engine has been substantially revised to include B-20 capability, as well as meet strict new emissions standards effective this year.

Tags: biodiesel, Diesel, GM

DETROIT - General Motors dealers delivered 42,703 fleet vehicles in January, comprising 29 percent of total deliveries for the month.

Tags: GM, sales revenue

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Model-year 2009-2010 Pontiac Vibe vehicles are being recalled because of the risk that the accelerator pedal may malfunction.

Tags: GM, NHTSA, Pontiac Vibe, Pontiac Vibe recall, Recall, sudden acceleration

BALTIMORE -- General Motors said it will invest approximately $246 million to construct a high-volume manufacturing facility that will produce rear-drive electric motors for hybrid and electric vehicles by 2013.

Tags: Baltimore Transmission plant, electric car, electric motors, GM, hybrids

WASHINGTON - General Motors has added the nation's capital to its list of lead retail markets for its Chevrolet Volt. The automaker also announced partnerships with two D.C.-area utilities, Pepco and Dominion, to help introduce the public to the electric vehicle and establish vehicle charging programs.

Tags: Chevy Volt, electric car, GM, Volt

DETROIT --- General Motors Co. will start assembling the first lithium-ion battery pack for its Chevrolet Volt electric car on Thursday, Jan. 7, at a ceremony attended by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu.

Tags: Chevy Volt, electric car, GM, lithium-ion batteries

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- General Motors is recalling more than 59,000 MY 2010 Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain vehicles because of a problem with the windshield defrosting and defogging systems.

Tags: Chevrolet Equinox , GM, GMC Terrain , NHTSA, Recall

DETROIT --- OnStar last week expanded its global reach, with Shanghai OnStar Telematics Co. Ltd. activating its first subscriber in China.

Tags: GM, OnStar, Shanghai OnStar Telematics

DETROIT - In a statement promising General Motors' "strong commitment" to fleet and commercial customers "remains unchanged," Jim Campbell, GM general manager fleet and commercial operations, addressed the automaker's June 1 bankruptcy filing.

Tags: bankruptcy, Chapter 11 filing, GM

DETROIT - A new dealer-installed system now available for several Chevrolet models enables full Internet access inside the vehicle, and up to a 150 feet radius around the vehicle with a laptop or mobile Wi-Fi device.

Tags: Autonet Mobile, Chevrolet Wi-Fi, GM, Web access, Wireless Internet

WASHINGTON, D.C. --- With the help of GM's OnStar in-vehicle safety and security system, police last week apprehended two suspects accused of hijacking a vehicle from Julia Corker, the 22-year-old daughter of U.S. Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN).

Tags: carjacking, GM, OnStar

DETROIT - The investment in the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant brings total Volt-related investments in Michigan to $700 million, covering eight facilities.

Tags: assembly plant, GM, vehicle production, Volt

DETROIT - GM Chairman and newly appointed CEO, Ed Whitacre, announced several key leadership changes to improve accountability and responsibility for market performance in North America and around the world.

Tags: appointment, GM, resignation

LOS ANGELES --- General Motors is busy building buzz for its Chevrolet Volt electric car in Los Angeles this week, as the LA Auto Show gets underway.

Tags: electric car, GM, Volt

DETROIT - Chevrolet, General Motors, and the National Federation of the Blind are working to identify a safe level of sound to alert the blind and other pedestrians to the presence of near silent-running electric and hybrid vehicles.

Tags: Chevrolet, electric car, GM, hybrid, National Federation of the Blind

DETROIT --- General Motors Co. has plans to produce the Cadillac Converj, an extended-range electric-powered coupe using the same technology as the Chevrolet Volt, the Detroit News reported.

Tags: Cadillac Converj, electric car, GM, lithium-ion battery , Volt