G.M. Closing 4 Truck Plants in Shift Toward Cars
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With no end in sight for elevated gas prices, G.M. announced drastic cuts in production of sport utility vehicles and pickups on Tuesday and stepped up plans for smaller cars and engines. (article 8)
G.M.'s chairman and chief executive, Rick Wagoner, said G.M. will cease production at four North American assembly plants that make S.U.V.'s and pickups by 2010. (article 8)
General Motors is closing four truck and SUV plants in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, affecting 10,000 workers, as surging fuel prices hasten a dramatic shift to smaller vehicles. (article 4)
CEO Rick Wagoner said Tuesday before the automaker's annual meeting in Delaware the plants to be idled are in Oshawa, Ontario; Moraine, Ohio; Janesville, Wis.; and Toluca, Mexico. (article 4)
Wagoner said the GM board has approved production of a new small Chevrolet car at a plant in Lordstown, Ohio, in mid-2010 and production of the Chevrolet Volt electric vehicle in Detroit. (article 4)
As if emphasizing the end of an epoch in which American car companies drew profits from building bulk and passenger capacity into family vehicles, the company also said it may dump the Hummer brand perhaps the ultimate in auto excess. (article 6)
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Source articles
- News for Dallas, Texas (dallasnews.com, 06/03/2008, 139 words)
- GM closing 4 truck and SUV plants in North America... (suntimes.com, 06/03/2008, 313 words)
- GM to close 4 truck, SUV plants as consumers' preferences shift (sfgate.com, 06/03/2008, 687 words)
- GM closing 4 truck and SUV plants in North America - (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2008, 1373 words)
- GM finally steps up (money.cnn.com, 06/02/2008, 779 words)
- GM Closing 4 Truck and SUV Plants in North America (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 646 words)
- Jun. 3, 2008 (money.cnn.com, 06/03/2008, 701 words)
- G.M. Closing 4 Truck Plants in Shift Toward Cars (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 1188 words)
- ABC News: GM Moves Away From Gas Guzzlers (ABCNews, 06/03/2008, 344 words)
- Big Vehicles Stagger Under the Weight of $4 Gas (nytimes.com, 06/04/2008, 336 words)
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