Monthly Archives: January 2013

GM Pledges to Promote Workplace Electric Vehicle Charging

WASHINGTON – General Motors, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, is joining 12 other companies as founding Partners of the DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge. The goal is to increase the number of employers with workplace charging tenfold within … Continue reading

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GM Relocating Performance Build Center to Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – General Motors will relocate its Performance Build Center, which allows engine aficionados to build their own specialty engines, from Michigan to the Bowling Green Assembly Plant, home of the Chevrolet Corvette. Source: media.gm.com

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Chevrolet Supports Project to Help Truckers Avoid Idling

DETROIT – Chevrolet is supporting a project to help long-haul truckers avoid idling during rest breaks at truck stops through a technology that maintains a comfortable cabin temperature and powers a TV, laptop or microwave without emitting the carbon dioxide … Continue reading

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Chevrolet Goes to Bat for Tigers Fans, Military Families, PAL

DETROIT – For true baseball fans, January means a new season is near. Chevrolet will spread spring fever at the North American International Auto Show, the General Motors Heritage Center and GM’s Renaissance Center headquarters when members of the American … Continue reading

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Performance Chevys Raise $2.14 Million in Charity Auctions

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Five Chevrolet performance cars, including the first retail production model of the 2014 Corvette Stingray, raised a combined $2.14 million at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale collector car auctions that concluded Sunday. Source: http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2013/Jan/0120-auction.html

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COPO Camaro Sale to Benefit American Heart Association

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Chevrolet is selling the final 2012 COPO Camaro production model at the annual Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction – one of only two convertibles among the 69 cars built in 2012. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the American … Continue reading

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First 2014 Corvette Stingray Offered at Barrett-Jackson

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Chevrolet will offer the first retail production model of the 2014 Corvette Stingray – with the Vehicle Identification Number ending in 0001 – at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale collector car auction this weekend. Proceeds will benefit the College … Continue reading

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Corvette Shines in the Big Apple

NEW YORK – Sixty years ago tomorrow, spectators lined New York City’s posh Park Avenue, waiting to get a glimpse of the ground-breaking Chevrolet Corvette on display at the General Motors’ Motorama show. On Thursday, the Corvette will be back … Continue reading

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General Motors News Conference, 2013 North American International Auto Show Remarks by Mary Barra and Mark Reuss

Remarks by Mary Barra (Senior Vice President, Global Product Development) and Mark Reuss (Reuss, President, GM North America) at the 2013 North American International Auto Show. Source: http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2013/Jan/13naias/corvette/0114-chevrolet-naias-press-conference.html

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Corvette: 60 Years of Design, Performance and Technology

DETROIT – The all-new 2014 Corvette rolls into Chevrolet dealerships later this year, building on a six-decade legacy of design, performance and technology. It is also the world’s longest-running continuously produced sports car and the best-selling sports car in America, … Continue reading

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